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KENAI PENINSULA BOR. v. COOK INLET REG.

No. S-3117.

807 P.2d 487 (1991)

KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, a Municipal Corporation; and Donald E. Thomas, Borough Assessor, Appellants, v. COOK INLET REGION, INC.; Salamatof Native Association, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Sharp, Peggy A. Roston, Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis & Holman, Anchorage, for appellants.

Mark Rindner, Lane, Powell & Barker, Anchorage, for appellee Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

Russell L. Winner, Bruce A. Moore, Winner & Associates, Anchorage, for appellee Salamatof Native Ass'n, Inc.

Marjorie L. Odland, Gary I. Amendola, Asst. Attys. Gen., Juneau, Douglas B. Baily, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for amicus curiae, State of Alaska.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1628 (1982), extinguished all claims of the Native people of Alaska based on aboriginal title in exchange for 962.5 million dollars and 44 million acres of public land. See United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 612 F.2d 1132, 1134 (9th Cir.1980). The act authorized the creation of 13 regional and over 200...

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