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Welcome to the NANA Land Department Web Site. NANA (formerly known as the Northwest Alaska Native Association), an Alaska Native Regional Corporation, was formed in 1972 with the merger of the area's regional corporation and 10 separate Alaska Native Village Corporations formed after the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) on December 18, 1971. As a result of the merger NANA owns both the surface and subsurface acreage for land it is entitled to from the passage of ANCSA. NANA villages in the region are: Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak., Noorvik, Selawik, and Shungnak.. The village corporation for Kotzebue (Kikiktagruk Inupiat Corporation (KIC) choose not to merge with NANA, therefore KIC retains the surface acreage of land the corporation is entitled to, whereas NANA will gain title to the subsurface acreage of KIC owned lands. NANA's surface entitlement is 2,082,052 acres. KIC's surface entitlement is 161,280 acres. To ensure there would be sufficient land available to select from to reach entitlement, each corporation made selections above the entitlement amount. NANA's over selections total over 5 million acres. In the land status maps that are available on this web site, both the selected and owned lands are identified. While both NANA and KIC are "for profit" corporations who follow State and Federal business laws, each has its own policies unique to the region and for individual shareholders and non-shareholders. DUTIES OF THE LAND DEPARTMENT The NANA land department manages all corporate owned lands within the region. This includes all lands within village boundaries that have not been transferred to the local municipal governments or other entities pursuant to Section 14(c) of ANCSA. Section 14(c)1 allows for the transfer of land to individuals for home or subsistence sites, Section 14(c)2 allows for transfer to non-profit organizations such as churches, Section 14(c)3 allows for transfer to City governments for community expansion, and Section 14(c) 4 allows for transfer to the State Department of Transportation for existing airport purposes. In communities that have not completed 14(c) agreements and where other land such as townsite land is limited, NANA is the main entity to provide site control for public improvement projects (clinics, school sites, landfills, sewage lagoons, etc.). The NANA land department also tracks and manages incoming land conveyances from the Federal Government, administers a trespass program, and maintains a Geographic Information System to track land status. The NANA land department does not manage Native Allotments or Townsite land. Most Native allotments in the region are managed by Maniilaq Association or the Kotzebue IRA. The organizations also manage some townsite lands, however the majority of townsite lands are managed by City Municipal Governments in respective villages. NANA LAND COMMITTEES Pursuant to Article VIII of the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Restated Articles of Incorporation, NANA maintains five land committees who may provide advice, authorize and/or reject community projects. Each such committee is charged, respectively, with all aspects of the management of the surface and subsurface estate of all land owned by the corporation within areas which are withdrawn pursuant to Section 11 (a) (1) or 11 (a) (3) of ANCSA, around the village or villages of which the members of the committee are residents. The
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NANA is the regional Native corporation for the northwest Arctic region. The Northwest Arctic Borough is the governing body for the region. The NANA region encompasses 38,000 square miles, an area approximately the same size as the state of Indiana. |
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