Alaska tribes.

AuthorAnderson, Tasha
PositionInside Alaska Business

The US Court of Appeals for the DC I Circuit rejected the State of Alaska's attempt to block the US Department of the Interior from taking land into trust to safeguard it for Alaska Tribes. In Akiachak Native Community, et al. v. Department of Interior, et al., the court held 2-1 that the Department of Interior's revision of its land into trust regulations rendered the case moot. The decision will allow Alaska Tribes to begin petitioning the...

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