Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) for the 2010 Census-Proposed Criteria and Guidelines

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 070913515-7516-01]

Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) for the 2010 Census—Proposed Criteria and Guidelines

AGENCY:

Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of proposed program revisions and request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is requesting comment on proposed criteria and guidelines for Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) for the 2010 Census. Criteria are those rules and conditions that must be met when defining a geographic entity; guidelines

are procedures and measures suggested by the Census Bureau to enhance the utility of statistical geographic areas for presentation and analysis of statistical data. ANAs are geographic entities within the State of Alaska defined for the collection, tabulation, and presentation of decennial census data and will be used for the 2010 Census. ANAs also will be used to tabulate and present period estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) after 2010 and potentially other Census Bureau surveys. ANAs consist of two types of unique geographic entities: Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) and Alaska Native village statistical areas (ANVSAs)

. At this time, the Census Bureau does not propose any changes to the process for naming and delineating boundaries of ANRCs as used in Census 2000. The Census Bureau proposes to revise the criteria and guidelines for eligibility, location, delineation, and naming of ANVSAs to ensure more consistent and comparable ANVSAs and more meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data for Alaska Natives and their ANAs. This Notice also contains definitions of key terms used in the ANVSA criteria and guidelines for the 2010 Census.

For Census Bureau purposes, the Annette Island Reserve in Alaska is considered an American Indian area (AIA), more specifically an American Indian reservation (AIR), not an ANA.

The Census Bureau will publish a separate notice in the

Federal Register

that proposes criteria and guidelines for American Indian Areas (AIAs) for the 2010 Census. After the final ANA criteria and guidelines for the 2010 Census are published in the

Federal Register

, the Census Bureau will offer designated tribal governments or associations an opportunity through the Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP) to review and, if necessary, suggest updates to the boundaries and names of their ANAs.

DATES:

Written comments must be submitted on or before June 16, 2008.

ADDRESSES:

Please direct all written comments on this proposed program to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H001, Mail Stop 0100, Washington, DC 20233-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information on these proposed program criteria and guidelines should be directed to Mr. Michael Ratcliffe, Chief, Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, via e-mail at

geo.tsap.list@census.gov

or telephone at 301-763-3056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to Title 13 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), section 141(a) (2000), the Secretary of Commerce, as delegated to the Census Bureau, undertakes the decennial census every ten years “in such form and content as he may determine.” This language gives wide discretion to the Census Bureau in taking the census.

The Census Bureau portrays the boundaries of both legal and statistical geographic entities for the purpose of collecting, tabulating, and presenting meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data from the decennial census, the ACS, and potentially other censuses and surveys. The Census Bureau attempts to develop objective criteria and guidelines to establish geographic entities that meet this purpose.

The Census Bureau is committed to delineating geographic entity boundaries in partnership with tribal, state, and local officials using criteria and guidelines developed in an open process. It is the responsibility of the Census Bureau to ensure that geographic entity criteria and guidelines achieve the goal of providing meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data. While aware that there are nonstatistical uses of ANAs and the data tabulated for them, the Census Bureau will not modify ANA boundaries or attributes specifically to meet the requirements of any of these nonstatistical program uses, including any attempt to meet the specific program requirements of other government agencies. Further, changes made to a geographic entity to meet the requirements of a specific nonstatistical program may have detrimental effects on uses of the same geographic entity for other nonstatistical programs. In addition, the Census Bureau makes no attempt to specifically link the establishment of statistical geographic entities to federal, tribal, or state laws.

The development of the ANAs has been an evolutionary process in which the Census Bureau has worked with various data users to develop geographic entities that both aid in census enumeration and tabulation activities and are meaningful for Alaska Natives,

their governments, associations working with Alaska Natives, and the federal and state agencies administering tribal programs benefiting Alaska Natives.

The term Alaska Native is used throughout this document, but refers to anyone who a) self-identifies as an American Indian and/or an Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more other races, and b) resides in Alaska. If using race data from Census 2000 rather than some other data source, use data for “American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more races” to determine if an ANVSA meets the proposed delineation criteria and guidelines.

ANRCs are corporate entities organized to conduct both for-profit and non-profit affairs of Alaska Natives in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) (as amended) (43 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (2000)). ANRCs are geographic entities with legally defined boundaries that subdivide all of Alaska into twelve regions, except for the area within the Annette Island Reserve (an AIR under the governmental authority of the Metlakatla Indian Community). A thirteenth non-geographic ANRC represents Alaska Natives who do not belong to one of the other twelve ANRCs; the Census Bureau does not tabulate or present data for this thirteenth ANRC. The twelve geographic ANRCs are what the Census Bureau terms “legal geographic entities.”

ANVSAs are statistical geographic entities representing the residences, permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or receive governmental services from the defining ANV, and that are located within the region and vicinity of the ANV's historic and/or traditional location. ANVSAs are intended to represent the relatively densely settled portion of each ANV and should include only an area where Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV, represent a substantial proportion of the population during at least one season of the year. ANVSAs also should not contain large areas that are primarily unpopulated or that do not include concentrations of Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV. For the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau proposes changes to the ANVSA criteria and guidelines. These proposed changes are discussed more fully below.

I. History of Alaska Native Areas in the Decennial Census

Prior to the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau had no program specifically designed to recognize or tabulate data for ANAs. Data were published for most of the ANVs as either incorporated places or “unincorporated places” (referred to as census designated places (CDPs) in later censuses). Congress used data tabulated from the 1970 Census for these places, in conjunction with other information, to determine if they qualified as a “Native village” or a “Native group” in accordance with the ANCSA.

Upon enactment of the ANCSA, the Census Bureau began to report data specifically for ANAs beginning with the 1980 Census. The types of ANAs included in the 1980 Census were based

on recommendations of an ad hoc interagency committee established by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to examine how the federal government could provide improved data for Alaska Natives. In addition to input from OMB, the Census Bureau also consulted directly with Alaska Native tribal governments and associations, as well as Alaska State officials.

The Census Bureau used approximate boundaries for the ANRCs to tabulate data from the 1980 Census. Data for ANRCs were not published as part of the standard decennial census tabulations, but were included in a supplementary report. In sparsely populated areas, the ANRC boundaries were generalized to follow visible features and the boundaries of other census geographic entities.

For the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau worked with Alaska State officials to identify the names and locations of ANVs recognized in accordance with the ANCSA, and to delineate their boundaries. The boundaries of most ANVs coincided with the boundaries of other census geographic entities, in particular incorporated places and CDPs. In the few remaining ANVs whose boundaries did not coincide with incorporated place or CDP boundaries, the Census Bureau delineated boundaries that corresponded to one or more enumeration districts (similar to the block groups of later censuses). For the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau identified 209 ANVs.

