The Alaska State Senate passed a bill to return the historic site of the Athabascan village of Minto to the Minto tribe.
The original site was abandoned due to flooding and erosion and is currently under state ownership. But the tribe still uses it to camp, to hunt or fish and to visit the cemetery.
The state supports the transfer. The bill is pending in the House.
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Senate approves transfer of old Minto village
(The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 5/2)
Alaska bill would return old village site to tribe
Monday, May 3, 2004
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