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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462148603321

Autore

Case David S

Titolo

Alaska natives and American laws [[electronic resource] /] / written by David S. Case and David A. Voluck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairbanks, AK, : University of Alaska Press, c2012

ISBN

1-60223-176-1

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (520 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VoluckDavid A (David Avraham)

Disciplina

342.79808/72

Soggetti

Alaska Natives - Legal status, laws, etc

Alaska Natives - Government relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword to the Third Edition; Foreword to the Second Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowledgments to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments to the First Edition; 1. The Federal Relationship to Alaska Natives; I. The Federal-Native Relationship Generally; II. History of the Alaska Native Relationship; III. The Modern Relationship; IV. General Conclusions; 2. Aboriginal Title; I. Introduction; II. The Obligation to Protect Aboriginal Title; III. Extinguishment of Aboriginal Title; IV. Recognition and Other Rights to Compensation

V. Aboriginal Title in AlaskaVI. Conclusion; 3. Reservations; I. Introduction; II. Development and Decline of the Alaska Reservation Policy; III. Some Conclusions; 4.Native Allotments and Townsites; I. Generally; II. Allotments; III. Native Townsites; IV. Jurisdictional Issues; V. Conclusion; 5. ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; I. Introduction; II. Background: ANCSA's Compromises; III. ANCSA's Provisions; IV. ANCSA's Evolution; V. Conclusions; 6. History of Alaska Native Services; I. Overview; II. Education; III. Economic Development; IV. Welfare Benefits and Services

V. Indian Health ServiceVI. The Indian Self-Determination Act; VII. Conclusion; 7. Native Entitlement to Services; I. Introduction; II. Sources of Federal Authority to Provide Human Services; III. Federal Social Service Obligations; IV. Beyond Due Process and Statutory Entitlement;



V. Indian Preferences; VI. Conclusion; 8. Subsistence in Alaska; I. Protecting Subsistence Generally; II. Federal Preemption in Alaska; III. Subsistence and ANCSA; IV. Possibilities for Tribal Control; V. Conclusions; 9. Modern Alaska Native Governments and Organizations; I. Introduction

II. Governmental OrganizationsIII. Economic Profit Corporations; IV. Nonprofit Development and Service Corporations; V. Multiregional Political Organizations; 10. Sovereignty: Alaska Native Self-Government ; I. Introduction; II. Native American Sovereignty in General; III. Legal History of Alaska Native Sovereignty; IV. ANCSA and Subsequent Events; V. State and Native Jurisdiction in Alaska; VI. "Recognition"; VII. Tribal Courts; VIII. Tribal Land Transfers; IX. Conclusion; Bibliography; Table of Cases, Statutes, Regulations, and Materials; Opinions Cited; Cases Cited

Selected Statutes, Regulations, and MaterialsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Now in its third edition, Alaska Natives and American Laws  is still the only work of its kind, canvassing federal law and its  history as applied to the indigenous peoples of Alaska. Covering 1867  through 2011, the authors offer lucid explanations of the often-tangled  history of policy and law as applied to Alaska's first peoples. Divided  conceptually into four broad themes of indigenous rights to land,  subsistence, services, and sovereignty, the book offers a thorough and  balanced analysis of the evolution of these rights in the forty-ninth  state.This third edition brings the volume fu