The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend a program giving Alaska Native veterans of the Vietnam era a chance to receive allotments in Alaska up to 160 acres. The five-year extension is a win for the ...

BLM land law examiner Mike Everett (left) helps Florentino Barril fill out an application for the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program in Tulalip, Wash. on April 4, 2023. BLM ...

The Interior Department has effectively given the state of Alaska more say over thousands of individual Native allotments by replacing a Biden administration legal opinion. In a move with potential ...

The Department of the Interior recently announced it will open 11.1 million acres of federal land for the Alaska Native Vietnam War-era Veteran Land Allotment Program. The federal land policy allows ...

President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Dec. 26, 2025, that extends the deadline for eligible Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans to claim up to 160 acres of federal land. The deadline for the ...

WASHINGTON — At 18, Benno Cleveland traveled from his Arctic home in Alaska to fight in the swelter of Vietnam’s jungles, where he served two tours of duty before an infected leg injury ended his ...