1. Introduction

  Context for the request, purpose of 8(a) and the ANC contracting provisions, and   overview of the information in this briefing book

1. May 15 letter to Senator McCaskill
2. Highlights of GAO testimony
3. CRS report

B. Status of Alaska Natives 1970 to 2000

  “What was the overall status of Alaska Natives before the Claims Settlement Act was   passed in 1971, as measured by education attainment, poverty levels, employment,   standard of living, health and any other measures you deem relevant. Now more   than 40 years later, how do Alaska Natives stack up on those same measures?”

1. Status of Alaska Natives 2004 (Goldsmith et al. 2004)
2. “Changes in the Status of Natives, 1970 to 2007” (Martin & Hill 2009)
3. Understanding Alaska’s Remote Rural Economy (Goldsmith 2008)
4. Expanding Job Opportunities for Alaska Natives: Summary (McDiarmid et al. 1998)
5. “The Labor Force Status of Alaska’s Native Population” (Lane 1987)

C. Benefits from Alaska Native Corporations

  What are the benefits to both Alaska Native people and the state generally from the   Alaska Native Corporations?   

  Overview of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Corporations

1. “The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act at 35”. Paper 12, 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (Linxwiler 2007)
2. Financial Performance of Alaska Native Corporations (Colt 1991) “Alaska Natives and the “New Harpoon”: Economic Performance of the ANCSA Regional Corporations” (Colt 2001)
3. Changes in the Well-being of Alaska Natives Since ANCSA, (Kruse 1984)
4. Alaska Economic Performance Report (2007)

  Dividends and Distributions

5. Alaska Native Corporations 2006 Economic Data (Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs 2008)

Ch’etbuja: “We Share It”, 2004 Economic Data (Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs 2006)

Malrugni Yuul: Walking in Two Worlds with One Spirit, 2003 Economic Data (Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs 2005)

Native Corporations: A Legacy of Sharing 2001 Economic Data (Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs 2003)

  Employment

6. Alaska Economic Trends (ADOLWD 2009)

  Regional Economic Impact of Alaska Native Corporations

7. The Economic Impact of Alaska Native Organizations on Interior Alaska (Peirce et al 2008)
8. Role of the Sealaska Corporation on the Southeast Alaska Economy (McDowell Group 2008)

  Social Capital

9. Red dog Mine Extension Draft EIS, Appendix G: Social Conditions

D. Benefits from the 8(a) program

  “What are the benefits to both Alaska Native people and the state generally from the   8(a) program?”

1. “Advocacy Packet”, Native American Contractors Association, (NACA 2009).
2. Native American contracting Under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act: Economic, Social and Cultural Impacts (Taylor 2007)

  Business Incubator

3. Case studies from the Viability of Business Enterprises for Rural Alaska (ViBEs) study(ISER & CED 2008)

   Cully Corporation
   Iliamna Lake Contractors
   Sweetsir Construction
   TDX
   Tlingit & Haida Technology Industries
   Yukaana Development Corporation