[PDF] Alaska Native Policy In The Twentieth Century eBook

Author : Ramona Ellen Skinner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,42 MB
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1317732073

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This book explores the application of federal Indian policy to Alaska Natives in the 20th century, a process driven by the federal government's desire to acquire Indian land. Twentieth century Indian policy, as applied in Alaska, has oscillated between encouraging the privatization of land and assimilation of Native Alaskans into the dominant society, and allowing for Native autonomy and self-government. The Alaska Reorganization Act of 1936, better known as the Alaska Native New Deal, promoted Native self-government through constitutions and native self-sufficiency through corporations within geographic limits of designated reservations. In Alaska, the federal government's termination policy extended state jurisdiction over Native peoples after World War Two. A new policy of self-determination was initiated by the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. With this act, 40 million acres were conveyed to newly created Native corporations. Alaska Natives would achieve self-determination by participation in corporate decisions. This history of the legislation and implementation of federal Indian policy in Alaska explores the tensions and reversals expressed through successive legislative acts, and focuses upon the implications of this policy for Native Alaskans.

Author : Donald L. Fixico
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,95 MB
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313042977

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Donald Fixico, one of the foremost scholars on Native Americans, details the day-to-day lives of these indigenous people in the 20th century. As they moved from living among tribes in the early 1900s to the cities of mainstream America after WWI and WWII, many Native Americans grappled with being both Indian and American. Through the decades they have learned to embrace a bi-cultural existence that continues today. In fourteen chapters, Fixico highlights the similarities and differences that have affected the generations growing up in 20th-century America. Chapters include details of daily life such as education; leisure activities & sports; reservation life; spirituality, rituals & customs; health, medicine & cures; urban life; women's roles & family; bingos, casinos & gaming. Greenwood's Daily Life through History series looks at the everyday lives of common people. This book explores the lives of Native Americans and provides a basis for further research. Black and white photographs, maps and charts are interspersed throughout the text to assist readers. Reference features include a timeline of historic events, sources for further reading, glossary of terms, bibliography and index.

Author : David S. Case
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Alaska Natives
ISBN : 9781889963075

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Besides an updated analysis of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971), this reference surveys The Special Relationship of Alaska Natives to the Federal Government--the title of the 1978 edition--as reflected in rulings relevant to land, human services, subsistence, and self-government issues. This edition includes the foreword to the Alaska Native Foundation first edition; a revised U. of Alaska Press edition appeared in 1984. Case is an Alaska-based lawyer who has played a major role in Alaska Native law for decades; co-author Voluck is also a lawyer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Peter Metcalfe
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 1602232407

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Decades before the marches and victories of the 1960s, a group of Alaska Natives were making civil rights history. Throughout the early twentieth century, the Alaska Native Brotherhood fought for citizenship, voting rights, and education for all Alaska Natives, securing unheard-of victories in a contentious time. Their unified work and legal prowess propelled the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, one of the biggest claim settlements in United States history. A Dangerous Idea tells an overlooked but powerful story of Alaska Natives fighting for their rights under American law and details one of the rare successes for Native Americans in their nearly two-hundred-year effort to define and protect their rights.

Author : Thomas A. Morehouse
Publisher :
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 35,69 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Eskimos
ISBN :

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This paper examines the status of natives (Indian and Eskimo) in Alaska, in light of conflicting legal opinions and court decisions on interpretation of American Indian law.

Author : Aron A. Crowell
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1588342700

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Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska features more than 200 objects representing the masterful artistry and design traditions of twenty Alaska Native peoples. Based on a collaborative exhibition created by Alaska Native communities, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, this richly illustrated volume celebrates both the long-awaited return of ancestral treasures to their native homeland and the diverse cultures in which they were created. Despite the North's transformation through globalizing change, the objects shown in these pages are interpretable within ongoing cultural frames, articulated in languges still spoken. They were made for a way of life on the land that is carried on today throughout Alaska. Dialogue with the region's First Peoples evokes past meanings but focuses equally on contemporary values, practices, and identities. Objects and narratives show how each Alaska Native nation is unique—and how all are connected. After introductions to the history of the land and its people, universal themes of “Sea, Land, Rivers,” “Family and Community,” and “Ceremony and Celebration” are explored referencing exquisite masks, parkas, beaded garments, basketry, weapons, and carvings that embody the diverse environments and practices of their makers. Accompanied by traditional stories and personal accounts by Alaska Native elders, artists, and scholars, each piece featured in Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage evokes both historical and contemporary meaning, and breathes the life of its people.

Author : Theodore W. Taylor
Publisher : Lomond Publications, Incorporated
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 10,80 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :

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Abstract: This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview and description of programs and participants related to American Indians and to serve as a reference source to identify specific roles of federal, state, and local governments, and of major interest groups. This publication provides an information base for understanding the process of formulating Indian policy and should be useful to all concerned with Indian policies: Indians, children in schools, writers, academicians, attorneys, business leaders, those who serve Indian communities, legislators, judges and government program administrators.

Author : Libby Roderick
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1602230927

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Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the important issues they face. This concise book compiles frequently asked questions and provides informative and accessible responses that shed light on some common misconceptions. With responses composed by scholars within the represented communities and reviewed by a panel of experts, this easy-to-read compendium aims to facilitate a deeper exploration and richer discussion of the complex and compelling issues that are part of Alaska Native life today.

Author : David S. Case
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781602231757

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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 fully up to date, with consideration of the broader evolution of indigenous rights in international law and recent developments on the ground in Alaska.