The following terms are defined in ANCSA, regulations, policy statements and court decisions.
A concordance of all words used in ANCSA (43 U.S.C. sections 1601 – 1642) and uncodified sections of the 1976 and 1987 ANCSA amendments is also available. The concordance has not been updated since the 1987 ANCSA amendments due to the increased availability of other search tools, including the search tool on this site.
- Act — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0- 5
- Administrative law judge — 43 C.F.R. § 4.400; 43 C.F.R. § 4.421
- Alienabilty restrictions — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Amended map of boundaries — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Appropriate selection period — 43 C.F.R. § 2655.0-5(b)
- Approved — 43 C.F.R. § 2653.1(a)(3)
- Board — 43 C.F.R. § 4.400; 43 C.F.R. § 4.421
- Bureau — 43 C.F.R. § 4.400; 43 C.F.R. § 4.421
- Cemetary site — 43 C.F.R. § 2653.0-5(a)
- Contaminant — 43 U.S.C. § 1629f
- Contingency area — 43 U.S.C. § 1614
- Conveyance — 43 C.F.R. § § 2650.0-5
- Core township— 43 U.S.C. § 1641
- Cut-and-fill — Koniag vs. Koncor Forest Resource Management Company
- Date of acceptance — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Date of approval — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Date of filing — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5; BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Date of public notice — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Descendant of a Native — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Developed — 43 U.S.C. § 1636
- Director — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0- 5; 43 C.F.R. § 4.421
- District manager — 43 C.F.R. § 4.421
- Dually owned lands— Koniag vs. Koncor Forest Resource Management Company
- Employer — 43 U.S.C. § 1626
- Exploration — 43 U.S.C. § 1636
- Federal installation — 43 C.F.R. § 2651.6(a)
- Fee lands — Koniag vs. Koncor Forest Resource Management Company
- Final map of boundaries — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Fund — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Group corporation — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Historical place — 43 C.F.R. § 2653.0-5(b)
- Holding agency — 43 C.F.R. § 2655.0-5(a)
- Indian reservation — 43 U.S.C. § 1601
- Interested persons — 43 C.F.R. § 4.27(b)(1)
- Interim conveyance — 43 U.S.C. § 1621; 43 C.F.R. § § 2650.0-5
- Isolated tract — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Lands available for selection — 43 C.F.R. § 2651.6(a)
- Leased — 43 U.S.C. § 1636
- LUPC — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0- 5
- Map of boundaries — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Major waterway — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Municipality corporation — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- National wildlife refuge system — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Navigability — 43 U.S.C. § 1631
- Navigable — 43 U.S.C. § 1631
- Native — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Native corporation — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 U.S.C. § 1641; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Native group — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 C.F.R. § 2653.0- 5(c); 1976 ANCSA amendments § 1(a); 1976 ANCSA amendments § 1(c)
- Native village — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 U.S.C. § 1641; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5; 1976 ANCSA amendments § 1(a)
- Nonmineral — 43 U.S.C. § 1634
- Nonresident distribution rights — 43 U.S.C. § 1606
- Non-village shares — 43 U.S.C. § 1606
- Non-voting security — 43 U.S.C. § 1606
- Office, Officer — 43 C.F.R. § 4.400(c)
- Partial map of boundaries — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Patent — 43 U.S.C. § 1621; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Pending before the Department — 43 C.F.R. § 2653.1(a)(3)
- Person — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Person interested in the proceeding — 43 C.F.R. § 4.27(b)(1)
- Planning commission — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Plan of survey — BLM Amended Policy Statement for Preparation and Processing of Map of Boundaries under ANCSA 14(c)
- Present existing use — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Primary place of residence — 43 C.F.R. § 2653.0-5(d)
- Property — 1976 ANCSA Amendments § 12
- Protraction diagram — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Public easement — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Public lands — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Publicly owned lands — 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- Real property — 1976 Amendment § 12
- Regional corporation — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 C.F.R. § § 2650.0-5
- Replacement common stock — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Reserve lands — 43 C.F.R. § § 2654.0-5
- Revenues — 43 U.S.C. § 1606
- Rock — Koniag vs. Koncor Forest Resource Management Company
- Sale — 43 U.S.C. § 1613
- Secretary — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 U.S.C. § 1626h; 1976 ANCSA amendment § 1(a); 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5; 43 C.F.R. § 4.400; 43 C.F.R. § 4.421; 1976 ANCSA amendments § 1(a)
- Settlement common stock — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Settlement trust — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- State — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5
- State director — 43 C.F.R. § § 4.421; 43 C.F.R. § 2655.0-5(c)
- Transportation system — 43 U.S.C. § 1629
- Trust or restricted Indian owned land areas — 43 U.S.C. § 1601
- Urban corporation — 43 U.S.C. § 1602
- Village corporation — 43 U.S.C. § 1602; 43 C.F.R. § 2650.0-5