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What did the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act say?

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The Alaska Native Claims Settlment Act (ANCSA) gave 44 million acres back to the original inhabitants that lived there plus $962.5 million in cash compensation to about 80,000 Native-Americans. It was essential to clear those claims in order to create the Trans-Alaska pipeline across contested lands.

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