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The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Pretest/Quiz
The pretest is designed to find out what you already know about ANCSA. It will also be used to show how much you learned when this unit is completed.
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Which of the following was addressed by ANCSA?
Alaskan Native leaders went to the _____________ in order to settle land claims.
There are _____________ Native regional corporations.
There were approximately _____________ village corporations
established by ANCSA.
Alaskan Natives received title to _____________ acres
of land through ANCSA.
Alaskan Natives received _____________ dollars from
ANCSA.
You must be what percent Alaskan Native in order
to be a shareholder under ANCSA?
You must be born on or before what date to be
an Alaskan Native shareholder originally under
ANCSA?
The State of Alaska was able to resume selecting
a total of how many acres after the ANCSA legislation?
A corporation share is _____________.
True or False
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was
the largest Settlement of native land claims ever
made by the U.S. Government.
True
False
Before ANCSA, the State of Alaska was one of
the poorest states in the nation.
True
False
Alaskan Natives have received, on average, about
$6,000 as a result of ANCSA.
True
False
Alaskan Natives, as a group, are the major private
landholder in the state of Alaska.
True
False
The discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay had an effect
on the settlement of native land claims in Alaska.
True
False
One provision of ANCSA says that the regional
Native Corporations must share 30 percent of their
profits on timber and subsurface sales with the
other regional corporations.
True
False
Regional and village corporations have received
all of the land they are entitled to under the
provisions of ANCSA.
True
False
Lands selected by Native corporations under
the provisions of ANCSA cannot be taxed until
twenty years after conveyance.
True
False
ANCSA provided that stock in Native corporations
may be sold to anyone after 1991.
True
False
Native corporations are subject only to federal
rules and regulations relating to corporations.
