"Tribal sovereignty"

Tribes can exert jurisdiction over allotments granted to individual Natives, the department’s head attorney said on Feb. 1.

Metlakatla Indian Community sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his administration in 2020, claiming the state’s fishing permit system infringes on rights guaranteed to the tribe by Congress.

The order comes as the 11th White House Tribal Nations Summit begins in Washington, D.C.

The state of Alaska is challenging the federal government’s decision on the lot, saying it “undermines key terms” of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by creating a reservation.

ICWA faces broad constitutional challenges in an unfriendly court.

An Anchorage-based Indian law specialist says the decision still marks a major change that turns long-held principles of Indian law upside down.

Alaska’s state government would formally recognize all of Alaska’s 229 federally recognized tribes under legislation passed Friday by the state Senate in a 15-0 vote.

To get on the 2022 ballot, initiative organizers will have to collect more than 36,000 signatures.

At times, Tlingit & Haida tribal officials were outraged because some city officials brushed aside the tribe’s assertion of its sovereignty on the land where it runs its fireworks shop.

House Bill 123 has 12 co-sponsors in the House. It has passed through the Tribal Affairs Committee and the State Affairs Committee and is headed to the House floor for a vote.