Wednesday, July 29, 2026 – Southeast Alaska tribes closer to land designation more than a half century after being locked out

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A bill making its way through Congress offers new hope for five Native communities in Southeast Alaska to secure their own land for the first time. For more than 50 years following the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), the five tribes left out of the pivotal agreement that fundamentally changed tribal governance and land ownership in the state have been working to secure their homelands. Tribal leaders celebrated as the bill cleared the U.S. House of Representatives. But it's not without opposition; environmental groups and others worry the land transfer will turn over vast…