ALASKA NATIVE 8(A) CORPORATION
An Alaska Native Corporation is a company that is, at least, 51% owned
by Alaska Native Americans.

TKCIS, through its parent companies, is 100%-owned by Inupiat Eskimo
representing over 11,000 individuals.

Alaska regional and village corporations were formed by an act of
Congress under the Alaska Native Claim Settlement Act (ANCSA).  An
Alaska regional or village corporation may have hundreds and even
thousands of members (or shareholders), who are all Alaska Native
Americans.

ANCSA is an extraordinary initiative by the federal government to
organize Alaska Native Americans into corporations, instead of
reservations.  

“ANCSA … was developed for a group of human beings who had a very
real claim to their ancestral home in Alaska. Their connection to the land
is a spiritual one that transcends complex regulatory schemes.”
(Alexandra J. McClanahan, CIRI Historian).  

ANCSA affected nearly 80,000 Alaska Native Americans when it was
passed in 1971.