FR Doc E8-5282

[Federal Register: March 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 52)]
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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.

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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

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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) \1\. 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.
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\1\ 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.
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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,\2\ their governments,
associations working with Alaska Natives, and the federal and state
agencies administering tribal programs benefiting Alaska Natives.
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\2\ 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.
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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. Sec. 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

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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,\3\
ANRCs, etc. For the 1990 Census, the Census Bureau identified 217
ANVSAs.
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\3\ 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.
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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).

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Table 1.--ANRC For-Profit Corporations and Non-Profit Associations
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For-Profit Alaska Native Regional
ANRC name Corporation Non-Profit Alaska Native Regional Association
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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.
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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.

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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 \4\ 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.
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\4\ 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).
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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 \5\ 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.
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\5\ From the Federal Register notice published Thursday, March
22, 2007 (72 FR 13648-13652).
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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.

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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,\6\ 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.
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\6\ 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
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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

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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.

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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
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ANCSA BIA recognized
ANV name ANRC type \7\ name \8\ Longitude Latitude
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Afogn/ak................ Koniag.............. NV........ n/ative Village -152.7652 58.0221
of Afogn/ak.
2. Akhiok.................. Koniag.............. NV........ n/ative Village -154.1703 56.9456
of Akhiok.
3. Akiachak................ Calista............. NV........ Akiachak n/ative -161.4276 60.9026
Community.
4. Akiak................... Calista............. NV........ Akiak n/ative -161.2222 60.9119
Community.
5. Akutan.................. Aleut............... NV........ n/ative Village -165.7809 54.1384
of Akutan.
6. Alakanuk................ Calista............. NV........ Village of -164.6612 62.6797
Alakanuk.
7. Alatn/a................. Doyon............... NV........ Alatn/a Village.. -152.7563 66.5636
8. Alekn/agik.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ n/ative Village -158.6189 59.2789
of Alekn/agik.
9. Alexander Creek......... Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -150.5999 61.4218
10. Algaaciq............... Calista............. NV........ Algaaciq n/ative -163.1769 62.0534
Village.
11. Allakaket.............. Doyon............... NV........ Allakaket Village -152.6506 66.5597
12. Ambler................. n/an/a.............. NV........ n/ative Village -157.8671 67.0874
of Ambler.
13. An/aktuvuk Pass........ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Village of -151.7286 68.1480
Anaktuvuk Pass.
14. Andreafsky............. Calista............. NV........ Yupiit of -163.1934 62.0476
Andreafski.
15. Angoon................. Sealaska............ NV........ Angoon Community -134.5824 57.4975
Association.
16. Aniak.................. Calista............. NV........ Village of Aniak. -159.5487 61.5750
17. Anvik.................. Doyon............... NV........ Anvik Village.... -160.1965 62.6515

