However, five communities, Haines, Tenakee, Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Petersburg, were left out of this landmark legislation. A 1994 congressionally authorized study of ANCSA found that there was no substantive reason these communities should have been left out. It was an oversight, but one that has had major consequences. They never got the chance to claim, manage, and benefit from their traditional lands, resulting in decades of lost opportunities for economic growth and cultural grounding. (00:40–00:50)
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Asserts that a 1994 study found no substantive reason for the exclusion of certain communities from ANCSA.
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