The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting what is still the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANC
Jay Greenfield, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and AFN President Emil Notti discussing ANCSA in the Senate TV Studio in 1969.
Cliff Groh was one of a number of non-Native lawyers who assisted various Native organizations and AFN's president Emil Notti in achieving passage of ANCSA.
Alaska Governor Wally Hickel was appointed as President Nixon's Interior Secretary.
Ted Stevens was key in the bill's passage.
Indian termination policy
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Indian termination describes United States policies relating to Native Americans from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s. It was shaped by a series of laws and practices with the intent of assimilating Na
Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon favored self-determination instead of termination.
Republican Senator Arthur Watkins of Utah was the chief Congressional proponent of Indian termination
Ada Deer was not in favor of termination.
Treaty of Penn with Indians by Benjamin West