Category Archives: Clan Based Property

Modern Demonstration of Territorial Clan Property

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

This is how I envision an end game scenario to clans managing and defending their own territorial fishing waters. Hand in hand with or following the the development of a de facto Tlingit Nation, we could begin controlling and managing … Continue reading →

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Exclusionary Collectivism and Clan Property

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

A recent article in The Economist highlights what happens when two social concepts, alien to one another, compete in the political realm. Group rights vs individual rights – Me, myself and them WHEN one category of citizens is singled out … Continue reading →

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Victory for the T’akdeintaan and Teeyhíttaan clans

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

Spokesman: ‘We proved … that we owned it’ The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGRA, Review Committee in Washington, D.C. found a Native object in the Alaska State Museum and several in the University of Pennsylvania Museum … Continue reading →

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Formulating a Strategy for an Independent Tlingit Nation – Part 1 ANCSA Village Corporations

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

There are 3 pillars of power in Tlingit Country that can be harnessed to help establish an independent Tlingit Nation made up of independent clans and Kwaans: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Village Corporations Municipal Governments Tribe/Clan entities (Chilkat … Continue reading →

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Clan/Tribe property ownership and resource management

Posted on July 2, 2010 by

Cross posted from AIAN Attack the System The traditional forms of commonly owned tribe and clan property have been the economic arrangements that have sustained our people for thousands of years. Recently our property and resources have been reorganized into … Continue reading →

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Our way forward is to embrace our past

Posted on July 1, 2010 by

A speech from 1995 by Dr. Walter Soboleff stresses the importance of education, and the foundation of that education in Tlingit society: family and clan. The opening lines remind us that American public education has no place in a society … Continue reading →

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