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This resolution, the Ancsa Resolution, encourages the United States Congress to pass federal legislation that will resolve the historical inequities faced by certain Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska who were excluded from receiving land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. ANCSA was originally intended to settle aboriginal land claims in Alaska, but five communities—Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Tenakee—were left out and are referred to as "landless" Alaska Native communities, leading to disparities in economic opportunity and community development compared to other Native communities. The resolution supports amending ANCSA to recognize these excluded communities and provide them with land entitlements and the ability to form corporations, consistent with the original goals of the act, and urges Alaska's congressional delegation to work collaboratively with these communities and other stakeholders to achieve a fair and lasting solution.

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