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The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law on December 18, 1971, and the largest land claims settlement in United States history was concluded.The United States federal government allotted mineral and surface rights on 44 million acres (178,000,000 kmē) to the Natives of Alaska. The Act created regional corporations (12 within the state and one at-large for non-residents). These Native Corporations were funded with many millions of United States government dollars and designed to be profit-making.
- Ahtna, Inc.
- Aleut Corporation
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
- Bering Straits Native Corporation
- Bristol Bay Native Corporation
- Calista
- Chugach Alaska Corporation
- Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
- Doyon, Limited
- Koniag, Inc.
- Nana Corporation
- Sealaska Corporation
- Thirteenth Regional Corporation
Also, most of these corporations set up nonprofit corporations of their own. Many separate village corporations were also created by the Act.
Land selection by the State of Alaska under the Statehood Act and for the regional and village corporations has continued through the present.
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