BLM Fulfills NANA Village Land Entitlements

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BLM Fulfills NANA Village Land Entitlements

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on Aug. 2, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

ANCHORAGE- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) entitlement for Noatak. Noatak is one of ten villages that merged with NANA. With this patent, all ten have received the lands they are entitled to under ANSCA.

Noatak is located on the west bank of the 396-mile long Noatak River, a few miles west of the 66-million-acre Noatak National Preserve. Noatak is 55 air miles north of Kotzebue and 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle and within the NANA Region.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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