Southeast Tribes Move to Dismiss Long-running Metlakatla Fishing Rights Case
A trial that had been set to begin this summer, intended to determine the scope of the federally guaranteed fishing rights held by tribal members of Alaska's only reservation, is on hold after other Southeast Alaska tribes asked a judge to dismiss the case.
Metlakatla Indian Community sued the state of Alaska five years ago, asserting the way the state manages commercial fishing infringes on the rights guaranteed to it by Congress. The tribe argues the 1891 federal law that created the Annette Islands Reserve at the southern tip...
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