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Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy et al
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January 16, 2024
Feds Back Alaska Tribe In Fishing Dispute With State
The U.S. government is urging an Alaska federal judge to grant summary judgment to the Metlakatla Indian Community in its fishing rights fight with Alaska, saying state officials are repeating already-rejected arguments and misconstruing aboriginal rights and the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act.
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November 16, 2023
Alaska Says Tribal Fishing Suit's Aboriginal Rights Claim Fails
Top Alaskan officials have opposed the Metlakatla Indian Community's latest bid to win its lawsuit claiming it is entitled to fish in a network of waterways near its reservation, telling a federal judge the tribe's aboriginal rights argument is unconvincing.
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May 15, 2023
Alaska Tribe Renews Push For Expanded Fishing Rights
The Metlakatla Indian Community is once again asking an Alaska federal judge to let its citizens fish in a sprawling area surrounding its island reservation, renewing a lawsuit that the Ninth Circuit revived last year based on its interpretation of a 19th-century federal statute.
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August 10, 2021
Tribe Has No Off-Reservation Fishing Rights, Alaska Says
Alaska has urged the Ninth Circuit to rebuff the Metlakatla Indian Community's bid to revive its claim to fishing rights in state waters, saying a lower court rightly found the tribe wasn't promised such rights by an 1891 federal law that established its reservation.
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February 18, 2021
Metlakatla Tribe's Bid To Restore Fishing Rights Dismissed
An Alaska federal judge on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by the Metlakatla Indian Community to try restoring its fishing rights, siding with the state government's arguments that the tribe's previous fishing activities stemmed from lack of government oversight, not permission.
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August 10, 2020
Alaskan Tribal Community Sues To Restore Fishing Rights
The Metlakatla Indian Community of southeast Alaska has sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy and state agencies, saying it has nonexclusive treaty rights to fish in waters the state has effectively barred it from since 1973.