Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Abstract
Excerpted from:
Hippler, Arthur E.; & Conn, Stephen. (1975). "The Village Council and Its Offspring: A Reform for Bush Justice." UCLA-Alaska Law Review 5(1): 22–57 (Fall 1975). (https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/uclaak5&i=28).This excerpt from the forthcoming UCLA-Alaska Law Review article "The Village Council and Its Offspring: A Reform for Bush Justice" describes techniques used historically by Alaska Native village councils to resolve disputes. All of these techniques were observed in 1975 in villages where councils still aid in dispute adjustment.Rule Making, Rule Enforcing, and Conciliation /
Council Techniques – Scolding and Probation /
Village Councils and the Modern Legal System /
The Council as a Forum for Dispute Resolutio