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Sealaska Heritage Institute to sponsor lecture series for Native American Heritage Month

Series will focus on ANCSA

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a noon lecture series to celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November.

The brown-bag lunch series will focus on the impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) which was passed by Congress forty years ago, said SHI President Rosita Worl, adding Tlingit and Haida and Sealaska Corporation also will sponsor a November luncheon in recognition of ANCSA.

Alaska settled its Native land claims in a historic way by founding Native corporations. That was a complete departure from the way Native tribes in the Lower 48 settled land claims by forming reservations, Worl said.

“ANCSA is a very different creature than reservations, “Worl said. “I know Alaskans hear a lot about Native corporations but they might not always understand the history of ANCSA, or how corporations work.”

The lectures will be held from 12-1 pm in the 4th floor boardroom at Sealaska Plaza in Juneau. The series was sponsored by McDowell Group and Kathy Ruddy of Juneau. Attendees are invited to bring their own lunches.

 

Lectures
12-1 pm, Sealaska Plaza, 4th Floor Boardroom (bring your own lunch)

Friday, Nov. 4

ANCSA: Good or Bad?

Byron Mallott
First Alaskan Institute Fellow
 

Monday, Nov. 14

The Interrelationships Between Tribes and Corporations

Edward Thomas

President, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska
 

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Alaska Native Corporations and Cultural Models of Sustainability

Thomas F. Thornton

Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Change and Management, Oxford University

 

Monday, Nov. 21

The Legal Status of Alaska Native Corporations & Economic Self Determination
Chris McNeil

President & CEO Sealaska Corporation
 

Monday, Nov. 28

ANCSA:  A Path to Assimilation or Cultural Survival

Rosita Worl

President, Sealaska Heritage Institute
 

 

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians and Sealaska Corporation also will sponsor a noon luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to recognize the initial Sealaska Board of Directors and Emil Notti, Chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives when Alaska Natives were pursuing the settlement of their aboriginal land claims.

Sealaska Heritage Institute is a regional nonprofit representing the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska. Its mission is to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures.

 

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1. Rosita Worl, SHI President, :14 “ANCSA is a very different creature than reservations, and I know Alaskans hear a lot about Native corporations but they might not always understand the history of ANCSA, or how corporations work.”