Current Issues Regarding Alaska Tribal Court Jurisdiction

• Main Author: Fortson, Ryan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage 2014
• Subjects: Alaska Native lands; Alaska Natives; criminal law; diversion programs; Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA); courts; law enforcement; public safety; rural justice; sentencing; state-tribal relations; tribal courts; violence against women; Indian; tlingit; Alaska; Alaska Justice Forum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/7496

This article examines some of the unresolved issues that will shape tribal court jurisdiction in Alaska in coming years. Alaska Exception to Violence Against Women Act / Indian Law and Order Commission Report / State of Alaska v. Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA) / Land into Trust Regulations / Civil Diversion Agreement between the State of Alaska and [Indian Tribe]