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18. Arctic Village......... Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -145.5283 68.1243
Venetie Tribal
Government
(Arctic Village).
19. Asa'carsarmiut......... Calista............. NV........ Asa'carsarmiut -163.7279 62.0906
Tribe.
20. Atka................... Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -174.2095 52.2106
Atka.
21. Atmautluak............. Calista............. NV........ Village of -162.2795 60.8591
Atmautluak.
22. Atqasuk................ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Atqasuk Village.. -157.4135 70.4736
23. Ayakulik............... Koniag.............. NV........ n/a.............. -154.5072 57.1949
24. Barrow................. Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -156.7811 71.2909
Barrow Inupiat
Traditional
Government.
25. Beaver................. Doyon............... NV........ Beaver Village... -147.4026 66.3628
26. Belkofski.............. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -162.0423 55.0865
Belkofski.
27. Bill Moore's........... Calista............. NV........ Village of Bill -163.7767 62.9449
Moore's Slough.
28. Birch Creek............ Doyon............... NV........ Birch Creek Tribe -145.8190 66.2590
29. Brevig Mission......... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -166.4885 65.3350
Brevig Mission.
30. Buckland............... NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -161.1246 65.9767
Buckland.
31. Cantwell............... Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -148.9105 63.3921
Cantwell.
32. Canyon Village......... Doyon............... NG........ n/a.............. -142.0878 67.1548
33. Caswell................ Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -149.9479 62.0047
34. Chalkyitsik............ Doyon............... NV........ Chalkyitsik -143.7286 66.6534
Village.
35. Cheesh-Na.............. Ahtna............... NV........ Cheesh-Na Tribe.. -144.6542 62.5718
36. Chefornak.............. Calista............. NV........ Village of -164.2723 60.1538
Chefornak.
37. Chenega................ Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -148.0124 60.0664
Chanega.
38. Chevak................. Calista............. NV........ Chevak Native -165.5807 61.5285
Village.
39. Chickaloon............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Chickaloon Native -148.4916 61.8002
Village.
40. Chignik Bay............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Chignik Bay -158.4129 56.3037
Tribal Council.
41. Chignik Lagoon......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -158.5302 56.3084
Chignik Lagoon.
42. Chignik Lake........... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Chignik Lake -158.7522 56.2496
Village.
43. Chilkat................ Sealaska............ NV........ Chilkat Indian -135.8964 59.3997
Village.
44. Chilkoot............... Sealaska............ n/a....... Chilkoot Indian -135.4460 59.2240
Association.
45. Chinik................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Chinik Eskimo -163.0287 64.5443
Community.
46. Chitina................ Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -144.4412 61.5240
Chitina.
47. Chuathbaluk............ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -159.2481 61.5774
Chuathbaluk.
48. Chulloonawick.......... Calista............. NV........ Chulloonawick -164.1628 62.9504
Native Village.
49. Circle................. Doyon............... NV........ Circle Native -144.0723 65.8261
Community.
50. Clark's Point.......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Village of Clarks -158.5471 58.8330
Point.
51. Council................ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -163.6764 64.8950
Council.
52. Craig.................. Sealaska............ NV........ Craig Community -133.1253 55.4870
Association.
53. Crooked Creek.......... Calista............. NV........ Village of -158.1124 61.8720
Crooked Creek.
54. Curyung \9\............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Curyung Tribal -158.4670 59.0487
Council.
55. Deering................ NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -162.7283 66.0780
Deering.
56. Dot Lake............... Doyon............... NV........ Village of Dot -144.0354 63.6503
Lake.
57. Douglas................ Sealaska............ UC........ Douglas Indian -134.3992 58.2781
Association.
58. Eagle.................. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -141.1113 64.7808
Eagle.
59. Eek.................... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.0247 60.2170
Eek.
60. Egegik................. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Egegik Village... -157.3536 58.2173
61. Eklutna................ Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Eklutna Native -149.3613 61.4606
Village.
62. Ekuk \9\............... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -158.5534 58.8035
Ekuk.
63. Ekwok.................. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Ekwok Village.... -157.4866 59.3519
64. Elim................... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -162.2576 64.6165
Elim.
65. Emmonak................ Calista............. NV........ Emmonak Village.. -164.5454 62.7787
66. Evansville............. Doyon............... NV........ Evansville -151.5100 66.9272
Village.
67. Eyak................... Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -145.6351 60.5263
Eyak.
68. False Pass............. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -163.4121 54.8520
False Pass.
69. Fort Yukon............. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -145.2497 66.5627
Fort Yukon.
70. Gakona................. Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -145.3119 62.3004
Gakona.
71. Galena................. Doyon............... NV........ Galena Village... -156.8852 64.7427
72. Gambell................ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -171.7022 63.7621
Gambell.
73. Georgetown............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -157.6727 61.8979
Georgetown.
74. Gold Creek............. Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -149.6939 62.7567
75. Goodnews Bay........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.5864 59.1234
Goodnews Bay.
76. Grayling............... Doyon............... NV........ Organized Village -160.0689 62.9061
of Grayling.
77. Gulkana................ Ahtna............... NV........ Gulkana Village.. -145.3656 62.2634
78. Hamilton............... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -163.8598 62.8896
Hamilton.
79. Healy Lake............. Doyon............... NV........ Healy Lake -144.6998 63.9872
Village.
80. Holy Cross............. Doyon............... NV........ Holy Cross -159.7738 62.1985
Village.
81. Hoonah................. Sealaska............ NV........ Hoonah Indian -135.4346 58.1100
Association.
82. Hooper Bay............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -166.0978 61.5294
Hooper Bay.
83. Hughes................. Doyon............... NV........ Hughes Village... -154.2557 66.0455
84. Huslia................. Doyon............... NV........ Huslia Village... -156.3892 65.7026
85. Hydaburg............... Sealaska............ NV........ Hydaburg -132.8201 55.2067
Cooperative
Association.
86. Igiugig................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Igiugig Village.. -155.8927 59.3266
87. Iliamna................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Village of -154.9111 59.7568
Iliamna.
88. Inalik................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -168.9370 65.7547
Diomede.

