http://www.morganhowardproductions.com/2008/in-response-to-evon-peter-native-corporations-arent-all-bad-news/ Visual Communications production company specializing in Alaska Native Corporations and Tribal businesses Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:47:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.morganhowardproductions.com/2008/in-response-to-evon-peter-native-corporations-arent-all-bad-news/#comment-29 Evon Peter Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:25:13 +0000 http://www.morganhowardproductions.com/2008/in-response-to-evon-peter-native-corporations-arent-all-bad-news/#comment-29 I am in agreement that Alaska Native corporations "aren't all bad news." This was not the statement I was making in those articles. I pointed out the fundamental injustices. If you speak with the original Alaska Native activists of the time, they will all attest to the fact that it was not a settlement with Alaska Natives, rather a unilateral decision by Congress. For example, they tried to push for a 2% royalty on resource developments, which was removed in a closed door Congressional decision. We need our people to have business institutions, but we can't allow our tribal rights to continue to be undermined. It is in our tribes that our Indigenous rights and traditional cultures thrive. I am in agreement that Alaska Native corporations “aren’t all bad news.” This was not the statement I was making in those articles. I pointed out the fundamental injustices. If you speak with the original Alaska Native activists of the time, they will all attest to the fact that it was not a settlement with Alaska Natives, rather a unilateral decision by Congress. For example, they tried to push for a 2% royalty on resource developments, which was removed in a closed door Congressional decision. We need our people to have business institutions, but we can’t allow our tribal rights to continue to be undermined. It is in our tribes that our Indigenous rights and traditional cultures thrive.

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