43 U.S.C. § 1602 : US Code - Section 1602: Definitions

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1602 : US Code - Section 1602: Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the term -
(a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior;
(b) "Native" means a citizen of the United States who is a person
of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian
Indians not enrolled in the Metlaktla (!1) Indian Community)
Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. The term includes
any Native as so defined either or both of whose adoptive parents
are not Natives. It also includes, in the absence of proof of a
minimum blood quantum, any citizen of the United States who is
regarded as an Alaska Native by the Native village or Native group
of which he claims to be a member and whose father or mother is
(or, if deceased, was) regarded as Native by any village or group.
Any decision of the Secretary regarding eligibility for enrollment
shall be final;
(c) "Native village" means any tribe, band, clan, group, village,
community, or association in Alaska listed in sections 1610 and
1615 of this title, or which meets the requirements of this
chapter, and which the Secretary determines was, on the 1970 census
enumeration date (as shown by the census or other evidence
satisfactory to the Secretary, who shall make findings of fact in
each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives;
(d) "Native group" means any tribe, band, clan, village,
community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of
less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the
residents of the locality;
(e) "Public lands" means all Federal lands and interests therein
located in Alaska except: (1) the smallest practicable tract, as
determined by the Secretary, enclosing land actually used in
connection with the administration of any Federal installation, and
(2) land selections of the State of Alaska which have been patented
or tentatively approved under section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood
Act, as amended (72 Stat. 341, 77 Stat. 223), or identified for
selection by the State prior to January 17, 1969;
(f) "State" means the State of Alaska;
(g) "Regional Corporation" means an Alaska Native Regional
Corporation established under the laws of the State of Alaska in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(h) "Person" means any individual, group, firm, corporation,
association, or partnership;
(i) "Municipal Corporation" means any general unit of municipal
government under the laws of the State of Alaska;
(j) "Village Corporation" means an Alaska Native Village
Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a
business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest,
manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights
and assets for and on behalf of a Native village in accordance with
the terms of this chapter.(!2)
(k) "Fund" means the Alaska Native Fund in the Treasury of the
United States established by section 1605 of this title;
(l) "Planning Commission" means the Joint Federal-State Land Use
Planning Commission established by section 1616 of this title;
(m) "Native Corporation" means any Regional Corporation, any
Village Corporation, any Urban Corporation, and any Group
Corporation;
(n) "Group Corporation" means an Alaska Native Group Corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for
profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, manage and/or
distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for
and on behalf of members of a Native group in accordance with the
terms of this chapter;
(o) "Urban Corporation" means an Alaska Native Urban Corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for
profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, manage and/or
distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for
and on behalf of members of an urban community of Natives in
accordance with the terms of this chapter;
(p) "Settlement Common Stock" means stock of a Native Corporation
issued pursuant to section 1606(g)(1) of this title that carries
with it the rights and restrictions listed in section 1606(h)(1) of
this title;
(q) "Replacement Common Stock" means stock of a Native
Corporation issued in exchange for Settlement Common Stock pursuant
to section 1606(h)(3) of this title;
(r) "Descendant of a Native" means -
(1) a lineal descendant of a Native or of an individual who
would have been a Native if such individual were alive on
December 18, 1971, or
(2) an adoptee of a Native or of a descendant of a Native,
whose adoption -
(A) occurred prior to his or her majority, and
(B) is recognized at law or in equity;
(s) "Alienability restrictions" means the restrictions imposed on
Settlement Common Stock by section 1606(h)(1)(B) of this title;
(t) "Settlement Trust" means a trust -
(1) established and registered by a Native Corporation under
the laws of the State of Alaska pursuant to a resolution of its
shareholders, and
(2) operated for the benefit of shareholders, Natives, and
descendants of Natives, in accordance with section 1629e of this
title and the laws of the State of Alaska.