One can easily united the 2 seemingly opposing concepts by the realization that the concept of a gov't, Any gov't, OF the People, BY the People, FOR the People - - IS the People acting as a commonality: compromising, working together, and sharing resource to create a better State [or Nation] for The People.  The Lands of Alaska, of the Nation, is a resource that, as we all share [individually OR in common] is the main resource available [besides our labor] to create and fund that common effort.  Really, the only alternative is no State, no National gov't.