The Aleut Corporation

The Aleut Corporation is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. The Aleut Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 21, 1972. Headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, The Aleut Corporation is a for-profit corporation with approximately 3,410 Alaska Native shareholdersprimarily of Aleut descent originating in the Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and Shumagin Islands of Alaska.

The Aleut Corporation has 47,000 acres of leasable land on Adak, as well as the western-most, ice-free deep-water port in America. Through collaboration with the Arctic Economic Council, TAC has been working to develop a deep-water trans-shipment port that will support international shipping in the Northern Sea Route and Asian Great Circle Route.

The Aleut Corporation supports the development of a vibrant fishing and processing industry on Adak.