Morgan Howard Productions » NOLs http://www.morganhowardproductions.com Visual Communications production company specializing in Alaska Native Corporations and Tribal businesses Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Ted Stevens by Donald Craig Mitchell http://www.morganhowardproductions.com/2009/ted-stevens-by-donald-craig-mitchell/ http://www.morganhowardproductions.com/2009/ted-stevens-by-donald-craig-mitchell/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:26:19 +0000 Morgan Howard http://www.morganhowardproductions.com/2009/ted-stevens-by-donald-craig-mitchell/ Ted StevensThe online newspaper “Alaska Dispatch” has a most interesting article about Ted Stevens written by Donald Craig Mitchell.  Anyone reading this blog probably already knows that Mitchell wrote the two most informative books about Alaska Natives and their land.

Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land 1867-1959

Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress’s Historic Settlement of Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971 I would like to see a third installment in this series.

Mitchell talked about the enormous power Ted Stevens had as a senior US senator.  His first example was the “NOL Legislation”.  I couldn’t agree more.  As a student of ANC history, I am amazed at the windfall ANCs received as a result of the NOLs.

Many shareholders forced their boards to disperse of this new found money as dividends.  My corporations were no exception.

Click here for the full article.

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