ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20118
No(s). 13-5360 (D.C. Cir. Jul 1, 2016)

The D.C. Circuit held that Alaska may not block any efforts by the United States to take tribal land into trust within Alaskan state borders. In 1971, the United States settled land claims staked by descendants of Alaskan aboriginal tribes. DOI interpreted that settlement as barring it from taking l...