Emil Notti: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American engineer, businessman and activist (b.born 1933)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birthbirth date and age|March 11, 1933|3|11}}

| birth_place = [[Koyukuk, Alaska|Koyukuk]], [[Territory of Alaska]], U.S.

| branch death_place = {{Flag|United States Navy}}

Born in [[Koyukuk, Alaska]], Notti earned a Bachelor of Science degree in [[aerospace engineering|aeronautical]] and [[electrical engineering]] from the now-defunct [[Northrop University]] in [[Inglewood, California]]. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from both [[Alaska Pacific University]] and the [[University of Alaska Anchorage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Emil Notti|url=http://www.alaskool.org/projects/ancsa/testimony/ancsa_hearings/e_notti_s.html|accessdateaccess-date=4 January 4, 2019|website=Alaskool.org}}</ref> Notti served in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[Korean ConflictWar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sullivan, Secretary Zinke Meet with Alaska Native Veterans {{!}} U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska|url=https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-secretary-zinke-meet-with-alaska-native-veterans-|access-date=2020-06-June 23, 2020|website=www.sullivan.senate.gov|language=en}}</ref>

Notti aided in developing the [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act]] (ANCSA) signed into law by President [[Richard Nixon]] on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve long-standing issues surrounding aboriginal land claims in Alaska and could, perhaps, be considered an ending of more than a century of endeavor by the Native people of the state to secure their land, as well as to stimulate economic development throughout Alaska. Notti was the first President of the Alaska Federation of Natives and Doyon's third President, a regional corporation whothat owns {{convert|12.5 million acres|e6acre}}.<ref>https://www.doyon.com/shareholder-spotlight-emil-notti/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Notti worked for [[Autonetics]], a division of [[North American Aviation]], on the [[LGM-30 Minuteman]] during the [[Cold War]]. Later, he served under several Alaska Governors as Deputy Commissioner of Health and Social Services, Commissioner of Community and Regional Affairs and Commissioner of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Notti served under [[Bill Sheffield]], and [[Sarah Palin]]. Notti served on numerous boards, including the [[National Bank of Alaska]] (acquired by Wells Fargo), the Alaska Railroad, a two time Board of Trustees for APFC (the United States' largest Sovereign Wealth Fund with $75 billion under management), and Cook Inlet Regional, Inc.

In 1966, Notti called for a Statewide meeting inviting numerous leaders around Alaska to gather and create the first meeting of a committee. The meeting was held October 18, 1966 - on1966—on the 99th anniversary of the transfer of Alaska from Russia. Notti presided over the three-day conference as it discussed matters of land recommendations, claims committees, and political challenges the act would have getting through Congress.The growing presence and political importance of Natives were evidenced when association leaders were elected to the legislature. Members of the association gathered and were able to gain seven of the sixty seats in the legislature. When the group met a second time early in 1967, it emerged with a new name, The Alaska Federation of Natives, and a new full-time President, Notti.

At hearings held in [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] and [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] the October 17 and 18, 1969 prior to the passage of ANCSA, Notti commented pushing that the money in the bill was not enough "The $500 million provision of our bill may seem like a lot of money, but after looking at the conditions in our villages, $500 million will only give our Native people a chance to operate on a standard of living of what we consider basic minimums, I think, for the rest of the United States."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alaskool.org/projects/ancsa/testimony/ancsa_hearings/e_notti_s.html|title=Emil Notti}}</ref> In its final bill, ANCSA granted the Native people of Alaska over $900 million.

The ANCSA included of {{convert|44 million acres (180,000 |e6acre|km2)}} and $962.5 million patented and titles transferred to twelve Alaska Native regional corporations and over 200 local village corporations. The surface rights to the patented land were granted to the village corporations and the subsurface right to the land was granted to the regional corporation, creating a split estate pursuant to section 14(f). Notti also cast the tie-breaking vote to enter Sealaska and Tlingit and Haida into the Alaska Federation of Natives. His tie-breaking vote brought $7.2 million and {{convert|290,000 acres|acre|km2}} of land to Native Corporations in Southeast Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/sealaska-speech/|title = Emil Notti speaks on Alaska native claims settlement act of 1971}}</ref> The twelve regional Native corporations and several village corporations today employ around 58,000 people creating thousands of jobs for Native and non-Native Alaskans.<ref>Resource Development Council for Alaska</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.litsitealaska.org/index.cfm?section=History-and-Culture&page=ANCSA-at-30&cat=Interviews&viewpost=2&ContentId=757|title=LitSite Alaska &#124; ANCSA at 30 > Interviews > Emil Notti}}</ref><ref>''Alaska Native Land Claims'' by Robert D. Arnold (1976)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=North Dakota Historical Population|url=https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~sainieid/north-dakota-historical-population.html|accessdateaccess-date=4 January 4, 2019|website=Ndsu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Population, 1790-2000: Always Growing|url=https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h980.html|accessdateaccess-date=4 January 4, 2019|website=U-s-history.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ANCSA 2017 Economic Report|url=http://ancsaregional.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ANCSA_2017-Economic-Report_web.pdf|accessdateaccess-date=January 4 January, 2019|website=Ancsaregional.com|format=PDF}}</ref> [[File:ANCSA bill.jpg|thumb|An act to provide for the settlement of certain land claims of Alaska Natives, and for other purposes.]]

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