Smooth the Dying Pillow: Alaska Natives and Their Destruction [chapter]

Authors

• Stephen Conn

Files

Description

The policy for Native self-determination in Alaska developed by the Congress and the state has sought to replace a tribal model of governance with a body of legislation which confirms land rights without the direct political involvement of Alaska Native villages. However, the author argues, the absence of tribes as formal political structures has contributed to a loss of self-determination among Alaska Natives and to serious negative effects on Native village life.

Publication Date

4-13-1990

Keywords

Alaska history, Alaska Native lands, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), Alaska Natives, bush justice, rural justice, sovereignty, tribal government

Recommended Citation

Conn, Stephen, "Smooth the Dying Pillow: Alaska Natives and Their Destruction [chapter]" (1990). Book chapters. 4.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_chapters/4

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9786