Native America Calling: Is there room for trust land in Alaska?

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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.

PRESS RELEASE: Department of Interior Approves Tlingit & Haida’s First Fee-to-Trust Application (https://t.co/sn57pMeDG9)

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 (@tlingithaida) November 18, 2022

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.

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