The state of Alaska has formally asked a federal judge to decide whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs may create the equivalent of reservations in Alaska on behalf of Alaska Native tribes. (via AlaskaBeacon)
, tribal governments — rather than the state — generally have legal jurisdiction over what’s known in federal law as “Indian country.”
The state is arguing that the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act prohibits the federal government from creating new trust land in Alaska. That act awarded land to Alaska Native corporations, not tribes, extinguishing Indian country in the state with the exception of the Metlakatla Indian Community’s Annette Island Reserve.
The land in question is small, but the state noted in this week’s request for summary judgment that a ruling could have broad implications.
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