Land-in-trust applications by Alaska tribes under review

[Disir]

The Trump administration is re-examining whether Alaska tribes can create sovereign areas.

Before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, tribes in Alaska had made progress in the decades-long debate, KTOO-FM reported.

Tribes outside of Alaska are allowed to put land into trust with the federal government. The move exempts the properties from most state and local laws, including taxes.

However, the Department of Interior has maintained for decades that Alaska tribes aren't able to do the same under the Alaska Native Settlement Act of 1971, despite the fact that most of the tribal organizations in Alaska weren't part of the deal.

"We did not receive land from the federal government so we're kind of at a loss to our aboriginal land claims," said Ivan Encelewski, executive director of Ninilchik Traditional Council.


Alaska tribes have continued to push back against the department.

But in 2014, the Bureau of Indian Affairs began accepting lands-into-trust applications from Alaska tribes.
Land-in-trust applications by Alaska tribes under review

I would be surprised if they let this continue.

 

[OODA_Loop]

From the article: "The White House has made it clear that anything associated with President Obama is to be questioned and presumptively reversed,"

What was the question and the White House's answer ? Poor, agenda-driven Journalism.

 

[Disir]

The issue is Indian Trust Land applications that have been placed on hold and may not go through.

 

[whitehall]

Walk into any Native American gambling casino and realize how the Indians are getting back at the Paleface. The issue is old and the guilt trip is dead.

 

[Disir]

The issue is applications for Indian trust land.