State of Alaska v. Newland et al

  1. June 27, 2024

    Alaskan Land Trust Fight Remanded Over Misplaced Authority

    An Alaska federal judge has vacated and remanded a decision from the U.S. Department of the Interior to take a 787-square-foot piece of land in downtown Juneau into trust for an Alaskan tribal government, saying the agency relied on an aboriginal title factor already established in a law designed to settle the state's land claims.

  2. January 22, 2024

    Feds Defend Ability To Take Land Into Trust For Alaska Tribes

    The U.S. government is urging an Alaska federal judge to reject the state of Alaska's arguments that the Interior Department's decision to take a 787-square-foot piece of land in downtown Juneau in trust for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes oversteps its authority or threatens state jurisdiction.

  3. January 01, 2024

    The Biggest Cases To Watch In Native American Law This Year

    Disputes over administrative healthcare costs for tribes that could cost the federal government billions and Voting Rights Act cases that have the potential to undo rulings in several states all gained speed in 2023 with legal experts predicting major decisions out of the appellate courts in the new year.

  4. December 04, 2023

    Tribes Are Trying To Redraw Jurisdictional Map, Alaska Says

    Two Native American tribes are attempting to redraw Alaska's jurisdictional map already set by Congress decades ago by taking a small parcel of land into trust in downtown Juneau, the state says, adding that their claims to the contrary defy logic. 

  5. October 25, 2023

    Alaska Can't Prove Law Bars Trust In Land Dispute, Tribes Say

    Alaska can't meet the "extraordinarily high burden" it carries to prove that Congress intended a federal law addressing the state's settlement claims with its Indigenous tribes to repeal or revoke the secretary of the interior's authority to take land into trust, two amici tribes claim, urging a federal court to dismiss a dispute over a small parcel of land in downtown Juneau.

  6. August 02, 2023

    Alaska's Attorney General Seeks End To Land Trust Dispute

    Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor says a decision by the Department of the Interior to take into trust a 787-square-foot parcel of land in downtown Juneau could have broader implications should the state's bid to undo the determination fail because it alters the balance between federal and state power.

  7. April 13, 2023

    Alaska Native Tribe Can Join State Land Trust Challenge

    The tribal government of an Alaska Native tribe can defend against Alaska's attempt to undo the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take into trust a small parcel of tribe-owned land in Juneau, an Alaska federal judge has ruled.

  8. April 05, 2023

    Alaska Native Tribe Wants In On Challenge To Land Trust

    The tribal government representing an Alaska Native tribe has asked to back the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take into trust a driveway-sized parcel of land in the state's panhandle, contending Alaska's bid to nullify the transfer threatens its efforts to protect land for future generations.

  9. January 17, 2023

    Alaska Sues To Block US From Putting Land Into Trust

    The state of Alaska sued the U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday for taking a piece of land in Juneau to put into a trust and proclaim it a reservation, arguing that doing so limits its sovereign jurisdiction and undermines key terms of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.