In 2003-04 I had the privilege of employment with Chilkoot Indian Association to research and advance the landless issue. I am sympathetic to the movement to rectify an identified “oversight,” but it still seems important to acknowledge what I learned.
Public Law 92-203 was passed in December 1971 to settle Alaska Natives’ land claims. Sec. 11 (b)(1 ) lists 205 Alaskan villages that were subject to the act. There were more than five Native communities…