After reviewing these data from the 1980 Census, the Census Bureau discovered that the territory encompassing housing units and population associated with an ANV did not necessarily correspond with the territory of an incorporated place or CDP of the same name. In addition, ANV and ANRC officials commented that the ANV boundaries for the 1980 Census were not their historical or traditional boundaries. The ANV boundaries also did not represent the land withdrawals, selections, or conveyances for the Alaska Native Village Corporations (ANVCs) made in accordance with the ANCSA or the lands historically or traditionally used for subsistence activities, including hunting and fishing. In response to these concerns and to emphasize that these points were all valid, the Census Bureau changed the term for these statistical geographic entities from ANVs to ANVSAs to indicate that while they still were based on the historical or traditional

location

of the ANV, they did not necessarily represent the ANV's historical or traditional

boundary

To improve the accuracy of ANRC boundaries for the 1990 Census, the Census Bureau transferred the ANRC boundaries from a source map provided by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) onto a series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:250,000-scale topographic maps, and digitized from there into their geographic database. The Census Bureau implemented a review process, which included the participation of each ANRC, to verify that the ANRC regional boundary was updated correctly. At the request of ANRCs, the Census Bureau worked directly with the ANRC's non-profit associations, whose purpose is to conduct the sociocultural outreach and support for members and other Alaska Natives within their region, in reviewing each regional boundary.

ANV government officials and ANRC non-profit association officials were encouraged to delineate ANVSA boundaries for the 1990 Census to facilitate enumeration of Alaska Natives, especially in remote Alaska. To meet the need for suitable boundaries for use in collecting, tabulating, and presenting data for ANV housing and population by aiding in the correct allocation of residences and thus population, ANVSA boundaries were required to follow physical features that would likely be visible to census enumerators, such as roads, trails, shorelines, rivers, streams, and ridgelines, or locally known boundaries of other legal geographic entities, such as boroughs,

ANRCs, etc. For the 1990 Census, the Census Bureau identified 217 ANVSAs.

For Census Bureau purposes, boroughs in Alaska are the equivalent of counties in other states. For purposes of this notice, the term borough includes the legal designation in Alaska of “cities and boroughs” and “municipalities”, as well as “census areas”. Census areas are comparable to and the equivalent to boroughs for collecting, tabulating, and presenting Census Bureau data. They were created cooperatively by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau to subdivide the large portion of Alaska not within an organized borough into geographic entities more comparable with the organized boroughs.

There were no changes to the types of ANAs identified for Census 2000. Similar to the 1990 Census, ANRC boundaries were reviewed by officials of the ANRC non-profit associations. A few small boundary corrections were made for some of the ANRCs. The new development seen in the Census 2000 was the introduction of tribal designated statistical areas (TDSAs) in Alaska. TDSAs had existed in some of the forty-eight conterminous states for the 1990 Census, but they had purposely been excluded from Alaska because ANVSAs were thought to cover all the ANVs in Alaska. Some data users stated that there was a difference between those ANVs that participated in the ANCSA and those that did not, but were recognized by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as tribes and eligible to receive services from the BIA. In an attempt to remedy this, the Census Bureau introduced TDSAs in Alaska. For Census 2000, the Census Bureau identified 205 ANVSAs and 2 TDSAs in Alaska. Fewer ANVSAs were delineated for Census 2000 primarily because some of the ANVs identified in previous censuses were not recognized in accordance with the ANCSA or recognized by the BIA.

II. Proposed Alaska Native Areas for the 2010 Census

A. Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs)

The Census Bureau is not proposing any changes to the process for delineating the ANRC boundaries for the 2010 Census. The boundaries used by the Census Bureau for the ANRCs represent their regional boundaries established in accordance with the ANCSA. These boundaries do not take into consideration land withdrawals, selections, or conveyances under the ANCSA, nor any form of land ownership. The boundaries for the ANRCs will be included in the materials for the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). Each ANRC's boundary will be reviewed, especially in relation to the boundaries of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) townships and sections, to confirm that it is the correct legal boundary for that region as developed under the ANCSA. Each ANRC will also be reviewed to determine if the correct ANVSAs are depicted within its regional boundary. At the request of the ANRCs, the Census Bureau will continue to work with representatives of the twelve ANRC non-profit associations to review their regional boundaries and to ensure that the name for each region continues to closely match the name of the for-profit ANRC for that region (

see Table 1

Table 1.—ANRC For-Profit Corporations and Non-Profit Associations

ANRC name

For-Profit Alaska Native Regional Corporation

Non-Profit Alaska Native Regional Association

1. Ahtna

Ahtna, Incorporated

Copper River Native Association.

2. Aleut

The Aleut Corporation

Aleutian-Pribilof Islands Association.

3. Arctic Slope

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

Arctic Slope Native Association.

4. Bering Straits

Bering Straits Native Corporation

Kawerak, Incorporated.

5. Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay Native Corporation

Bristol Bay Native Association.

6. Calista

Calista Corporation

Association of Village Council Presidents.

7. Chugach

Chugach Alaska Corporation

Chugachmiut, Incorporated.

8. Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated

Cook Inlet Tribal Council.

9. Doyon

Doyon, Limited

Tanana Chiefs Conference.

10. Koniag

Koniag, Incorporated

Kodiak Area Native Association.

11. NANA

NANA Regional Corporation

Maniilaq Association.

12. Sealaska

Sealaska Corporation

Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes.

B. Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (ANVSAs)

The goal for the 2010 Census is to improve the delineation of ANVSA boundaries to result in more consistent and comparable ANVSAs and more meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data for Alaska Natives and their ANVs. The majority of ANVSAs from Census 2000 meet this goal. No new types of ANAs are proposed for the 2010 Census.

ANVSAs are statistical geographic entities representing the residences, permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or receiving governmental services from the defining ANV located within the region and vicinity of the ANV's historic and/or traditional location. ANVSAs are intended to represent the relatively densely settled portion of each ANV and should include only areas where Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV, represent a significant proportion of the population during at least one season of the year. ANVSAs also should not contain large areas that are primarily unpopulated or do not include concentrations of Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV.

The delineation of ANVSAs is not meant to necessarily depict land ownership, including any land withdrawals, selections, or conveyances for the ANVCs, nor to represent all of the area over which an ANV has any form of governmental authority or jurisdiction, nor to represent all of the traditional or historical areas associated with the ANV, including areas used for subsistence activities. Representation of ANVSA boundaries in Census Bureau products is solely for the purpose of data collection, tabulation, and presentation and does not convey or confer any rights to land ownership, governmental authority, or jurisdictional status.

Although ANVSAs represent relatively densely settled concentrations of Alaska Natives, and therefore are similar to places, there are some key differences. The two place-level geographic entities for which the Census Bureau publishes data are incorporated places (cities in Alaska) and census designated places (CDPs). Incorporated places are governmental entities sanctioned by the State of Alaska to perform general purpose functions and whose boundaries are defined without specifically considering ANV members or other Alaska Natives. CDPs are unincorporated places delineated by State and borough officials in Alaska, and are intended to encompass all people at a given location, including ANV members. Incorporated places and CDPs are mutually exclusive of each other because, by definition, a CDP represents a named, unincorporated area. Because ANVSAs are defined specifically to represent concentrations of Alaska Natives, they are not constrained by other place-level geographic entities; that is, ANVSAs may overlap incorporated places and CDPs. An ANVSA may be delineated to encompass only a part of an incorporated place and/or a CDP; it may encompass area within multiple incorporated places or CDPs; or it may cover an area that has neither incorporated places nor CDPs. In addition, ANVSAs are used in census data collection activities and are included in the specific American Indian/Alaska Native geographic hierarchy for tabulating and presenting data from the 2010 Census; incorporated places and CDPs do not appear in the American Indian/Alaska Native geographic hierarchy. Incorporated places and CDPs do not clearly identify geographic entities that are specific to Alaska Natives, and therefore data for incorporated places and CDPs likely will reflect the characteristics of both Alaska Native and non-Native populations.

