University Of Alaska Anchorage: UAA And Ted Stevens Foundation Commemorate ANCSA's 50th Anniversary

Press release from the University of Alaska Anchorage:

December 15, 2021

The University of Alaska Anchorage is partnering with the Ted Stevens Foundation to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of signing the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(ANCSA), the largest land claims settlement in U.S. history. In 1971, President Richard
Nixon signed the law, which ‘settled’ Alaska Native aboriginal claims and transferred
more than 40 million acres of land to Alaska’s Native people.

Thursday’s virtual event features Willie Hensley, former state legislator and a key
advocate for ANCSA, Guy Martin, legislative aide to the late Congressman Nick Begich,
and Bobbie Kilberg, former White House Fellow on President Nixon’s Domestic Policy
Council. The event will feature video remarks from members of Alaska’s Congressional
Delegation, as well as the premiere of a documentary video commemorating ANCSA’s anniversary.
The Ted Stevens Foundation will announce a major gift to UAA of the late senator’s
papers detailing the passage of ANCSA. These historic archives will be preserved by
UAA and available for public viewing in early 2022.

Join the event, which starts Thursday, Dec. 16, at noon.

This press release was produced by the University of Alaska Anchorage. The views expressed here are the author’s own.