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DOI Solicitor Affirmed that Tribes in Alaska have Jurisdiction over Native Allotments

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February 1, 2024

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The Office of the Solicitor withdrew part of a 1993 Solicitor opinion, indicating that Alaska Native allotments are subject to the same regulations as allotments in the Lower 48 States and that as such tribes in Alaska are presumed to have jurisdiction over Native allotments.