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Serving rural and Alaska Native students from across Alaska, Rural Student Services (RSS) is here to help you make UAF your home away from home.
The 2025 Festival of Native Arts took place on February 27, 28, and March 1. For information about upcoming events or to get involved, visit the FNA website.
Events
Date: Friday, May 2, 2025
Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
Location: RSS Gathering room Brooks Building, Rm# 207
The Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development extends an invitation
to graduating students, their families, friends, classmates and supporting faculty
and staff to gather and celebrate our Class of 2025 graduating students.
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December 14, 2021
Addressing Alaska Native Corporations and Their Need to Open Enrollment for “New Natives” Adapted from “Case Study of Doyon Limited and Calista“ by Jolene Nanouk DANSRD student The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was enacted on December 18, 1971, allowing Alaska Natives born on or before this date with 1/4 blood quantum to be …
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Reflections on the ANCSA Impact Series by Catherine Brooks
December 15, 2021
The piece below, written by DANSRD Associate Professor Cathy Brooks, reflects on what she learned participating in the ANCSA Impact Series, culminating in a series of panel discussions and presentations hosted by the UAF Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development (DANSRD) and collectively titled “The Impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act …
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December 18, 2021
In the following piece, Director Emeritus of the Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development, reflects on the fight for land claims in the Interior and the impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Professor Wright joined the then Department of Alaska Native Rural Development in 2001 and was the director of the …
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Deanna Fitzgerald, B.S.
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development
