§1603 — Title 43 Public Lands | U.S. Code

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Earlier federal grants or tentative approvals of public land or water in Alaska are treated as ending any Native land rights. All Native claims to land, to submerged lands under inland and offshore waters, and to hunting or fishing rights in Alaska are ended. Any claims against the United States, the State, or others based on those rights, on U.S. statutes or treaties, on laws of other nations, or now pending in any court or the Indian Claims Commission are also ended.

Title 43, §1603

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(a)All prior conveyances of public land and water areas in Alaska, or any interest therein, pursuant to Federal law, and all tentative approvals pursuant to section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act, shall be regarded as an extinguishment of the aboriginal title thereto, if any.

(b)All aboriginal titles, if any, and claims of aboriginal title in Alaska based on use and occupancy, including submerged land underneath all water areas, both inland and offshore, and including any aboriginal hunting or fishing rights that may exist, are hereby extinguished.

(c)All claims against the United States, the State, and all other persons that are based on claims of aboriginal right, title, use, or occupancy of land or water areas in Alaska, or that are based on any statute or treaty of the United States relating to Native use and occupancy, or that are based on the laws of any other nation, including any such claims that are pending before any Federal or state court or the Indian Claims Commission, are hereby extinguished.

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section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 6(g) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, which is set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

§1603 Declaration of Settlement

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Title 43, §1603

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