|
Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
|
Subject Areas: Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act, law, land use
planning, mapping
Timeline:
open
Grade Levels:
10-12
Purpose: to familiarize
students with the process of becoming an Individual
property owner as outlined in the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act
|
|
A. Brauser
Reconveyances:
ANCSA Studies
|
|
Activities
- Obtain or have students draw a map
of your community which shows where things are in the
village. Aerial photographs are available from the Bureau
of Land Management. Whatever is used, make sure its scale
is known. Contact the Alaska Area Native Health Services
Division of the Public Health Service or the Division of
Technical Services of the Bureau of Land Management for a
map showing existing utilities, or recent photographs of
the village.
- The students should go out and
stake or mark the actual lot corners using the map as a
guide (this as where the scale becomes important). If
changes need to be made, make sure that they also occur
on the map, as it is the "official
plan."
- Repeat these steps for subsistence
campsites. A United States Geological Survey map is
useful here.
Resources
- Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act educational materials
- "14 (c) Handbook," Federal-State
Land Use Planning Commission, Reconveying Land
Handbook for Village Corporations, 1975
- Alaska Native Land Claims
by Arnold
- ANCSA, Bureau of Land
Management publication, provides updates on status of
reconveyances
- Bureau of Land Management, State
Office, Division of Technical Services, Division of
Cadastral Survey, Townsite Trustee
- regional corporations
|
Variations
- The students might figure out how
many townships their village is entitled to and what
areas to select, and then map them. From this, 1,280
acres need to be set aside for "municipal conveyances."
Considerations should include land necessary for
community expansion, public rights-of-way, airport,
navigation aids, and parks.
|
| 
