Corporations and tribes serve the same communities, but sometimes the two entities are at odds or struggle to coordinate over community decisions.
"Organized Village of Saxman"
Without cruise passengers, Ketchikan borough officials project $3.4 million budget shortfall
Despite the expected multimillion-dollar shortfall, officials say the borough won’t burn through all of its savings.
Federal bill would change rural designation process for subsistence
The Organized Village of Saxman lost its designation during a 2007 Federal Subsistence Board review. A bill now in Congress would change the rural determination process.
Saxman files lawsuit over nonrural status
The Organized Village of Saxman filed a lawsuit July 25 in federal court over the Federal Subsistence Board’s 2007 decision to designate the Tlingit Native village as non-rural.