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A Primer on Alaska Native Sovereignty, by Douglas K. Mertz (5566 words) |
 | Natives are a majority in approximately 176 villages and small cities and are a substantial part of the population in over 200 communities. |
| Finally, a third panel of the Ninth Circuit held that IRA organization and ANCSA Native village status were merely factors to be considered regarding federal jurisdiction, but that as to tribal status in general, the courts must examine the factual circumstances to determine whether a modern Native group is the successor to an historical tribe. |
| Native Village of Venetie, the Superior Court ruled that the village council was an IRA organization and as such the question of tribal status and tribal sovereign immunity should be decided by the tribal court. |
| Alaska Natives Commission - Demographic & Geographic (2727 words) |
| Alaska's southeastern panhandle is the traditional territory of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Indian tribes. |
| Natives constitute 70 percent of the population of these villages (and their surrounding areas) which stretch the length of the panhandle from Yakutat in the north to Metlakatla in the south. |
| Alaska Natives resident in this portion of maritime village Alaska live in seven Aleutian villages ranging from Sand Point on the Alaska Peninsula to Atka in the west, and St. Paul and St. George on the Pribilofs. |
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