Aleknagik Natives Limited v. United States

886 F.2d 237 ALEKNAGIK NATIVES LIMITED; Aleknagik City; Aleknagik Village Council; Ekwok Natives Limited; Ekwok City Council; Nondalton Native Corporation; Nondalton City Council; Nondalton Village Council, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America; Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior; Gail Ozmina, Townsite Trustee, Defendants-Appellants, and English Bay Village Council; Port Graham Village Council, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 87-4188. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 13, 1989. Decided Sept. 22, 1989. Robert L. Klarquist and Vicki L. Plaut, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. David C. Fleurant and Carol H. Daniel, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before WRIGHT, TANG and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 The Native Alaskan communities of English Bay and Port Graham are located in the southwestern tip of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, approximately 140 miles south of Anchorage. The State of Alaska recognizes the Village Councils in English Bay and Port Graham as the governing…