Fate Control and Human Rights: The Policies and Practices of Local Governance in America’s Arctic

• Main Author: Kimmel, Mara
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Duke University School of Law 2014
• Subjects: Law; Arctic; Alaska law review; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol31/iss2/5; https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1482&context=alr

The loss of territoriality over lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act had adverse impacts for Alaskan tribal governance. Despite policy frameworks that emphasize the value of local governance at an international, regional, and statewide level, Alaskan tribes face unique obstacles to exercising their authority, with consequences for both human development and human rights. This Article examines how territoriality was lost and analyzes the four major effects of this loss on tribal governance. It then describes two distinct but complimentary strategies to rebuilding tribal governance authority that rely on both territorial and non-territorial authority.