Here.
Politico Article on ANCs and Federal Relief Funding
Here.
Alaskan Native Corporations
Akiak Native Community Letter Opposing CARES Act Money Going to Pro-Profit Alaska Native Corporations
Alaska SCT Decides Alaska Native Regional Corporation Shareholder Action
Here is the opinion in Pedersen v. Arctic Slope Regional Corp.:
Alaska Native Regional Corporation Seeks Injunction Against Karluk Tribal Court Judge and Tribal Attorney
Story from Courthouse News Service is here.
Two New Articles on Alaskan Native Issues in Alaska Law Review
The Maze of the Murkowski/Miller Election and the Role of an ANC PAC.
There is an extensive article out today at the Anchorage Daily News covering how much money the ANC PAC donated to the Murkowski Campaign. The article is surprisingly well balanced, and puts the PAC spending in the context of the the Citizens United decision, which has been blamed for the dramatic increase in political spending this cycle. I can only assume there will be more coverage on this at least until December 2nd, which is the next deadline for filings.
In case you’re unfamiliar with the situation, Senator Lisa Murkowski was the establishment incumbent from the GOP. She suffered a surprise loss in the primary to the Tea Party candidate, Joe Miller. Miller was backed by his own so-called “super PAC” in the primary, where they spent about $600,000. After her loss, Murkowski decided to enter the race as the write-in candidate. Because polling in Alaska is notoriously difficult, and because a write-in campaign by an incumbent is generally unheard of, figuring out who would win the Alaska Senate race became almost impossible. Some hopefuls even thought that Murkowski and Miller would split the vote, leaving the Democratic candidate in the race just enough breathing space to win. Murkowski essentially won in a blowout, though the Miller campaign continues to do what it can, including filing a motion on Friday in federal district court, to change the outcome (complaining, inter alia, that write in ballots misspelling “Murkowski” should not be counted). The federal district court has deferred to the Alaska state courts on the matter. Here is the order.
Prior to election day, Joe Miller filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission about the spending by Alaskans Standing Together, the PAC created by the ANC’s. Miller tried to argue it wasn’t appropriate for the ANC’s to be donating to the Murkowski campaign because of their extensive federal contracts. Joe Miller had come out against all 8(a) contracting for Native Corporations and against other money that goes to rural Alaska. This article concludes with the FEC experts the author spoke with agreeing that nothing will come out of the complaint (though this is probably an easy bet given the FEC’s overall difficulty enforcing its regulations due to time, staffing and statutory constraints).
“Affiliate” of Alaskan Native Corporation Not Entitled to Title VII Exemption
Here are the materials in Fox v. Portico Reality Servs. Office (E.D. Va.):
Portico Motion for Reconsideration
The court’s first order holding the same thing (but sua sponte, and apparently without the benefit of any briefs, is here).
Delaware DCT Holds that ANC Subsidiaries Subject to Suit under ADA and FMLA
The case is Peason v. Chugash Governmental Services, Inc. (D. Del.). The materials:
NYTs Article on Alaskan Native Corporations
From the NYTs:
The Alaska Native corporations have had Senator Ted Stevens to thank nearly every step of the way.
In 1971, a few years after he was first elected to the Senate, Mr. Stevens helped write the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Also known as the “Billion Dollar Deal,” the act established more than 200 corporations to manage almost 45 million acres and gave $962 million to Alaska Natives in return for their ceding of all aboriginal land rights.
When the Alaska Native corporations struggled in their early years as they tried to turn people who had survived on fishing and hunting into business managers and to teach thousands of villagers to call themselves shareholders, Senator Stevens was there, too.
He helped corporations with financial difficulties by persuading Congress to approve a provision in the 1986 Tax Reform Act allowing the corporations to sell their accumulated tax losses to profitable companies seeking tax write-offs.
Border Fence Fiasco Builds
Here’s the link to the Office of Inspector General report about the Border Fence fiasco. It’s always the bad deals we make with non-Indians that kills us….
Here’s the text of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s demand for an investigation into the border fence contract awarded to Chenega Technology (h/t Indianz):
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