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89. Iqurmuit............... Calista............. NV........ Iqurmuit -161.3287 61.7854
Traditional
Council.
90. Ivanof Bay............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Ivanoff Bay -159.4836 55.9033
Village.
91. Kaguyak................ Koniag.............. NV........ Kaguyak Village.. -153.7955 56.8689
92. Kake................... Sealaska............ NV........ Organized Village -133.9451 56.9775
of Kake.
93. Kaktovik............... Arctic Slope........ NV........ Kaktovik Village. -143.6113 70.1324
94. Kalskag................ Calista............. NV........ Village of -160.3215 61.5400
Kalskag.
95. Kaltag................. Doyon............... NV........ Village of Kaltag -158.7302 64.3259
96. Kanatak................ Koniag \10\......... n/a....... Native Village of -156.0432 57.5728
Kanatak.
97. Karluk................. Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -154.4393 57.5572
Karluk.
98. Kasaan................. Sealaska............ NV........ Organized Village -132.4017 55.5419
of Kasaan.
99. Kasigluk............... Calista............. NV........ Kasigluk -162.5139 60.8873
Traditional
Elders Council.
100. Kenai................. Cook Inlet.......... UC........ Kenaitze Indian -151.2614 60.5521
Tribe.
101. Ketchikan............. Sealaska............ n/a....... Ketchikan Indian -131.6445 55.3421
Corporation.
102. Kiana................. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -160.4309 66.9717
Kiana.
103. King Cove............. Aleut............... NV........ Agdaagux Tribe of -162.3029 55.0629
King Cove.
104. King Salmon........... Bristol Bay......... n/a....... King Salmon Tribe -156.7312 58.7090
105. Kipnuk................ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -164.0376 59.9343
Kipnuk.
106. Kivalina.............. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -164.5386 67.7295
Kivalina.
107. Klawock............... Sealaska............ NV........ Klawock -133.0948 55.5526
Cooperative
Association.
108. Kluti Kaah............ Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -145.3297 61.9770
Kluti Kaah.
109. Knik.................. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Knik Tribe....... -149.6822 61.4947
110. Knugank............... Bristol Bay......... NG........ n/a.............. -158.7991 58.4225
111. Kobuk................. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -156.8888 66.9252
Kobuk.
112. Kodiak................ Koniag.............. UC........ Sun'aq Tribe of -152.3885 57.8009
Kodiak.
113. Kokhanok.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Kokhanok Village. -154.7682 59.4374
114. Kongiganak............ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.8951 59.9533
Kongiganak.
115. Kotlik................ Calista............. NV........ Village of Kotlik -163.5500 63.0325
116. Kotzebue.............. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -162.5874 66.8988
Kotzebue.
117. Koyuk................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -161.1628 64.9312
Koyuk.
118. Koyukuk............... Doyon............... NV........ Koyukuk Native -157.7031 64.8818
Village.
119. Kwethluk.............. Calista............. NV........ Organized Village -161.4381 60.8101
of Kwethluk.
120. Kwigillingok.......... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -163.1647 59.8694
Kwigillingok.
121. Kwinhagak............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.9055 59.7525
Kwinhagak.
122. Lake Minchumina....... Doyon............... NG........ n/a.............. -152.3122 63.8830
123. Larsen Bay............ Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -153.9874 57.5351
Larsen Bay.
124. Lesnoi................ Koniag.............. NV........ Lesnoi Village... -152.3351 57.7779
125. Levelock.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Levelock Village. -156.8613 59.1117
126. Lime Village.......... Calista............. NV........ Lime Village..... -155.4378 61.3540
127. Lower Kalskag......... Calista............. NV........ Village of Lower -160.3642 61.5125
Kalskag.
128. Manley Hot Springs.... Doyon............... NV........ Manley Hot -150.6107 65.0088
Springs Village.
129. Manokotak............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Manokotak Village -158.9981 58.9724
130. Marshall.............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.0878 61.8794
Marshall.
131. Mary's Igloo.......... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -165.0678 65.1489
Mary's Igloo.
132. McGrath............... Doyon............... NV........ McGrath Native -155.5759 62.9488
Village.
133. Mekoryuk.............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -166.1943 60.3892
Mekoryuk.
134. Mentasta.............. Ahtna............... NV........ Mentasta -143.7700 62.9330
Traditional
Council.
135. Minto................. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -149.3497 65.1504
Minto.
136. Montana Creek......... Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -150.0650 62.0686
137. Nagamut............... Calista............. NG........ n/a.............. -157.6744 61.0194
138. Naknek................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Naknek Native -156.9869 58.7330
Village.
139. Nanwalek.............. Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -151.9119 59.3521
Nanwalek.
140. Napaimute............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -158.6739 61.5414
Napaimute.
141. Napakiak.............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.9790 60.6906
Napakiak.
142. Napaskiak............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -161.7634 60.7060
Napaskiak.
143. Nelson Lagoon......... Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -161.2070 56.0006
Nelson Lagoon.
144. Nenana................ Doyon............... NV........ Nenana Native -149.0875 64.5610
Association.
145. New Koliganek......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ New Koliganek -157.2844 59.7286
Village Council.
146. New Stuyahok.......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ New Stuyahok -157.3208 59.4518
Village.
147. Newhalen.............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Newhalen Village. -154.8924 59.7238
148. Newtok................ Calista............. NV........ Newtok Village... -164.6307 60.9377
149. Nightmute............. Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -164.7216 60.4788
Nightmute.
150. Nikolai............... Doyon............... NV........ Nikolai Village.. -154.3814 63.0128
151. Nikolski.............. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -168.8615 52.9401
Nikolski.
152. Ninilchik............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Ninilchik Village -151.6936 60.0300
153. Noatak................ NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -162.9676 67.5716
Noatak.
154. Nome.................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Nome Eskimo -165.3940 64.4999
Community.
155. Nondalton............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Nondalton Village -154.8564 59.9634
156. Noorvik............... NANA................ NV........ Noorvik Native -161.0440 66.8345
Community.
157. Northway.............. Doyon............... NV........ Northway Village. -141.9517 62.9822

