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Native America Calling: Is there room for trust land in Alaska?
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Is there room for trust land in Alaska?
A city lot in Juneau recently became the first land ever put into trust for the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
It’s only the second tribal land put into trust in the country’s largest state. The trouble is, the state believes the trust designation by the U.S. Department of Interior undermines the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, that specifically prohibits the federal government from considering land-into-trust applications in Alaska. Today on Native America Calling, get the back story on the Alaska trust land process and what it means for Alaska Natives.PRESS RELEASE: Department of Interior Approves Tlingit & Haida’s First Fee-to-Trust Application (https://t.co/sn57pMeDG9)
— Tlingit & Haida (@tlingithaida) November 18, 2022
Today is a historic day for advancing tribal sovereignty and self-determination! This is the second fee-to-trust in Alaska since the passage of ANCSA. pic.twitter.com/6ZckfJAOqX
Tlingit & Haida President Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson recently met President Joe Biden at the White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, D.C., where they talked about hunting and fishing rights, and protecting our rivers and fish from transboundary mining. pic.twitter.com/Y0BGUfL1FU
— Tlingit & Haida (@tlingithaida) December 16, 2022
Guests on Native America Calling
Richard Peterson (Tlingit from the Kaagwaantaan clan), president of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Joe Nelson (Tlingit), board chair of Sealaska
Lloyd Miller, partner of Sonosky Chambers, Sachse, Miller, and Monkman
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