Advisory Committees

2018- SGAC Letter: Land-into-Trust in Alaska

SGAC comments in response to DOI’s July 2, 2018 “Dear Tribal Leader Letters” regarding the Alaska Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (“Alaska IRA”); and, 2) the Secretary’s authority to take land-into-trust in Alaska.

2018- SGAC Letter: Cobell Settlement Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations

SGAC finds the Department of the Interior’s decision to change the Land Buy-Back Program at such a late date deeply disappointing. The original approved group of Tribal participants has been waiting years, some approaching a decade, to participate in the Land Buy-Back Program. However, it appears that many of these Tribes have been permanently excluded …

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