An act to ratify an agreement between The Aleut Corporation and the United States of America to exchange land rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak Island, and for other purposes.
United States Congress · 2002
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Description
Public Law 107-239, approved October 11, 2002, ratifies an agreement between The Aleut Corporation and the United States. The agreement exchanges land rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak Island.
The findings describe Adak as an island 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage, between the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, with a deep-water harbor and abundant wildlife. Reserved as a preserve in 1913, portions were withdrawn for military purposes from 1901 onward, culminating in the 1959 withdrawal of about half the island for the Navy. By 1990 the base supported a community of 6,000 residents, but the Adak Naval Complex has since closed under the 1990 base closure act. The Aleut Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Aleutian Islands' indigenous people, and none of Adak had been available for it to select under the settlement act.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | United States Congress |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2002 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9393 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Government Publishing Office (govinfo.gov) |