Emil Notti

Emil Reynold Notti (born March 11, 1933)[1] is an American engineer, Indigenous activist, businessman, government employee, and political candidate of Koyukon Athabaskan heritage.

Born in Koyukuk, Alaska, Notti earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical and electrical engineering from the now-defunct Northrop University in Inglewood, California.

When the group met a second time early in 1967, it emerged with a new name, The Alaska Federation of Natives, and a new full-time President, Notti.

"Thus, without further ceremony," wrote historian Bancroft, "this vast area of land, belonging by right to neither, was transferred from one European race to the offshoot of another."

At hearings held in Fairbanks and Anchorage the October 17 and 18, 1969 prior to the passage of ANCSA, Notti commented pushing that the money in the bill was not enough "The $500 million provision of our bill may seem like a lot of money, but after looking at the conditions in our villages, $500 million will only give our Native people a chance to operate on a standard of living of what we consider basic minimums, I think, for the rest of the United States.

In March 2022, Notti announced he would contest the special election called in Alaska's at-large congressional district, triggered by Don Young's death.

An act to provide for the settlement of certain land claims of Alaska Natives, and for other purposes.
Notti in 2017