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ALEKNAGIK NATIVES, LTD. v. UNITED STATES

No. A 77-200 Civil.

635 F.Supp. 1477 (1985)

ALEKNAGIK NATIVES, LTD., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

Submitted for Publication May 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Vollintine, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs.

Michael Spaan, U.S. Atty., Deborah Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for federal defendants.

Monte Engle, Donald Cooper, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervenors English Bay Village Council and Port Graham Village Council.

Joe P. Josephson, James N. Reeves, Anchorage, Alaska, for assorted non-federal defendants.

Rolfe Watson, Conway, Massachusetts, Basil Atkinson, Ekwok, Alaska, in pro. per.

OPINION

FITZGERALD, Chief Judge.

In 1891 and 1926, Congress extended the operation of the federal townsite laws to Alaska, including the Territory's Native people, "[u]ntil [it] otherwise ordered." 26 Stat. 1099, 43 U.S.C. § 732 (repealed 1976); 44 Stat. 629, 43 U.S.C. §§ 733-736 (repealed 1976). The present action raises issues having to do with the impact of two recent congressional enactments, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of...

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