Before becoming a state we had to prove we could run the state without subsidies. Our vast natural resources of timber, fish, minerals, and oil was our proof. Our constitution specifies that all these resources belong to its peoples. After statehood we outlawed corporate owned fish traps, instituted long-term timber contracts, and expanded mineral and oil exploration. The Native land claims/oil pipeline controversy was settled and the Natives were awarded 44 million acres and $1…