Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta tribal leaders debate possible regional tribe

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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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1. Interesting.

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.