The federal government has not treated Alaska fairly.  President Carter and the Democrats used Alaska to appease California billionaire environmentalists when they passed ANILCA.  What Alaskans wanted did not count.  Now this state is facing bankruptcy because of the lockup of federal lands by ANILCA.  This happened after the Statehood Compact promised the people of Alaska that funding of a State government would be possible by the State receiving 90 percent of the royalty revenues from oil, gas, and coal development on federal land.  The lockup stopped that development.  That promise was made when Alaskans voted on statehood.  Read the Statehood compact.  It is on line.  After downloading search for "90" using control f.