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Inside the DOI’s Tribal Consultation on Energy & Workforce

On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the Department of the Interior hosted a Tribal Consultation on Workforce Efficiency and Productivity (EO 14210) and Emergency Permitting Procedures to Strengthen Domestic Energy Supply in Anchorage,...more

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Court Vacates Decision to Take Downtown Juneau Land Into Trust for Tlingit & Haida Tribe

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In a momentous legal development, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason has vacated and remanded a decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to place a 787-square-foot parcel of land in downtown Juneau into...more

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A New Solicitor Opinion Revisits Tribal Jurisdiction Over Alaska Native Allotments

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In the complex landscape of Indigenous rights and jurisdiction, the question of tribal authority over Alaska Native allotments has long been a subject of legal debate. The recent Opinion known as Partial Withdrawal of...more

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EPA Launches $20 Million Program to Address Contaminated Land in Alaska

May 10, 2023 Shareholder On May 5, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new funding program to assist Alaska Native entities to address and remediate contaminated lands in Alaska....more

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White House Releases National Strategy for the Arctic Region

On October 7, 2022, the White House released its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, further developing the federal government’s approach to the northernmost region, which is under intergovernmental purview...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Reserved Right of Metlakatlan Fishing Off-Reservation Waters

On September 8, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the reserved right of the Metlakatlan Indian Community to fish in the off-reservation waters where Metlakatlans had traditionally fished, and held that...more

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Supreme Court’s Environmental and Administrative Law Decisions in 2015-2016 Term

This Advisory briefly reports on some of the significant U.S. Supreme Court actions from January through June 2016 related to environmental and administrative law. ...more

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Controversy Over Interior’s Trust Authority in Alaska Remains Unresolved

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A majority panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently dismissed the State of Alaska’s challenge to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s authority to acquire land in trust for Alaska...more

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Supreme Court Holds the Ninth Circuit Misinterpreted the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

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In 2007, National Park Service rangers stopped John Sturgeon from travelling by hovercraft on the Nation River within the boundaries of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Park Service regulations ban the use of...more

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House of Representatives Passes National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016

On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1735, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. Congressman Young’s amendment would replace Section 811 of the FY 2010, which introduced...more

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