Reflecting on the effects of ANCSA
September 15, 2011
Two days of lectures and panel discussions about the effects of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native
Claims Settlement Act on ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ are scheduled 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 5 – 6, in the Wood Center Carol Brown Ballroom.
The panels and lectures will feature guests from across ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ addressing issues from
the economic, environmental, social, cultural, and educational impact of ANCSA in
the 40 years since its 1971 passage. They will also address the impacts on ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ
Native culture, education, and leadership. Speakers will include ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native leaders,
former
 state and U.S. senators, and members of the 
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce.
The panel discussions will also be available to view via webstream at . More information is available .
This program is sponsored by UAF Chancellor Brian Rogers, UA Vice President of the
Office of Academic Affairs Dan
 Julius, 
Vice Chancellor of Rural, Community and Native
Education Bernice Joseph,
 and 
Director of the Department of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Native Studies
and Rural Development Miranda Wright.