Conversation so far:
What is the ANSCA?
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).
What did it do?
settled land and financial claims for lands and resources which the peoples had lost to European Americans.
Did it do anything else for the Natives?
It provided for the establishment of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations to administer those claims.
Were their lives better after this?
claims.
Similar to the separately defined status of the Canadian Inuit and First Nations in Canada, which are recognized as distinct peoples.
What was the views of Europeans towards Natives?
Europeans and Americans did not have sustained encounters with the Alaska Natives until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Question: What changed during the late nineteenth century?
Self-contained rewrite: What changes happend to The Alaska Natives during the late nineteenth century?