1906 Native Allotments Square roots
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Under the 1906 Native Allotment Act, before ANILCA, Native people
could claim 40, 80,120, or 160 acres in sites traditionally used for
subsistence. While
ANILCA put an end to those claims, almost every Alaskan Native family
inherits land passed down from the elders of those days. People know
where the family claims are, but very few people know how big and
acre is, and how to measure an allotment.
Most 1906 Native allotments are 40 acres.Area= length x width
If the allotment is square then L=W.
Anita wanted to find out the boundaries of her grandma's
allotment. The smokehouse was in the middle of the front of the
square parcel.
If L=W
and A= L x W
Then A= L x L
or A=L2The square root of 40 is 6.324
The 40 acre parcel is 6.324 acres on a side.
An acre is 206' on a side, so the length of one side of a 40 acre allotment is ______
Anita didn't have a tape measure long enough to effectively measure her grandma's allotment. She knew the length of one of her steps on pavement was 2.5' but when she measured, it was only 2' on the soft tundra.
How many steps will it take to pace off the length of one side of the allotment?
If she starts at the smokehouse, which is in the middle, how many steps to each side of the smokehouse will she need to take to find the corner of the allotment?
How
many steps deep is the allotment?
If the allotment is made of 2 ea. 40 acre parcels, how many steps deep is the allotment?
How long is your step on a hard surface?
On the tundra?
How many of your paces on tundra would equal one side of a 40 acre parcel?
Anita
wanted to check her measurements. She thought of using the odometer
on her snowmachine. It measures in 10ths of a mile. How many feet
wide is her grandma's allotment? How many tenths of a mile is
that?
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