The US Department of the Interior has transferred nearly 28,000 acres of land to the NANA Regional Corporation, an Alaska ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday announced the transfer of nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional ...

The agency's move is part of President Donald Trump's push to reduce federal control and advance energy production in the ...

ANCHORAGE - The Department of the Interior today announced the conveyance of nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional ...

The US Department of the Interior said they have finalized the conveyance of nearly 28,000 acres to NANA Regional Corporation Wednesday.

Native American and Alaska Native groups are seeing change under Haaland but some remain frustrated with the pace of action. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Haaland announces land transfers for Alaska ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced during her Alaska visit that she will open up 27 million acres of land in the state so Alaska Native veterans ... that could delay the land transfers ...

In 2022, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the daughter of a Vietnam veteran, expanded the Alaska land allotment program by opening 28 million acres for transfer under the John D. Dingell Jr ...

On Monday, U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney will be meeting with representatives of the Yakama Nation and other tribes in Washington state to discuss how the ...

According to that federal law, Alaska Native veterans who served between August of 1964 and December of 1971 are eligible to claim 160 acres of public land in the state of Alaska.

About 13,000 land allotments were awarded in the 1960s but the program was ended following the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, before many Alaska Native veterans returned.

The Trump administration transferred 28,000 acres (11,331 hectares) in a remote part of Northwest Alaska to a native ...