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22 NARF Legal Rev. 1 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/narf22 and id is 1 raw text is: N A m R ig t F JNative American Rights Fund LE REVIEW Winter/Spring 1997 YES, THERE IS INDIAN COUNTRY IN ALASKA The Native American Rights Fund represents the Native Village of Venetie in State of Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie. This case involves the Tribe's authority _o impose a tax on a non-tribal member, who engages in business activity within the Village. On November 20, 1996, just six weeks after, the Venetie case was argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a three .judge panel unanimously agreed that the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) did not extinguish Indian country in Alaska and that the land that Venetie occupies is Indian country. The decision overrules a Federal District Court for Alaska ruling and represents a landmark case on tribal sover- eignty rights. The Neets'aii Gwich'in of Venetie and Arctic Village have much to celebrate. Due to their victory, other Alaska Native villages will also be entitled ro indian country status and all of the powers that go with that status. The State of Alaska has unsuccessfully asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its ruling and is now expected to peti- tion the United States Supreme Court to hear the case. United States Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has said that if the state fails to get the ruling overturned in court, then he, Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Representative Don Grou Young (R-Alaska) will at- Kluk tack it in Congress. Senator Stevens went on to say that Senator Murkowski and Representative Young have com- mittee chairmanships and that they will work together to find a ,p of Chilkat Tlingit in costumes worn at wan, Alaska ca 1901 - Smithsonian In/liution solution if they cannot find it within the judiciary itself. Continued on page 2 NA LGAL N-ARt ktREVIEzW Digitized from Best Copy Available

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