ANVSAs will be used to tabulate and present data from both the 2010 Census and the ACS. Defining officials should take into consideration that ACS period estimates of demographic characteristics for geographic entities that are small in population size will be subject to higher variances than comparable estimates for geographic entities with larger populations. Thus, if an ANVSA contains only a small number of housing units occupied by Alaska Natives during at least one season of the year, then the quality, reliability, and availability of the sample data may vary from year to year. In addition, the Census Bureau's disclosure avoidance and data quality assurance methodologies may have the effect of restricting the availability and amount of data for geographic entities with small populations. On the other hand, if an ANVSA encompasses a large total population that is not representative of the ANV's membership or service population, then the data for the Alaska Native population may be subsumed, or “masked,” by the characteristics of the overall population. The more closely an ANVSA's boundary relates to the distribution of ANV members and Alaska Natives receiving governmental services from the ANV, and does not include large numbers of people and households not affiliated with the ANV, the more likely that data presented for the ANVSA will reflect the characteristics of the ANV population. Therefore, when delineating ANVSAs, it is important to strike an appropriate balance, avoiding a definition that is too small to obtain meaningful sample data, and one that is so large that data for the Alaska Native population are masked by the presence of a high percentage of non-Native households. The Census Bureau has taken these concerns into consideration when developing the criteria and guidelines proposed below.

Officials designated to delineate boundaries also should consider that tribal affiliation data, including ANV affiliation, as collected by the Census Bureau, generally are not released for geographic entities that are small in population size, including ANVSAs, due to data disclosure concerns. If an ANVSA is defined in accordance with the program criteria and guidelines, the ANVSA data may provide a surrogate for tribal affiliation data for a specific, small geographic area, while tribal affiliation data are available for larger geographic entities such as the whole State of Alaska.

Although eligible, an ANV may elect not to delineate an ANVSA if it will not provide meaningful, relevant, or reliable statistical data. For example, the data may not be meaningful, relevant, or reliable because the member population now resides in other places or has been completely subsumed by non-member and/or non-Native populations. However, these ANVs may still be able to receive meaningful, relevant, and reliable statistical data for their ANV membership at higher levels of census geography, especially through the characteristic of tribal affiliation, but a specific geographic solution to their data issues, like an ANVSA, may not be feasible.

1. Proposed ANVSA Criteria and Guidelines for the 2010 Census

The Census Bureau proposes the following criteria and guidelines for the 2010 Census. Criteria are those rules and conditions that must be met when defining a geographic entity; guidelines are procedures and measures suggested by the Census Bureau to enhance the utility of statistical geographic areas for presentation and analysis of statistical data.

a. Proposed ANVSA Eligibility Criteria

An ANV would be eligible to delineate an ANVSA for the 2010 Census if the ANV is:

i. Recognized by and eligible to receive services from the BIA, or

ii. Recognized in accordance with the ANCSA as either a Native village, or Native group.

BIA recognition (criterion i. above) is determined by inclusion of an ANV on the BIA's list of recognized tribes

or by addenda to the list as published by the BIA. ANCSA recognition (criterion ii. above) is determined by inclusion of an ANV on the BLM's list of ANCSA recognized Native villages and Native groups; the BLM's list of those ANVs recognized in accordance with the ANCSA is available from the BLM's Alaska State Office.

Published regularly in the

Federal Register

in accordance with the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-454, 108 Stat. 4791 (1994); 25 U.S.C. 479a-1 (2000)). As of the publication of this Notice, the list was last published in the

Federal Register

on Thursday, March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13652).

Table 2 provides a list of the 237 ANVs that meet these proposed criteria and guidelines and that would be eligible to delineate an ANVSA for the 2010 Census. Table 2 also lists the BIA recognized name for each ANV

and indicates whether each is a Native village or Native group in accordance with the ANCSA. Any new ANV recognized by the BIA or in accordance with the ANCSA as of January 1, 2010 (the reference date for geographic entity boundaries for the 2010 Census), also will be eligible to delineate an ANVSA.

From the

Federal Register

notice published Thursday, March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13652).

The following three tribes in Alaska recognized by the BIA would not be eligible to be represented by ANVSAs because they are not ANVs, are large regional tribal associations, or have a legally defined American Indian reservation:

• Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes

• Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope

• Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve

All ANVs that were eligible to delineate TDSAs for Census 2000 would be eligible to delineate ANVSAs for the 2010 Census if the resulting ANVSA meets all the program's criteria. TDSAs would not be delineated in Alaska for the 2010 Census.

The Census Bureau will continue to work with representatives of the BIA-recognized ANV to delineate their ANVSA for the 2010 Census. If the ANV is not recognized by the BIA, or if the BIA-recognized ANV government does not respond to the Census Bureau's invitation to participate in the ANVSA program, the Census Bureau will work with the ANCSA-recognized ANVC or Alaska Native Group Corporation (ANGC), as applicable, to delineate their ANVSA. If neither replies to the Census Bureau, the Census Bureau will work with the ANRC non-profit associations in whose region the ANV is located to delineate the ANVSA. If none of the entities referenced above reply to the Census Bureau, time and resources permitting the Census Bureau may delineate an ANVSA for the ANV.

b. Proposed ANVSA Location Criteria

All eligible ANVs shall be located in areas of historical and traditional significance. These locations are referenced in:

• The BIA recognized name for an ANV—e.g., Native Village of Atka;

• The former BIA recognized name for an ANV—e.g., Iqurmuit Traditional Council (formerly the Native Village of Russian Mission); and/or

• The BLM ANCSA recognized name for a Native village or Native group—e.g., Buckland or Canyon Village.

The latitude and longitude coordinates listed in Table 2 represent the point location of each eligible ANV, as determined by the Census Bureau. Each point location has been verified using the ANRC boundaries, the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) point locations, USGS topographic maps, location information from previous censuses, BLM Core Townships, ANCSA 14(c) survey plats, location information from the State of Alaska, and Native allotment boundaries. The latitude and longitude coordinates listed for an ANV provide the starting point for delineation of that ANVSA. Each ANVSA must primarily include land immediately surrounding the corresponding point locations listed in Table 2 for each ANV, but may include additional territory according to the other final program criteria and guidelines. The point location information for each ANV included in Table 2 is used in the specific ANVSA delineation criteria and guidelines listed below.

c. Proposed ANVSA Delineation Criteria and Guidelines

The Census Bureau has received comments from data users, tribes, and ANV officials over the past twenty or more years regarding the purpose of American Indian/Alaska Native statistical geographic entities, including ANVSAs, and how they should be defined to facilitate tabulation and presentation of meaningful data. In response, the Census Bureau proposes the following criteria and guidelines to help ensure that ANVSAs delineated for the 2010 Census support their intended purpose, provide useful and meaningful data for the ANV they represent, and enhance the ability of data users to make more meaningful comparisons between ANVSAs. When finalized, the proposed criteria must be followed by all officials delineating an ANVSA for the 2010 Census. The guidelines are provided to assist delineating officials in defining an ANVSA.

