Sealaska Corporation is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Headquartered in Juneau, Alaska, Sealaska is a for-profit corporation with more than 23,000 Alaska Native shareholders[1] primarily of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian descent.[2]
Sealaska was incorporated in Alaska on June 16, 1972.[3] In 1981, Sealaska Corporation sponsored the creation of the non-profit Sealaska Heritage Foundation, now the Sealaska Heritage Institute, which manages its cultural and educational programs.[4]
Sealaska’s primary economic drivers are natural resources, land management, environmental services and seafood.[5]
- ^ Bluemink, Elizabeth. (2007-03-18). "Sharing Sealaska corporation with eligible descendants: Owners will vote on whether to add thousands to their corporation." Anchorage Daily News, pp. F1, F5. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
- ^ Sealaska Corporation (official website). Retrieved on 8/12/2019
- ^ Corporations Database. Sealaska Corporation. Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
- ^ "About Us". Sealaska Heritage Institute. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "About". Sealaska. Retrieved 2019-08-12.