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3:56 The Chugach Alaska Corporation recently re-acquired land that has been in private hands since the 1900s. The buyers say you can’t put a price on the return of traditional lands to Indigenous stewardship. “The Copper River Delta was besides such a rich resource area,” said John F.C. Johnson, the corporation’s vice president for cultural resources. “It s kind of the migration corridor for all the different cultural groups in Alaska.” The region was a confluence of cultures including Sugpiaq, Tlingit, and Eyak and Ahtna Athabascan people. The property is slightly smaller than a quarter-square mile equivalent. The previous owner, the non-profit organization The Nature Conservancy, declined to disclose the sale price. It said that a third-party assessor appraised the property at fair market value.

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