Moment of Truth: The Special Relationship of the Federal Government to Alaska Natives and Their Tribes — Update and Issue Analysis

Moment of Truth: The Special Relationship of the Federal Government to Alaska Natives and Their Tribes — Update and Issue Analysis

Conn, Stephen; Garber, Bart Kaloa; Haycox, Stephen

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9657

Date: 1981-10-19

Publisher: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage

Subject: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) ; Alaska Natives ; bush justice ; rural justice ; sovereignty

Type: Report

Table of Contents: Prologue / I. The Current Trust Relationship / II. ANCSA: Its Role in an Age of Self-Determination / III. The Threat of Termination / IV. Conclusion / Footnotes / Appendix I: "Historical Aspects of the Federal Obligation to Alaska Natives" by Stephen Haycox

Abstract:

Beyond considering the present state of the statutory relationship between the federal government and Alaska Natives, this analysis focuses on the power of Congress and the Executive Branch to change the relationship. Absent congressional acts which mandate some level of federal responsibility to Natives, the Executive Branch possesses an independent power over Native affairs which can be exercised to expand, reduce, or deny a special relationship as an enforceable federal obligation. Includes an appendix by Stephen Haycox, "Historical Aspects of the Federal Obligation to Alaska Natives."

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