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158. Nuiqsut............... Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -151.0000 70.2166
Nuiqsut.
159. Nulato................ Doyon............... NV........ Nulato Village... -158.1066 64.7246
160. Nunakauyarmiut........ Calista............. NV........ Nunakauyarmiut -165.1037 60.5338
Tribe.
161. Nunam Iqua............ Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -164.8525 62.5299
Nunam Iqua.
162. Nunapitchuk........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.4522 60.8968
Nunapitchuk.
163. Ohogamiut............. Calista............. NV........ Village of -161.8648 61.5704
Ohogamiut.
164. Old Harbor............ Koniag.............. NV........ Village of Old -153.3031 57.2104
Harbor.
165. Orutsararmuit......... Calista............. NV........ Orutsararmuit -161.7730 60.7968
Native Village.
166. Oscarville............ Calista............. NV........ Oscarville -161.7758 60.7236
Traditional
Village.
167. Ouzinkie.............. Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -152.5002 57.9237
Ouzinkie.
168. Paimiut............... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -165.8201 61.7030
Paimiut.
169. Pauloff Harbor........ Aleut............... NV........ Pauloff Harbor -162.7071 54.4577
Village.
170. Pedro Bay............. Bristol Bay......... NV........ Pedro Bay Village -154.1484 59.7768
171. Perryville............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -159.1633 55.9140
Perryville.
172. Petersburg............ Sealaska............ n/a....... Petersburg Indian -132.9512 56.8113
Association.
173. Pilot Point........... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -157.5753 57.5545
Pilot Point.
174. Pilot Station......... Calista............. NV........ Pilot Station -162.8825 61.9375
Traditional
Village.
175. Pitkas Point.......... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -163.2826 62.0345
Pitka's Point.
176. Platinum.............. Calista............. NV........ Platinum -161.8237 59.0095
Traditional
Village.
177. Point Hope............ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -166.7693 68.3486
Point Hope.
178. Point Lay............. Arctic Slope........ NV........ Native Village of -163.0082 69.7427
Point Lay.
179. Point Possession...... Cook Inlet.......... NG........ n/a.............. -150.4110 61.0308
180. Port Alsworth......... Cook Inlet \11\..... NG........ n/a.............. -154.3223 60.2016
181. Port Graham........... Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -151.8353 59.3481
Port Graham.
182. Port Heiden........... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Native Village of -158.6250 56.9326
Port Heiden.
183. Port Lions............ Koniag.............. NV........ Native Village of -152.8894 57.8659
Port Lions.
184. Portage Creek \9\..... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Portage Creek -157.7174 58.9073
Village.
185. Rampart............... Doyon............... NV........ Rampart Village.. -150.1453 65.5094
186. Red Devil............. Calista............. NV........ Village of Red -157.3387 61.7834
Devil.
187. Ruby.................. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -155.4729 64.7371
Ruby.
188. Saint George.......... Aleut............... NV........ Pribilof Islands -169.5519 56.6044
Aleut
Communities of
St. Paul and St.
George Islands
(Saint George
Island).
189. Saint Michael......... Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -162.0384 63.4784
Saint Michael.
190. Saint Paul............ Aleut............... NV........ Pribilof Islands -170.2727 57.1274
Aleut
Communities of
St. Paul and St.
George Islands
(Saint Paul
Island).
191. Salamatof............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Village of -151.3194 60.6154
Salamatoff.
192. Sand Point............ Aleut............... NV........ Qagun Tayagungin -160.4905 55.3458
Tribe of Sand
Point Village.
193. Savoonga.............. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -170.4640 63.6959
Savoonga.
194. Saxman................ Sealaska............ NV........ Organized Village -131.6003 55.3221
of Saxman.
195. Scammon Bay........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -165.5818 61.8417
Scammon Bay.
196. Selawik............... NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -160.0162 66.5984
Selawik.
197. Seldovia.............. Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Seldovia Village -151.7123 59.4390
Tribe.
198. Shageluk.............. Doyon............... NV........ Shageluk Native -159.5227 62.6556
Village.
199. Shaktoolik............ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -161.1845 64.3495
Shaktoolik.
200. Shishmaref............ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -166.0666 66.2564
Shishmaref.
201. Shungnak.............. NANA................ NV........ Native Village of -157.1426 66.8873
Shungnak.
202. Sitka................. Sealaska............ UC........ Sitka Tribe of -135.3426 57.0543
Alaska.
203. Skagway............... Sealaska............ n/a....... Skagway Village.. -135.3119 59.4583
204. Sleetmute............. Calista............. NV........ Village of -157.1689 61.6962
Sleetmute.
205. Solomon............... Bering Straits...... NV........ Village of -164.4488 64.5597
Solomon.
206. South Naknek.......... Bristol Bay......... NV........ South Naknek -157.0026 58.7123
Village.
207. Stebbins.............. Bering Straits...... NV........ Stebbins -162.2820 63.5208
Community
Association.
208. Stevens Village....... Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -149.1039 66.0055
Stevens.
209. Stony River........... Calista............. NV........ Village of Stony -156.5898 61.7891
River.
210. Takotna............... Doyon............... NV........ Takotna Village.. -156.0870 62.9723
211. Tanacross............. Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -143.3565 63.3762
Tanacross.
212. Tanana................ Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -152.0763 65.1716
Tanana.
213. Tatitlek.............. Chugach............. NV........ Native Village of -146.6779 60.8664
Tatitlek.
214. Tazlina............... Ahtna............... NV........ Native Village of -145.4284 62.0589
Tazlina.
215. Telida................ Doyon............... NV........ Telida Village... -153.2785 63.3840
216. Teller................ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -166.3628 65.2613
Teller.
217. Tetlin................ Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -142.5239 63.1351
Tetlin.
218. Togiak................ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Traditional -160.3764 59.0619
Village of
Togiak.
219. Tuluksak.............. Calista............. NV........ Tuluksak Native -160.9630 61.1020
Community.
220. Tuntutuliak........... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -162.6696 60.3424
Tuntutuliak.
221. Tununak............... Calista............. NV........ Native Village of -165.2588 60.5827
Tununak.
222. Twin Hills............ Bristol Bay......... NV........ Twin Hills -160.2836 59.0774
Village.
223. Tyonek................ Cook Inlet.......... NV........ Native Village of -151.1494 61.0716
Tyonek.