Proposed ANVSA Delineation Criteria

i. ANVSAs delineated for the 2010 Census shall not overlap.

ii. An ANVSA shall not completely surround the location of another ANV as listed in Table 2.

iii. All portions of an ANVSA must be located within fifty miles of the ANV's point location listed in Table 2.

iv. An ANVSA shall not include more water area than land area. Large expanses of water area should be included only to maintain contiguity, to provide a generalized version of the shoreline, or if the water area is completely surrounded by land area included in the ANVSA.

v. An ANVSA's boundary shall follow visible, physical features, such as rivers, streams, shorelines, roads, trails, and ridgelines. Officials delineating ANVSAs may use nonvisible lines as an ANVSA boundary only if acceptable boundary features are not available. For example, an ANVSA boundary may follow the nonvisible, legally defined boundaries of ANRCs, boroughs, or cities.

Proposed ANVSA Delineation Guidelines

The following delineation guidelines are suggested good practices to improve the utility of ANVSAs for collecting, tabulating, presenting, and analyzing statistical data for Alaska Native populations. These are not requirements, but rather are suggestions for consideration when delineating ANVSA boundaries.

An ANVSA should not extend beyond the regional boundary of the ANRC in which the ANV is located (see Table 2). This helps avoid confusion regarding the relationship between ANRCs, ANVs, and ANVSAs, and helps orient data users working with data for both ANRCs and ANVSAs.

An ANVSA should not exceed 325 square miles in area. Based on review of ANVSAs boundaries from previous censuses as well as other information about ANVs and ANVSAs, the Census Bureau suggests this size as sufficient to encompass the Alaska Native population and housing associated with each respective ANVSA, but not so extensive that large amounts of non-Native population and housing are included.

Housing units occupied by Alaska Natives,

even if seasonal, should constitute the majority of housing units within an ANVSA. In addition, the population within an ANVSA should be majority Alaska Native, and, of that population, the majority should be members of or population served by the delineating ANV. An ANVSA should avoid encompassing or including any portion of a military installation or a large portion of an urbanized area. These guidelines are suggested to help ensure that the data presented for an ANVSA are as meaningful as possible, and avoid including large amounts of non-Alaska Native population and housing units.

If using race data from Census 2000 rather than some other data source, use data for “American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination with one or more races” to determine whether an ANVSA meets the proposed delineation criteria.

An ANVSA also should not contain large areas without housing or population. Specifically, an ANVSA should have a housing unit density of at least three housing units per square mile. The Census Bureau suggests this threshold based on review of ANVSA boundaries from previous decades.

An ANVSA should be contiguous; that is, an ANVSA should form a single area with all territory located within a continuous boundary. This makes identification of the extent of the ANVSA easier for residents and data users, and also provides for a clearer representation of the ANVSA's boundaries on maps. An ANVSA, however, may be defined with multiple noncontiguous pieces if doing so helps avoid inclusion of population and housing not associated with the ANV.

d. Proposed ANVSA Naming Criteria

The name for an ANVSA must match the corresponding ANV name in Table 2. If an ANV wishes to use a name that deviates from the corresponding ANV name, the ANV must submit a brief statement describing the reason for the change. Changes to the name of an ANVSA will be considered only if submitted in writing and signed by the highest elected official (Chairperson, Chief, or President) of the ANV.

2. ANVSA Review Process

As with all of the Census Bureau's statistical geographic entities, the Census Bureau reserves the right to modify, create, or reject any boundary or attribute as needed to meet the final program criteria or to maintain geographic relationships before the tabulation geography is finalized for the 2010 Census.

The Census Bureau will accept an ANVSA only if it meets the final program criteria. Any decision to reject a particular ANVSA delineation will be conveyed to the delineating official in writing. The delineating official may redelineate the ANVSA and re-submit it to the Census Bureau for review.

Interested parties will be able to review and comment on delineated ANVSA boundaries and names. If a dispute between two or more parties occurs over the boundary delineated for a specific ANVSA, the Census Bureau encourages the respective parties to reach a mutually acceptable agreement that complies with the final program criteria and follows the final program guidelines. There may be instances in which a mutually acceptable boundary for an ANVSA cannot be delineated, or the mutually acceptable boundary does not follow the final program criteria and guidelines. In such instances, the Census Bureau shall give priority to the boundary submitted by the ANV delineating official, in recognition of the government-to-government relationship with the ANV, provided that the delineated ANVSA meets the final program criteria. If a mutually acceptable ANVSA is not delineated in accordance with final program criteria by the program's deadline, the Census Bureau may, independently delineate an ANVSA.

III. Definitions of Key Terms and Acronyms

Alaska Native—For purposes of this program, Alaska Native refers to anyone who self-identifies as an American Indian and/or an Alaska Native and resides in Alaska.

Alaska Native area (ANA)—A geographic entity within the State of Alaska that is defined for the collection and tabulation of decennial census data for Alaska Natives. For the 2010 Census, ANAs include Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) and Alaska Native Village statistical areas (ANVSAs).

Alaska Native Group Corporation (ANGC)—A corporation created in accordance with the ANCSA and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a for-profit or non-profit business to hold, invest, manage, and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of a Native group.

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)—Legislation (Pub. L. No. 92-203, 85 Stat. 688 (1971); 43 U.S.C. 1602 et seq. (2000)) enacted in 1971 that recognized Native villages and Native groups, and established ANRCs and their regional boundaries.

Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC)—A legal geographic entity established under the ANCSA as a “Regional Corporation” to conduct both the for-profit and non-profit affairs of Alaska Natives within a defined region of Alaska. Twelve ANRCs cover the entire State of Alaska except for the area within the Annette Island Reserve (an AIR under the governmental authority of the Metlakatla Indian Community).

Alaska Native Urban Corporation (ANUC)—A corporation created in

accordance with the ANCSA and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a for-profit or non-profit business to hold, invest, manage, and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of one of the four Alaska Native urban communities recognized under the ANCSA: Juneau, Kenai, Kodiak, and Sitka.

Alaska Native village (ANV)—A local governmental unit in Alaska that constitutes an association, band, clan, community, group, tribe, or village recognized by and eligible to receive services from the BIA and/or in accordance with the ANCSA as a Native village or Native group.

Alaska Native Village Corporation (ANVC)—A corporation created in accordance with the ANCSA and organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a for-profit or non-profit business to hold, invest, manage, and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and assets for or on behalf of a Native village.

Alaska Native village statistical area (ANVSA)—A statistical geographic entity that represents the residences, permanent and/or seasonal, for Alaska Natives who are members of or receiving governmental services from the defining ANV that are located within the region and vicinity of the ANV's historic and/or traditional location. ANVSAs are intended to represent the relatively densely settled portion of each ANV and should include only an area where Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV, represent a significant proportion of the population during at least one season of the year. ANVSAs also should not contain large areas that are primarily unpopulated or do not include concentrations of Alaska Natives, especially members of the defining ANV.

American Indian reservation (AIR)—A federally recognized American Indian land area with a boundary established by final treaty, statute, Executive Order, and/or court order and over which the tribal government of a federally recognized American Indian tribe has governmental authority. The AIR in Alaska is referred to as a reserve (Annette Island Reserve).

ANCSA 14(c) Survey Plat—A map issued by the BLM that depicts the surveyed boundaries for each Native village and its ANVC in accordance with the process set out in Section 14(c) of the ANCSA (See 43 U.S.C. 1613(c) (2000)). Digital versions of the completed plats are available online at

http://ftp.dcbd.dced.state.ak.us/14cPlats/14c-Plats.htm

BLM Core Township—A PLSS township designated in accordance with the ANCSA, 43 U.S.C. 1641(b) (2000), in which all or part of a Native village was determined to be located.

