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Article: Federal court open door to improved tribal-state relations.
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- June 1, 1997
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Last November a federal court of appeals affirmed the right of the Venetie Tribe to govern the affairs of its 350-member community - to make its own laws in its remote territory, and to live by those laws. With the ruling the Court has opened the door to a new era of improved and positive Tribal-State relations in Alaska covering a wide range of endeavors. Now, only politics and ignorance can stand in the way of seizing this historic opportunity to forge a more cooperative rapport between the State and its many tribes, beginning with the Venetie Tribe.
On reflection, the judicial determination that Venetie can continue to govern its own affairs on its 1943 reservation ...