State of Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie

856 F.2d 1384 The STATE OF ALASKA, ex rel.; YUKON FLATS SCHOOL DISTRICT; Unalakleet/Neeser Construction JV; Unalakleet Native Corporation; Neeser Construction Company; and Gerald Neeser, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIVE VILLAGE OF VENETIE; Venetie Native Council; the Venetie Tax Court; the Venetie Tax Commission; Gideon James; Lawrence Roberts; Larry Williams; Ernest Erick; Lincoln Tritt; John Titus; and David Case, Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-4333. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1988. Decided Sept. 9, 1988. Robert T. Anderson, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants. Douglas K. Mertz, Jack McGee and William F. Cummings, Asst. Attys. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellees. James R. Atwood, Dwight C. Smith, III, Covington & Burling, Wash., D.C., Williams B. Rozell and Richard B. Brown, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Juneau, Alaska, for amici curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before WRIGHT, FERGUSON and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 * The Village of Venetie ("Venetie") and Arctic Village are communities located in north-central Alaska,…