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Galena was traditionally inhabited by the Athabascan Indians.
Galena Village3 (Galena Village) refers to an undefined tribal
territory within which Galena is located and also refers to a
federally recognized Native entity within Alaska that has the
same status as tribes in the contiguous 48 States.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), Pub. L. 92-
203, 85 Stat. 688 (1971), current version at 43 U.S.C. secs.
1601-1629e (1994), created 12 Native regional corporations.
Native residents of Galena are shareholders in the Doyon Native
Regional Corporation (Doyon). Under ANCSA, the area on which
Galena is located was made available for land selections by
Doyon.
Native residents in Galena are also shareholders of the
Gana-A’ Yoo Native Village Corporation (Gana-A’ Yoo), which was
also created under State law in accordance with ANCSA.4
Petitioner operates an air charter service, which maintains
a ground facility in Galena (Galena airport). The facility
comprises a hangar and an office building. The Galena airport
serves the villages in the Middle Yukon and Koyukuk River areas.
The Galena airport is located on land that petitioner leases
from the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public
3 Galena Village is also known as Louden Village.
4 Gana-A’ Yoo is the successor to the village corporation
of Notaaghleedin, Ltd.
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