Bristol Bay Native Corporation

A Native organization

A brown bear stands at the lip of Brooks Falls as sockeye salmon leap up the cascade.
N. Boak, National Park Service / Katmai National Park and Preserve · Public Domain (NPS work)

Background

Bristol Bay Native Corporation was established in 1972 as one of the for-profit regional and village corporations Congress created when it passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, which designated twelve regions across the state. The corporation's account of that settlement says it received title to more than three million subsurface acres and more than 115,000 surface acres, and its current figures list 27 million acres of land and around 12 million acres of marine water. More than 11,000 shareholders live in Alaska and around the world, and total revenues reached $3.1 billion in 2024. Its stated mission is to enrich the Native way of life and its stated vision to steward the land and waters of the Bristol Bay region. The Bristol Bay Foundation sits inside the company's headquarters in Anchorage's midtown area.

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Parks on its homelands

A brown bear stands at the lip of Brooks Falls as sockeye salmon leap up the cascade.Katmai National Park and Preserve

Bristol Bay Native Corporation runs Brooks Lodge through its Bristol Adventures division, and the corporation's own site says the lodge overlooks the Brooks River in the heart of Katmai National Park and is the only full service lodge within walking distance of the bear viewing at Brooks Falls. The lodge was originally conceived as a fishing camp and has been in operation since 1950. Source

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Checked September 2026.

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