Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Land Status

ANCSA land has been conveyed to Far West, Incorporated, the Chignik Bay village corporation. It's 12(a) Land Entitlement is 115,200 acres and 12(b) Land Entitlement is 3,886 acres. The 14(c)(3) Status is completed and is surveyed but not yet recorded. Map of boundaries of approximately 1280 acres of 14(c)(3) lands has not been completed. There is no municipal land trust established.

The ANCSA 12(a) land entitlement to village corporation came from the federal government. ANCSA 12(b) land reallocated to village corporation from the Regional Native Corporation. Under ANCSA 14(c)(3), villages must reconvey surface estates to the local city government to provide for community use and expansion.