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6/17/14 KNBA News - Proposed rule change would allow Alaska tribes to take land into trust

KNBA | By Joaqlin Estus
Published June 16, 2014 at 7:14 PM AKDT

The U.S. Department of Interior is asking for public comments on a new policy that will allow it to take land into trust for Alaska Native tribes. Trust lands cannot be sold, nor taxed. Tribes say the change will bring them one step closer to self-determination.
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