...her and her team for providing services and attention to Alaska's valued elders.Ron Pitka, an Athabascan from Mentasta Lake, credits Branch for helping him bring his wife back home to the village after she was treated at an Anchorage facility...
...to Chitina.'' Chitina is more 100 miles south of Mentasta Lake, where John lives. Since the filing, John's case...want that responsibility.'' Martin explained that in Mentasta Lake, everyone does what John asks. In addition to being...
...Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was enacted in 1971, John Sr. got eligible local Natives to occupy the land around Mentasta Lake. The action ensured Mentasta members' control over the lake and surrounding lands when ANCSA lands were allotted...
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