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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:34 PM Mar 2015

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta tribal leaders debate possible regional tribe

Alaska Dispatch
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta tribal leaders debate possible regional tribe

An effort that could lead to a regional tribe for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is moving ahead very slowly amid questions about how it would impact village-based tribes, regional Alaska Native nonprofit organizations and residents.

Rural Alaska | Lisa Demer
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150316/yukon-kuskokwim-delta-tribal-leaders-debate-possible-regional-tribe

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Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta tribal leaders debate possible regional tribe (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

Interesting. Warpy Mar 2015 #1

Warpy

(113,746 posts)

1. Interesting.

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Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:42 PM

Mar 2015

A lot of this is to reassert some tribal control over any development that is done so that it doesn't threaten subsistence fishing and hunting.

Good luck to them.

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