Alaska Native Leader Emil Notti speaks to Prof. Fortson's Tribal Courts and Alaska Native Rights class

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Alaska Native Leader Emil Notti spoke to Prof. Ryan Fortson's Tribal Courts and Alaska Native Rights class on December 1. He discussed the changing role of leadership among Alaska Natives from the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) 45 years ago to the present.  Prof. Fortson, J.D., Ph.D., is a member of the Legal Studies faculty in the Justice Center.

Mr. Notti was instrumental in the passage of ANCSA and has been a leader in Alaska Native affairs since the 1960s. He is a former Commissioner of the Department of Community and Regional Affairs, State of Alaska and former Commissioner of Commerce, State of Alaska, 2006-201; the first president of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN); and a past senior vice president of Doyon Ltd.