8-1 Discussion: Complexity and Contingency

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Humanities

Based on your reading in the webtext, select one of the following thesis statements. Your response should be two to three paragraphs long.

  1. ANCSA and the Native corporation system have been good for Alaska Natives.

OR

  1. ANCSA and the Native corporation system have been bad for Alaska Natives.

Next, revise the statement you have chosen to reflect the complexity of the historical events surrounding this issue. Provide specific examples of how ANCSA and the Native corporation system have had a positive or negative impact—or perhaps both—on Alaska Natives. Further illustrate the complexity of this issue by showing how the passage of ANCSA was contingent on at least three historical events or forces.