The problem for the Eklutna is that Alaskan tribes have a different legal status to that of their counterparts in the rest of the US.<\/p>\n
This is largely down to the federal Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), which redistributed 44 million acres of inalienable land and shared an award of $962.5 million among the tribes.<\/p>\n
But ANCSA, which predated IGRA by 17 years, also recharacterized the tribes as private corporations, rather than sovereign nations with sovereign powers.<\/p>\n
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The Metlakatla was the only tribe that did not sign up to the act, which has allowed it to become Alaska\u2019s sole tribal gaming operator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But the Eklutna\u2019s lawsuit argues the DOI decision was based on \u201cmisapplied relevant standards\u201d and \u201coutdated legal precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n
The plot of land on which the Eklutna want to build the gaming hall was granted to the tribe in 1906 under the federal Alaska Native Allotment Act. The tribe argues it has exercised jurisdiction and provided governmental services ever since through land management and environmental protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The state of Alaska is hoping to insert itself into a federal lawsuit filed against the US Interior Department (DOI) by the Native Village of Eklutna. The state wants to prevent the tribe from building a gambling hall 20 miles outside of Anchorage. The tribe has for years sought to establish a modest electronic bingo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":123573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Alaska Moves to Intervene in Eklutna Tribe Gaming Case Vs Feds<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n