Borough—A legal geographic entity within the State of Alaska. For purposes of this program, the Census Bureau treats boroughs as equivalent to a county in other states for data collection, tabulation, and presentation purposes. In addition, when used generically, this term also includes “cities and boroughs,” “municipalities,” and “census areas” in Alaska.

Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)—A Census Bureau survey of legal geographic entities. In Alaska, BAS includes boroughs, boroughs and cities, municipalities, cities, ANRCs, and federally recognized American Indian reservations. Its purpose is to determine, solely for data collection and tabulation by the Census Bureau, the complete and current inventory and the correct names, legal descriptions, official status, and official boundaries of the legal geographic entities with primary governmental authority over certain lands within the United States as of January 1 of the survey year. The BAS also collects specific information to document the legal actions that established a boundary or imposed a boundary change.

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)—The primary agency of the federal government, located within the Department of the Interior, charged with the trust responsibility between the federal government and federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and communities, including BIA recognized ANVs.

Census area—A statistical geographic entity that serves as the equivalent of a borough in Alaska and that is delineated cooperatively by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau solely for the purposes of subdividing that portion of Alaska that is not within an organized borough to allow more efficient census data collection and more useful census data tabulations.

Census designated place (CDP)—A statistical geographic entity with a concentration of population, housing, and commercial structures that is clearly identifiable by a single name, but is not within an incorporated place (i.e., a city in Alaska). CDPs are intended to be the statistical counterparts of incorporated places for distinct unincorporated communities.

City—A legal designation for incorporated places.

Contiguous—A description of a geographic entity having an uninterrupted outer boundary such that it forms a single, connected piece of territory. Noncontiguous areas form separate, disconnected pieces.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)—The GNIS is the federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The USGS developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names as the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the federal government; and the source for applying geographic names to federal electronic and printed products. The GNIS is available online at

http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html.

Incorporated place—A governmental unit, incorporated under state law as a city, town (except in New England, New York, and Wisconsin), borough (except in Alaska and New York), or village, to provide governmental services for a concentration of people within a legally defined boundary.

Legal geographic entity—A geographically defined governmental, administrative, or corporate entity whose origin, boundary, name, and description result from charters, laws, treaties, or other governmental action. Examples are the United States, states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, minor civil divisions, incorporated places, congressional districts, American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust lands, school districts, and ANRCs. The legal geographic entities that will be recognized for the 2010 Census are those in existence on January 1, 2010.

Native allotment—Land in Alaska allotted to Alaska Native adults primarily in accordance with the Native Allotment Act of 1906 (Ch. 2469, 34 Stat. 197 (1906)). A Native allotment can be up to 160 acres in area (.25 of a square mile), and its title is held in restricted fee status (

see “Restricted fee land”

). Native allotments were provided from the public lands at large in Alaska and required each Alaska Native applicant to demonstrate use and occupancy of the allotment for at least a five-year period. Although many Native allotments are still used for subsistent activities, most do not include housing units.

Native group (NG)—Any tribe, band, clan, group, community, village, or village association of Alaska Natives designated by the Secretary of the Interior composed of less than twenty-five, but more than three, Alaska Natives, who also comprised a majority of the residents of a locality at the time of the 1970 Census.

Native village (NV)—Any tribe, band, clan, group, community, village, or village association of Alaska Natives listed in Sections 11 and 16 of the ANCSA (See 43 U.S.C. 1610 and 1615 (2000)) or which the Secretary of the Interior determines was composed of twenty-five or more Alaska Natives and who also comprised a majority of the residents of a locality at the time of the 1970 Census.

Nonvisible feature—A map feature that is not visible such as a city, borough, or ANRC boundary through space, a property line, or line-of-sight extension of a road.

Pub. L.—Public Law

Public Land Survey System (PLSS)—A rectangular system of surveys used to subdivide and describe land in the United States. The PLSS typically divides land into six-mile-square townships. These townships are subdivided into 36 one-mile-square sections. Sections can be further subdivided into quarter sections, quarter-quarter sections, or irregular government lots. The PLSS consists of a series of separate surveys. Most PLSS surveys begin at an initial point, and townships are surveyed north, south, east, and west from that point. The north-south line that runs through the initial point is a true meridian and is called the Principal Meridian. There are five Principal Meridians in Alaska—Copper River, Fairbanks, Kateel, Seward, and Umiat—that should be used when describing a particular township or section. For more information on the PLSS see

http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html.

Regional Corporation—See Alaska Native Regional Corporation (ANRC)

Restricted fee land—A land area for which an individual American Indian or a tribe holds fee simple title subject to limitations or restrictions against alienation or encumbrances as set forth in the title and/or by operation of law. Restricted fee lands may be located on or off a federally recognized reservation. Native allotments in Alaska are one type of restricted fee land. The Census Bureau does not identify restricted fee lands as a specific geographic category.

Section—A PLSS region approximately one mile square that is a division of a PLSS township.

Statistical Area—See statistical Geographic Entity

Statistical geographic entity—A geographic entity specifically defined for the collection and/or tabulation of statistical data from the Census Bureau. Statistical entities are not established by law and their designation by the Census Bureau neither conveys nor confers legal ownership, entitlement, jurisdiction, or governmental authority. Tribal statistical geographic entities, also called statistical areas, include ANVSAs and TDSAs, among others.

Township—A PLSS region approximately six miles square that contains thirty-six approximately one mile square PLSS sections.

Tribal designated statistical area (TDSA)—A statistical geographic entity identified and delineated for the Census Bureau by a federally recognized American Indian tribe that does not currently have a reservation and/or off-reservation trust land. A TDSA is intended to be comparable to the AIRs within the same state or region, especially those for tribes that are of similar size. A TDSA encompasses a compact and contiguous area that contains a concentration of individuals who identify with the delineating federally recognized American Indian tribe and within which there is structured and organized tribal activity. Although two TDSAs were delineated within Alaska for Census 2000, TDSAs will not be delineated within Alaska for the 2010 Census. All ANVs eligible to delineate TDSAs within Alaska for Census 2000 are eligible to delineate an ANVSA within Alaska for the 2010 Census.

Tribal Statistical Areas Program (TSAP)—The Census Bureau's program for the 2010 Census, through which updates to American Indian and Alaska Native statistical geographic entities will be obtained.

Visible feature—A map feature that can be seen on the ground such as a road, railroad track, major above-ground transmission line or pipeline, river, stream, shoreline, fence, sharply defined mountain ridge, or cliff.

Nonstandard visible feature—A subset of visible features that may not be clearly defined on the ground (such as a ridge), may be seasonal (such as an intermittent stream), or may be relatively impermanent (such as a fence).

Executive Order 12866

This notice has been determined to be not significant under Executive Order 12866.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This program notice does not represent a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 (2000).

Dated: March 11, 2008.

Steve H. Murdock,

Director, Bureau of the Census.

