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OLLESTEAD v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF TYONEK

No. 2503.

560 P.2d 31 (1977)

Margaret OLLESTEAD et al., Appellants, v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF TYONEK, a Federal Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.R. Kennelly, Kennelly & Azar, Anchorage, for appellants.

William J. Donohue, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, Justices.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the jurisdiction of the courts of Alaska to decide whether appellants are members of the Native Village of Tyonek (the Village) which was organized pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984).1

The superior court dismissed the action relying on Fondahn v. Native Village of Tyonek, 450 F.2d 520 (9th Cir.1971), and

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