Candidate Miller, I actually was surprised when I listened to the debate at the Alaska Federation of Natives in Fairbanks.  Your answers were frankly quite good.

I would like to point out a mistake in your commentary.

If the federal government had taken 100 million acres from Alaska then the state would only have four million acres left.  You see Mr. Miller, on December 18, 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon.

Alaska Natives received 44 million acres of land plus roughly one billion dollars.  The state of Alaska already had 104 million acres of land that were finally allowed to proceed upon passage of the ANCSA legislation by the US Congress.  The federal government had the balance of the 375 million acres in Alaska.  227 million acres for the federal government.  80 million acres were for national wildlife preserves and national parks.

It isn't accurate to state the federal government has taken additional lands in Alaska.