Amid tears and laughter, Native leaders spoke at the signing ceremony about the legislation as a way to heal a painful past and create more opportunities for productive partnership with state government in the future.
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Alaska will formally recognize Native tribes, likely negating planned ballot measure
An official in the governor’s office confirmed that Dunleavy will sign the tribal recognition bill.
Time is running out for the Alaska Legislature to pass tribal recognition bill
If the bill passes, the state of Alaska will have to start recognizing Alaska’s tribes as sovereign nations.
Alaska tribal recognition initiative surpasses signature goal
Officials with the effort say they’ve collected more than 53,000 supporting signatures.