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The U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday announced the transfer of nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional ...
Alaska Natives praise Trump administration's 28,000-acre land transfer that could enable resource development previously ...
The US Department of the Interior has transferred nearly 28,000 acres of land to the NANA Regional Corporation, an Alaska ...
The agency's move is part of President Donald Trump's push to reduce federal control and advance energy production in the ...
The US Department of the Interior said they have finalized the conveyance of nearly 28,000 acres to NANA Regional Corporation Wednesday.
ANCHORAGE - The Department of the Interior today announced the conveyance of nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional ...
About 13,000 land allotments were awarded in the 1960s but the program was ended following the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, before many Alaska Native veterans returned.
In 2022, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, expanded the Alaska land allotment program by opening 28 million acres for transfer under the John D. Dingell Jr ...
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced during her Alaska visit that she will open up 27 million acres of land in the state so Alaska Native veterans from the Vietnam War era can select tracts ...
BLM land law examiner Mike Everett (left) helps Florentino Barril fill out an application for the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program in Tulalip, Wash. on April 4, 2023.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, in its simplest terms, provided Alaska Natives with $962.5 million and title to 44 million acres of land in exchange for the extinguishment of aboriginal ...