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Article: Court questions local control versus Native American sovereignty.(the Supreme Court is considering an appeals court decision that permits an Alaskan Native American tribe to collect a business activity tax although the activity is not on a reservation)(Brief Article)
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
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- December 22, 1997
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The U.S. Supreme Court opened key local control issues during oral arguments last week in a Native American tax case that state and local officials fear could preempt their jurisdiction. The case involves the authority of a Native American tribe to levy taxes outside a reservation after the federal government has abolished the reservation. It raises issues with regard to what authority is retained over the land. Local and state authority matter because cities and states cannot tax tribal land, where the growing number of casinos and gambling halls have significant revenue and public safety implications.
The key issue in the case, Alaska et al. v. Native Village ...