Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971

by Donald Craig Mitchell

Book Overview

In Take My Land, Take My Life, Mitchell concludes the story of the 134-year history of the U.S. government's relations with Alaska's Native people begun in Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959. The culmination of that tale occurred in 1971 when Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. ANCSA authorized Alaska Natives to be paid $962.5 million and to be conveyed title to 44 million acres...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889963240
• ISBN13: 9781889963242
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Length: 690 Pages
• Weight: 2.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.8" x 9.9"