43 U.S.C. § 1607
Village Corporations
(a) Organization of Corporation prerequisite to receipt of patent to lands or benefits under chapterThe Native residents of each Native village entitled to receive lands and benefits under this chapter shall organize as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State before the Native village may receive patent to lands or benefits under this chapter, except as otherwise provided.
(b) Regional Corporation: approval of initial articles; review and approval of amendments to articles and annual budgets; assistance in preparation of articles and other documentsThe initial articles of incorporation for each Village Corporation shall be subject to the approval of the Regional Corporation for the region in which the village is located. Amendments to the articles of incorporation and the annual budgets of the Village Corporations shall, for a period of five years, be subject to review and approval by the Regional Corporation. The Regional Corporation shall assist and advise Native villages in the preparation of articles of incorporation and other documents necessary to meet the requirements of this subsection.
(c) Applicability of section 1606The provisions of subsections (g), (h) (other than paragraph (4)), and (o) of section 1606 of this title shall apply in all respects to Village Corporations, Urban Corporations, and Group Corporations.
(Pub. L. 92–203, § 8, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 694; Pub. L. 96–487, title XIV, § 1401(b), Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2492; Pub. L. 100–241, § 6, Feb. 3, 1988, 101 Stat. 1795; Pub. L. 104–10, § 1(b), May 18, 1995, 109 Stat. 157.)Editorial NotesAmendments1995—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–10 substituted “(h) (other than paragraph (4))” for “(h)”.
1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–241 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “The provisions concerning stock alienation, annual audit, and transfer of stock ownership on death or by court decree provided for regional corporations in section 1606 of this title, including the provisions of section 1606(h)(3) of this title shall apply to Village Corporations Urban Corporations and Native Groups; except that audits need not be transmitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives or to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.”
1980—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–487 inserted provision making provisions of section 1606 of this title, including section 1606(h)(3) of this title, applicable to Village Corporations, Urban Corporations, and Native Groups and substituted provision that audits need not be transmitted to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate for provision that audits need not be transmitted to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Notes of Decisions
Hanson v. Kake Tribal Corp., 939 P.2d 1320 (Alaska 1997).
· cites it 2× “Section 8 of ANCSA ( 43 U.S.C.A. § 1607 ) makes section 7(h) applicable to village corporations.”
Cape Fox Corp. v. United States, 456 F. Supp. 784 (D. Alaska 1978).
· cites it 2× “48 Plaintiff Cape Fox Corporation is a village corporation organized pursuant to 43 U.S.C. § 1607 and is eligible to select land under 43 U.”
Stratman v. Leisnoi, Inc., 545 F.3d 1161 (9th Cir. 2008).
“43 U.S.C. § 1607 . The native villages were defined to include “any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska” either listed by name or determined by the Secretary to have met certain requirements.”
Yvonne Ito v. Copper River Native Ass'n, 547 P.3d 1003 (Alaska 2024).
“” 32 “A federally recognized 30 43 U.S.C. § 1607 (a) provides: “The Native residents of each Native village entitled to receive lands and benefits under this chapter shall organize as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State before the Native…”
Leisnoi, Inc. v. Omar Stratman, 154 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 1998).
“See 43 U.S.C. § 1607 . Unfortunately, through the years, the Regional and Village Corporations have often found themselves in court as adversaries.”
Nenana Fuel Co. v. Native Vill. of Venetie, 834 P.2d 1229 (Alaska 1992).
· cites it 2× “43 U.S.C. § 1607 (1988). While these organizations have been endowed with sufficient land and other assets to ensure effective self-determination, see 43 U.”
Seldovia Native Ass'n v. United States, 35 Fed. Cl. 761 (Fed. Cl. 1996).
· cites it 2× “” 43 U.S.C. § 1607 (a). These villages were grouped into twelve regions “based upon common heritage and .”
Doyon, Ltd. v. Bristol Bay Native Corp., 569 F.2d 491 (9th Cir. 1978).
· cites it 2× “43 U.S.C. § 1607 . To effectuate the legislative plan, an Alaska Native Fund (Fund) has been created, into which $962,500,000 will ultimately be deposited for distribution to the Regional Corporations.”
Lucas Borer v. The Eyak Corp., 507 P.3d 49 (Alaska 2022).
“Borer signed the form, right below a statement that read: “I understand that the information set forth above will be relied 1 See generally 43 U.S.C. § 1607 . -2- 7588 upon by The Eyak Corporation in the preparation of its election materials for the upcoming Annual Meeting of…”
Aleknagik Natives, Ltd. v. United States, 635 F. Supp. 1477 (D. Alaska 1986).
“See 43 U.S.C. §§ 1607 (a), 1620(cHd). Thus if it were important for a village to leave certain lands undeveloped, either to insulate itself from outside influences or to enable its members to engage in non-commercial or subsistence activities, the village’s municipal corporation…”
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