Tyonek Native Corp v. Secretary Of The Interior

836 F.2d 1237 TYONEK NATIVE CORP; Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF the INTERIOR, of the United States of America; Alaska Native Claims Appeals Board, Defendants-Appellees, and State of Alaska, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 86-3827. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 3, 1987. Decided Jan. 15, 1988. As Amended Feb. 22, 1988. Russell L. Winner, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. Robert L. Klarquist, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Elizabeth J. Barry, Anchorage, Alaska, for intervenor defendant-appellee. James B. Gottstein, Anchorage, Alaska, for Alaska Mental Health Ass'n, amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Plaintiffs Tyonek Native Corporation and Cook Inlet Region, Inc., appeal from the district court's grant of partial summary judgment to defendants, the Secretary of the Interior and the Alaska Native Claims Appeal Board. The court upheld the defendants' ruling that Tyonek, a village corporation created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, was not entitled…