Table 2.—Eligible ANVs

ANV name

ANRC

ANCSA

type

BIA recognized name

Longitude

Latitude

1. Afogn/ak

Koniag

n/ative Village of Afogn/ak

−152.7652

58.0221

2. Akhiok

Koniag

n/ative Village of Akhiok

−154.1703

56.9456

3. Akiachak

Calista

Akiachak n/ative Community

−161.4276

60.9026

4. Akiak

Calista

Akiak n/ative Community

−161.2222

60.9119

5. Akutan

Aleut

n/ative Village of Akutan

−165.7809

54.1384

6. Alakanuk

Calista

Village of Alakanuk

−164.6612

62.6797

7. Alatn/a

Doyon

Alatn/a Village

−152.7563

66.5636

8. Alekn/agik

Bristol Bay

n/ative Village of Alekn/agik

−158.6189

59.2789

9. Alexander Creek

Cook Inlet

n/a

−150.5999

61.4218

10. Algaaciq

Calista

Algaaciq n/ative Village

−163.1769

62.0534

11. Allakaket

Doyon

Allakaket Village

−152.6506

66.5597

12. Ambler

n/an/a

n/ative Village of Ambler

−157.8671

67.0874

13. An/aktuvuk Pass

Arctic Slope

Village of Anaktuvuk Pass

−151.7286

68.1480

14. Andreafsky

Calista

Yupiit of Andreafski

−163.1934

62.0476

15. Angoon

Sealaska

Angoon Community Association

−134.5824

57.4975

16. Aniak

Calista

Village of Aniak

−159.5487

61.5750

17. Anvik

Doyon

Anvik Village

−160.1965

62.6515

18. Arctic Village

Doyon

Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Arctic Village)

