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Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims 1960-1971

Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims 1960-1971 in Franklin, TN

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Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims 1960-1971

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Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims 1960-1971 in Franklin, TN

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In
Take My Land, Take My Life
, Mitchell concludes the story of the 134-year history of the U.S. government's relations with Alaska's Native people begun in
Sold American:The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959
. The culmination of that tale occurred in 1971 when Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ANCSA authorized Alaska Natives to be paid $962.5 million and to be conveyed title to 44 million acres of land. Though highly controversial, ANCSA remains the most generous settlement of aboriginal land claims in the nation's history. Mitchell's insightful, exhaustively researched work also describes the political history during the first decade of Alaska statehood, from the rise of Native organizations such as the Alaska Federation of Natives to the battles for power in the subcommittees of Congress.
Insightful and drawn from years of painstaking research of primary source materials,
Sold American
and
are an indispensable resource for readers who are interested in the history of the nation's largest state and of the federal government's involvement with Alaska's indigenous peoples.
In
Take My Land, Take My Life
, Mitchell concludes the story of the 134-year history of the U.S. government's relations with Alaska's Native people begun in
Sold American:The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959
. The culmination of that tale occurred in 1971 when Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ANCSA authorized Alaska Natives to be paid $962.5 million and to be conveyed title to 44 million acres of land. Though highly controversial, ANCSA remains the most generous settlement of aboriginal land claims in the nation's history. Mitchell's insightful, exhaustively researched work also describes the political history during the first decade of Alaska statehood, from the rise of Native organizations such as the Alaska Federation of Natives to the battles for power in the subcommittees of Congress.
Insightful and drawn from years of painstaking research of primary source materials,
Sold American
and
are an indispensable resource for readers who are interested in the history of the nation's largest state and of the federal government's involvement with Alaska's indigenous peoples.

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