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AK SB108

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/19/2021

Primary Sponsor

Donald Olson

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Origin

Senate

32nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes legislative findings that indigenous tribes have inhabited Alaska for multiple millennia, predating the United States and territorial claims by the U.S. and Imperial Russia.

  • Directs the state to formally recognize all federally recognized tribes in Alaska under 25 U.S.C. sections 5130 and 5131, including their subdivisions, subsidiaries, and wholly owned business enterprises.

  • Amends the definition of "federally recognized tribe" in Alaska statutes to reference tribes recognized by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994.

  • Clarifies that state recognition does not diminish the federal government's trust responsibility to tribes, does not create a concurrent state trust relationship with tribes, and does not limit state jurisdiction over persons or lands.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

State Recognition Of Tribes

Rights

Last Action

REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS

3/19/2021

Committee Referrals

State Affairs3/19/2021

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