−145.5283

68.1243

19. Asa'carsarmiut

Calista

Asa'carsarmiut Tribe

−163.7279

62.0906

20. Atka

Aleut

Native Village of Atka

−174.2095

52.2106

21. Atmautluak

Calista

Village of Atmautluak

−162.2795

60.8591

22. Atqasuk

Arctic Slope

Atqasuk Village

−157.4135

70.4736

23. Ayakulik

Koniag

n/a

−154.5072

57.1949

24. Barrow

Arctic Slope

Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government

−156.7811

71.2909

25. Beaver

Doyon

Beaver Village

−147.4026

66.3628

26. Belkofski

Aleut

Native Village of Belkofski

−162.0423

55.0865

27. Bill Moore's

Calista

Village of Bill Moore's Slough

−163.7767

62.9449

28. Birch Creek

Doyon

Birch Creek Tribe

−145.8190

66.2590

29. Brevig Mission

Bering Straits

Native Village of Brevig Mission

−166.4885

65.3350

30. Buckland

NANA

Native Village of Buckland

−161.1246

65.9767

31. Cantwell

Ahtna

Native Village of Cantwell

−148.9105

63.3921

32. Canyon Village

Doyon

n/a

−142.0878

67.1548

33. Caswell

Cook Inlet

n/a

−149.9479

62.0047

34. Chalkyitsik

Doyon

Chalkyitsik Village

−143.7286

66.6534

35. Cheesh-Na

Ahtna

Cheesh-Na Tribe

−144.6542

62.5718

36. Chefornak

Calista

Village of Chefornak

−164.2723

60.1538

37. Chenega

Chugach

Native Village of Chanega

−148.0124

60.0664

38. Chevak

Calista

Chevak Native Village

−165.5807

61.5285

39. Chickaloon

Cook Inlet

Chickaloon Native Village

−148.4916

61.8002

40. Chignik Bay

Bristol Bay

Chignik Bay Tribal Council

−158.4129

56.3037

41. Chignik Lagoon

Bristol Bay

Native Village of Chignik Lagoon

−158.5302

56.3084

42. Chignik Lake

Bristol Bay

Chignik Lake Village

−158.7522

56.2496

43. Chilkat

Sealaska

Chilkat Indian Village

−135.8964

59.3997

44. Chilkoot

Sealaska

n/a

Chilkoot Indian Association

−135.4460

59.2240

45. Chinik

Bering Straits

Chinik Eskimo Community

−163.0287

64.5443

46. Chitina

Ahtna

Native Village of Chitina

−144.4412

61.5240

47. Chuathbaluk

Calista

Native Village of Chuathbaluk

−159.2481

61.5774

48. Chulloonawick

Calista

Chulloonawick Native Village

−164.1628

62.9504

49. Circle

Doyon

Circle Native Community

−144.0723

65.8261

50. Clark's Point

Bristol Bay

Village of Clarks Point

−158.5471

58.8330

51. Council

Bering Straits

Native Village of Council

−163.6764

64.8950

52. Craig

Sealaska

Craig Community Association

−133.1253

55.4870

53. Crooked Creek

Calista

Village of Crooked Creek

−158.1124

61.8720

54. Curyung

Bristol Bay

Curyung Tribal Council

−158.4670

59.0487

55. Deering

NANA

Native Village of Deering

−162.7283

66.0780

56. Dot Lake

Doyon

Village of Dot Lake

−144.0354

63.6503

57. Douglas

Sealaska

Douglas Indian Association

−134.3992

58.2781

58. Eagle

Doyon

Native Village of Eagle

−141.1113

64.7808

59. Eek

Calista

Native Village of Eek

−162.0247

60.2170

60. Egegik

Bristol Bay

Egegik Village

−157.3536

58.2173

61. Eklutna

Cook Inlet

Eklutna Native Village

−149.3613

61.4606

62. Ekuk

Bristol Bay

Native Village of Ekuk

−158.5534

58.8035

63. Ekwok

Bristol Bay

Ekwok Village

−157.4866

59.3519

64. Elim

Bering Straits

Native Village of Elim

−162.2576

64.6165

65. Emmonak

Calista

Emmonak Village

−164.5454

62.7787

66. Evansville

Doyon

Evansville Village

−151.5100

66.9272

67. Eyak

Chugach

Native Village of Eyak

−145.6351

60.5263

68. False Pass

Aleut

Native Village of False Pass

−163.4121

54.8520

69. Fort Yukon

Doyon

Native Village of Fort Yukon

−145.2497

66.5627

70. Gakona

Ahtna

Native Village of Gakona

−145.3119

62.3004

71. Galena

Doyon

Galena Village

−156.8852

64.7427

72. Gambell

Bering Straits

Native Village of Gambell

−171.7022

63.7621

73. Georgetown

Calista

Native Village of Georgetown

−157.6727

61.8979

74. Gold Creek

Cook Inlet

n/a

−149.6939

62.7567

75. Goodnews Bay

Calista

Native Village of Goodnews Bay

−161.5864

59.1234

76. Grayling

Doyon

Organized Village of Grayling

−160.0689

62.9061

77. Gulkana

Ahtna

Gulkana Village

−145.3656

62.2634

78. Hamilton

Calista

Native Village of Hamilton

−163.8598

62.8896

79. Healy Lake

Doyon

Healy Lake Village

−144.6998

63.9872

80. Holy Cross

Doyon

Holy Cross Village

−159.7738

62.1985

81. Hoonah

Sealaska

Hoonah Indian Association

−135.4346

58.1100

82. Hooper Bay

Calista

Native Village of Hooper Bay

−166.0978

61.5294

83. Hughes

Doyon

Hughes Village

−154.2557

66.0455

84. Huslia

Doyon

Huslia Village

−156.3892

65.7026

85. Hydaburg

Sealaska

Hydaburg Cooperative Association

−132.8201

55.2067

86. Igiugig

Bristol Bay

Igiugig Village

−155.8927

59.3266

87. Iliamna

Bristol Bay

Village of Iliamna

−154.9111

59.7568

88. Inalik

Bering Straits

Native Village of Diomede

−168.9370

65.7547

89. Iqurmuit

Calista

Iqurmuit Traditional Council

−161.3287

61.7854

90. Ivanof Bay

Bristol Bay

Ivanoff Bay Village

−159.4836

55.9033

91. Kaguyak

Koniag

Kaguyak Village

−153.7955

56.8689

92. Kake

Sealaska

Organized Village of Kake

−133.9451

56.9775

93. Kaktovik

Arctic Slope

Kaktovik Village

−143.6113

70.1324

94. Kalskag

Calista

Village of Kalskag

−160.3215

61.5400

95. Kaltag

Doyon

Village of Kaltag

−158.7302

64.3259

96. Kanatak

Koniag

n/a

Native Village of Kanatak

−156.0432

57.5728

97. Karluk

Koniag

Native Village of Karluk

−154.4393

57.5572

98. Kasaan

Sealaska

Organized Village of Kasaan

−132.4017

55.5419

99. Kasigluk

Calista

Kasigluk Traditional Elders Council

−162.5139

60.8873

100. Kenai

Cook Inlet

Kenaitze Indian Tribe

−151.2614

60.5521

101. Ketchikan

Sealaska

n/a

Ketchikan Indian Corporation

−131.6445

55.3421

102. Kiana

NANA

Native Village of Kiana

−160.4309

66.9717

103. King Cove

Aleut

Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove

−162.3029

55.0629

104. King Salmon

Bristol Bay

n/a

King Salmon Tribe

−156.7312

58.7090

105. Kipnuk

Calista

Native Village of Kipnuk

−164.0376

59.9343

106. Kivalina

NANA

Native Village of Kivalina

−164.5386

67.7295

107. Klawock

Sealaska

Klawock Cooperative Association

−133.0948

55.5526

108. Kluti Kaah

Ahtna

Native Village of Kluti Kaah

−145.3297

61.9770

109. Knik

Cook Inlet

Knik Tribe

−149.6822

61.4947

110. Knugank

Bristol Bay

n/a

−158.7991

58.4225

111. Kobuk

NANA

Native Village of Kobuk

−156.8888

66.9252

112. Kodiak

Koniag

Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak

−152.3885

57.8009

113. Kokhanok

Bristol Bay

Kokhanok Village

−154.7682

59.4374

114. Kongiganak

Calista

Native Village of Kongiganak

−162.8951

59.9533

115. Kotlik

Calista

Village of Kotlik

−163.5500

63.0325

116. Kotzebue

NANA

Native Village of Kotzebue

−162.5874

66.8988

117. Koyuk

Bering Straits

Native Village of Koyuk

−161.1628

64.9312

118. Koyukuk

Doyon

Koyukuk Native Village

−157.7031

64.8818

119. Kwethluk

Calista

Organized Village of Kwethluk

−161.4381

60.8101

120. Kwigillingok

Calista

Native Village of Kwigillingok

−163.1647

59.8694

121. Kwinhagak

Calista

Native Village of Kwinhagak

−161.9055

59.7525

122. Lake Minchumina

Doyon

n/a

−152.3122

63.8830

123. Larsen Bay

Koniag

Native Village of Larsen Bay

−153.9874

57.5351

124. Lesnoi

Koniag

Lesnoi Village

−152.3351

57.7779

125. Levelock

Bristol Bay

Levelock Village

−156.8613

59.1117

126. Lime Village

Calista

Lime Village

−155.4378

61.3540

127. Lower Kalskag

Calista

Village of Lower Kalskag

−160.3642

61.5125

128. Manley Hot Springs

Doyon

Manley Hot Springs Village

−150.6107

65.0088

129. Manokotak

Bristol Bay

Manokotak Village

−158.9981

58.9724

130. Marshall

Calista

Native Village of Marshall

−162.0878

61.8794

131. Mary's Igloo

Bering Straits

Native Village of Mary's Igloo

−165.0678

65.1489

132. McGrath

Doyon

McGrath Native Village

−155.5759

62.9488

133. Mekoryuk

Calista

Native Village of Mekoryuk

−166.1943

60.3892

134. Mentasta

Ahtna

Mentasta Traditional Council

−143.7700

62.9330

135. Minto

Doyon

Native Village of Minto

−149.3497

65.1504

136. Montana Creek

Cook Inlet

n/a

−150.0650

62.0686

137. Nagamut

Calista

n/a

−157.6744

61.0194

138. Naknek

Bristol Bay

Naknek Native Village

−156.9869

58.7330

139. Nanwalek

Chugach

Native Village of Nanwalek

−151.9119

59.3521

140. Napaimute

Calista

Native Village of Napaimute

−158.6739

61.5414

141. Napakiak

Calista

Native Village of Napakiak

−161.9790

60.6906

142. Napaskiak

Calista

Native Village of Napaskiak

−161.7634

60.7060

143. Nelson Lagoon

Aleut

Native Village of Nelson Lagoon

−161.2070

