Doyon, Limited
With the land entitlement of 12.5 million acres, Doyon, Limited is the largest private landowner in Alaska and is one of the largest private landowners in North America. Its lands extend from the Brooks Range in the north to theā¦
Alaska Native peoples, tribes, culture and history of Inupiat, Yup'ik, Aleut, Tlingit and more.
Alaska Regional Corporations
Alaska Regional Corporations
Alaska natives have a unique relationship with the US Government that is different from the reservation system of the lower 48 states.There are 12 Alaska Native Regional Corporations that govern most of the 225 federally recognized indian communities and villages in Alaska.
The regional corporations were created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), which created Native-owned corporations to provide stewardship of ancestral lands and financial and other resources for Alaska’s native people.
A 13th corporation, based in Seattle, Washington, also was formed to represent Alaska Natives who do not reside in Alaska.
The regional corporations were formed to receive approximately 45 million acres of land transferred from federal to private ownership and to manage investment of 2 million appropriated by Congress as the cash part of the settlement. An exception to this is that the 13th corporation received no land.
In addition to the regional corporations, some villages have their own village corporations, and there are many tribally affiliated councils who also take leadership roles for the native communities and villages of Alaska.
Profiles of the Alaska Regional Corporations are listed below.
Chugach Alaska Corporation
Chugach Alaska Corporation (CAC) is an Alaska Native Regional Corporation with its corporate headquarters located in Anchorage, Alaska. Chugach has more than 6,500 employees worldwide with regional offices in Washington, D.C., Nevada, Alabama and Hawaii. More than 2,200 shareholders ofā¦
Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC)Ā has approximately 9,600 shareholders (as of 2014) who are Eskimo, Indian and Aleut. It is one of the 13 regional corporations.