State Government
Alaska's state Capital
What is Juneau?
Instead of counties, Alaska uses this
What are Boroughs?
This refers to the ability of a group of people to make decisions for themselves
What is sovereignty?
This state has the most Native Nations in the U.S.
What is Alaska?
This is when you open new tabs and conduct research to verify information
What is lateral reading?
Alaska's government looks extremely similar to theirs
What is the United States' Government?
This refers to the parts of Alaska where there is no Borough government
In the lower 48, Native nations exercise their authority (make and enforce laws) on these
What are Reservations?
This law settled the question of Native land ownership in the United States
What is ANCSA?
This is the country whose president the United States kidnapped/arrested
What is Venezuela?
This refers to a group of people who do something NOT as a full time job
What is unprofessional?
The system where a city council chooses someone to run the city
What is the Council-Manager System?
The United States has an inescapable legal duty to protect native nations because of these
What are treaties?
These people can be given stocks in Native Corporations
What are blood relatives?
The best band
What is Voxtrot?
This was one reason some people didn't want Alaska to become a state
What is, low population, President wanted complete control, etc.
Two responsibilities of Borough governments
What is paying for schools, zoning, providing services, etc.
This famous American document described Native Nations as foreign countries
What is the Constitution?
An example of something a Tribal court might hear
Child Custody, Juvenile Crime, Minor Crimes
Kodiak's Senator and Representative
Who is Louise Stutes and Gary Stevens?
The two types of cities in Alaska
What are General law and Home rule
This group has the ability to make laws for Native Nations in the U.S.
What is Congress
This is what called "non-territorial autonomy"
The ability to be sovereign (make your own decisions) without owning territory