56.0006

144. Nenana

Doyon

Nenana Native Association

−149.0875

64.5610

145. New Koliganek

Bristol Bay

New Koliganek Village Council

−157.2844

59.7286

146. New Stuyahok

Bristol Bay

New Stuyahok Village

−157.3208

59.4518

147. Newhalen

Bristol Bay

Newhalen Village

−154.8924

59.7238

148. Newtok

Calista

Newtok Village

−164.6307

60.9377

149. Nightmute

Calista

Native Village of Nightmute

−164.7216

60.4788

150. Nikolai

Doyon

Nikolai Village

−154.3814

63.0128

151. Nikolski

Aleut

Native Village of Nikolski

−168.8615

52.9401

152. Ninilchik

Cook Inlet

Ninilchik Village

−151.6936

60.0300

153. Noatak

NANA

Native Village of Noatak

−162.9676

67.5716

154. Nome

Bering Straits

Nome Eskimo Community

−165.3940

64.4999

155. Nondalton

Bristol Bay

Nondalton Village

−154.8564

59.9634

156. Noorvik

NANA

Noorvik Native Community

−161.0440

66.8345

157. Northway

Doyon

Northway Village

−141.9517

62.9822

158. Nuiqsut

Arctic Slope

Native Village of Nuiqsut

−151.0000

70.2166

159. Nulato

Doyon

Nulato Village

−158.1066

64.7246

160. Nunakauyarmiut

Calista

Nunakauyarmiut Tribe

−165.1037

60.5338

161. Nunam Iqua

Calista

Native Village of Nunam Iqua

−164.8525

62.5299

162. Nunapitchuk

Calista

Native Village of Nunapitchuk

−162.4522

60.8968

163. Ohogamiut

Calista

Village of Ohogamiut

−161.8648

61.5704

164. Old Harbor

Koniag

Village of Old Harbor

−153.3031

57.2104

165. Orutsararmuit

Calista

Orutsararmuit Native Village

−161.7730

60.7968

166. Oscarville

Calista

Oscarville Traditional Village

−161.7758

60.7236

167. Ouzinkie

Koniag

Native Village of Ouzinkie

−152.5002

57.9237

168. Paimiut

Calista

Native Village of Paimiut

−165.8201

61.7030

169. Pauloff Harbor

Aleut

Pauloff Harbor Village

−162.7071

54.4577

170. Pedro Bay

Bristol Bay

Pedro Bay Village

−154.1484

59.7768

171. Perryville

Bristol Bay

Native Village of Perryville

−159.1633

55.9140

172. Petersburg

Sealaska

n/a

Petersburg Indian Association

−132.9512

56.8113

173. Pilot Point

Bristol Bay

Native Village of Pilot Point

−157.5753

57.5545

174. Pilot Station

Calista

Pilot Station Traditional Village

−162.8825

61.9375

175. Pitkas Point

Calista

Native Village of Pitka's Point

−163.2826

62.0345

176. Platinum

Calista

Platinum Traditional Village

−161.8237

59.0095

177. Point Hope

Arctic Slope

Native Village of Point Hope

−166.7693

68.3486

178. Point Lay

Arctic Slope

Native Village of Point Lay

−163.0082

69.7427

179. Point Possession

Cook Inlet

n/a

−150.4110

61.0308

180. Port Alsworth

Cook Inlet

n/a

−154.3223

60.2016

181. Port Graham

Chugach

Native Village of Port Graham

−151.8353

59.3481

182. Port Heiden

Bristol Bay

Native Village of Port Heiden

−158.6250

56.9326

183. Port Lions

Koniag

Native Village of Port Lions

−152.8894

57.8659

184. Portage Creek

Bristol Bay

Portage Creek Village

−157.7174

58.9073

185. Rampart

Doyon

Rampart Village

−150.1453

65.5094

186. Red Devil

Calista

Village of Red Devil

−157.3387

61.7834

187. Ruby

Doyon

Native Village of Ruby

−155.4729

64.7371

188. Saint George

Aleut

Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul and St. George Islands (Saint George Island)

−169.5519

56.6044

189. Saint Michael

Bering Straits

Native Village of Saint Michael

−162.0384

63.4784

190. Saint Paul

Aleut

Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities of St. Paul and St. George Islands (Saint Paul Island)

−170.2727

57.1274

191. Salamatof

Cook Inlet

Village of Salamatoff

−151.3194

60.6154

192. Sand Point

Aleut

Qagun Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village

−160.4905

55.3458

193. Savoonga

Bering Straits

Native Village of Savoonga

−170.4640

63.6959

194. Saxman

Sealaska

Organized Village of Saxman

−131.6003

55.3221

195. Scammon Bay

Calista

Native Village of Scammon Bay

−165.5818

61.8417

196. Selawik

NANA

Native Village of Selawik

−160.0162

66.5984

197. Seldovia

Cook Inlet

Seldovia Village Tribe

−151.7123

59.4390

198. Shageluk

Doyon

Shageluk Native Village

−159.5227

62.6556

199. Shaktoolik

Bering Straits

Native Village of Shaktoolik

−161.1845

64.3495

200. Shishmaref

Bering Straits

Native Village of Shishmaref

−166.0666

66.2564

201. Shungnak

NANA

Native Village of Shungnak

−157.1426

66.8873

202. Sitka

Sealaska

Sitka Tribe of Alaska

−135.3426

57.0543

203. Skagway

Sealaska

n/a

Skagway Village

−135.3119

59.4583

204. Sleetmute

Calista

Village of Sleetmute

−157.1689

61.6962

205. Solomon

Bering Straits

Village of Solomon

−164.4488

64.5597

206. South Naknek

Bristol Bay

South Naknek Village

−157.0026

58.7123

207. Stebbins

Bering Straits

Stebbins Community Association

−162.2820

63.5208

208. Stevens Village

Doyon

Native Village of Stevens

−149.1039

66.0055

209. Stony River

Calista

Village of Stony River

−156.5898

61.7891

210. Takotna

Doyon

Takotna Village

−156.0870

62.9723

211. Tanacross

Doyon

Native Village of Tanacross

−143.3565

63.3762

212. Tanana

Doyon

Native Village of Tanana

−152.0763

65.1716

213. Tatitlek

Chugach

Native Village of Tatitlek

−146.6779

60.8664

214. Tazlina

Ahtna

Native Village of Tazlina

−145.4284

62.0589

215. Telida

Doyon

Telida Village

−153.2785

63.3840

216. Teller

Bering Straits

Native Village of Teller

−166.3628

65.2613

217. Tetlin

Doyon

Native Village of Tetlin

−142.5239

63.1351

218. Togiak

Bristol Bay

Traditional Village of Togiak

−160.3764

59.0619

219. Tuluksak

Calista

Tuluksak Native Community

−160.9630

61.1020

220. Tuntutuliak

Calista

Native Village of Tuntutuliak

−162.6696

60.3424

221. Tununak

Calista

Native Village of Tununak

−165.2588

60.5827

222. Twin Hills

Bristol Bay

Twin Hills Village

−160.2836

59.0774

223. Tyonek

Cook Inlet

Native Village of Tyonek

−151.1494

61.0716

224. Uganik

Koniag

n/a

−153.4046

57.7565

225. Ugashik

Bristol Bay

Ugashik Village

−157.3887

57.5027

226. Ukivok

Bering Straits

King Island Native Community

−168.0718

64.9643

227. Umkumiute

Calista

Umkumiute Native Village

−165.1989

60.4997

228. Unalakleet

Bering Straits

Native Village of Unalakleet

−160.7914

63.8777

229. Unalaska

Aleut

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska

−166.5337

53.8746

230. Unga

Aleut

Native Village of Unga

−160.5050

55.1841

231. Uyak

Koniag

n/a

−154.0078

57.6336

232. Venetie

Doyon

Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (Village of Venetie)

−146.4149

67.0178

233. Wainwright

Arctic Slope

Village of Wainwright

−160.0202

70.6448

234. Wales

Bering Straits

Native Village of Wales

−168.0960

65.6082

235. White Mountain

Bering Straits

Native Village of White Mountain

−163.4042

64.6805

236. Wrangell

Sealaska

n/a

Wrangell Cooperative Association

−132.3791

56.4752

237. Yakutat

Sealaska

Yakutat Tlingit Tribe

−139.7435

59.5543

In this column, “NV” means a “Native village”, “NG” means a “Native group”, “UC” means an “Urban Corporation”, and “n/a” means that the ANV is not recognized in accordance with the ANCSA.

The BIA recognized name for each ANV is taken from the

Federal Register

notice published Thursday, March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13651). “n/a” in this column means that the ANV is not recognized by the BIA and is not listed in the BIA's

Federal Register

notice.

The ANVs Curyung, Ekuk, and Portage Creek are all represented by the same ANVC, Choggiung, Limited. Choggiung, Limited also represents the ANCSA 14(c) sites of Igushik and Lewis Point that should be considered when these three ANVs are delineating their ANVSAs.

The Kanatak ANV is currently located within the boundary of the Koniag ANRC in the Census Bureau's records, but they receive services from the Bristol Bay Native Association. If the ANRC boundaries and the ANV's point location are correct in the Census Bureau's records, the ANV will be eligible to delineate an ANVSA within the boundary of the Koniag ANRC for Census 2010.

The Port Alsworth ANV is currently located within the boundary of the Cook Inlet ANRC in the Census Bureau's records, but they receive services from the Bristol Bay Native Association. If the ANRC boundaries and the ANV's point location are correct in the Census Bureau's records, the ANV will be eligible to delineate an ANVSA within the boundary of the Cook Inlet ANRC for Census 2010.

[FR Doc. E8-5282 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]

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