A Moment in Time: ANCSA

Use this booklet with 7-12 grade students to investigate the history and events surrounding the 1971 passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). In its pages, you will find content, writing, drawing, and activity prompts to help students engage with primary source newspapers and archival images relating to land ownership and Alaska Native land claims. The teacher resource guide contains extension activities, additional primary sources, and further background information to help facilitate the use of this booklet in the classroom or at home.

Thank you to the Alaska State Library, Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation, and Tuzzy Consortium Library for their generosity in sharing several archival images for inclusion as primary sources in this booklet.

Investigate ANCSA and Alaska's histories further in the Alaska Exhibition, on permanent view at the Anchorage Museum.