In response to your story of June 3: U.S. Senators renew push for landless tribe settlement where it is written: “There are a variety of theories about why the five tribes were excluded from ANCSA in the ‘70’s, but no one knows for sure.”
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) is complex, but it does offer insight into reasons why five tribes/groups/villages were deemed ineligible to participate. Section 1610 (b)(3) allows that native villages…