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224. Uganik................ Koniag.............. NV........ n/a.............. -153.4046 57.7565
225. Ugashik............... Bristol Bay......... NV........ Ugashik Village.. -157.3887 57.5027
226. Ukivok................ Bering Straits...... NV........ King Island -168.0718 64.9643
Native Community.
227. Umkumiute............. Calista............. NV........ Umkumiute Native -165.1989 60.4997
Village.
228. Unalakleet............ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -160.7914 63.8777
Unalakleet.
229. Unalaska.............. Aleut............... NV........ Qawalangin Tribe -166.5337 53.8746
of Unalaska.
230. Unga.................. Aleut............... NV........ Native Village of -160.5050 55.1841
Unga.
231. Uyak.................. Koniag.............. NV........ n/a.............. -154.0078 57.6336
232. Venetie............... Doyon............... NV........ Native Village of -146.4149 67.0178
Venetie Tribal
Government
(Village of
Venetie).
233. Wainwright............ Arctic Slope........ NV........ Village of -160.0202 70.6448
Wainwright.
234. Wales................. Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -168.0960 65.6082
Wales.
235. White Mountain........ Bering Straits...... NV........ Native Village of -163.4042 64.6805
White Mountain.
236. Wrangell.............. Sealaska............ n/a....... Wrangell -132.3791 56.4752
Cooperative
Association.
237. Yakutat............... Sealaska............ NV........ Yakutat Tlingit -139.7435 59.5543
Tribe.
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\7\ 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.
\8\ 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.
\9\ 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.
\10\ 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.
\11\ 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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