The filing by the Dept. of Law was announced Tuesday, challenging an earlier decision by Bryan Newland, the Interior Department’s Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, that granted a petition to take lands in Juneau into trust to create Indian country.
last November on behalf of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. It would make the 787-square-foot parcel of land in Downtown Juneau the second “land-into-trust” area in the state since Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971.
“Taking land into trust is one of the most important functions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This decision aligns with President Biden’s commitment to protecting Tribal sovereignty and revitalizing Tribal communities by restoring Tribal homelands,” Newland said in a press release issued Nov. 17 of 2022.
ANSCA was passed by Congress to avoid the creation of a reservation system in the state, and authorized the transfer of 44 million acres of land as well as $962.5 million to Alaska Native corporations in exchange for Alaska Natives’ aboriginal land claims. The State asserts the approval of land-into-trust decisions should fall on Congress, and worry that the authorization by the Assistant Secretary could potentially open up over 200 new territorial jurisdictions — as there are currently 227 federally recognized tribes in Alaska.
According to a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Law, a ruling as to whether Newman’s authorization over the land will stand is expected sometime next year.
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