On July 9, 2025, the President signed into law the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 (“ANVMLRA”). This legislation will permit Alaska Native Village Corporations to recover ...

This bill, known as the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025, seeks to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Its primary focus is to change how Village Corporations ...

My interest in Indigenous territorial claims began in my childhood. I grew up during the Native land claims era in Alaska. Throughout the twentieth century, Alaska Native people watched their lands ...