Tlingit & Haida

1st Quarter 2023

Deed Signed to Put First Parcel of Land into Federal Trust Status

Tlingit & Haida officially signed a deed to put its first parcel of land into federal trust status.

The deed was signed on January 10, 2023 by President Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson at the Bureau of Indian Affair’s (BIA) Alaska Region office in Anchorage, Alaska. Once the deed has been recorded, the title for Tlingit & Haida’s land parcel will be officially transferred to the United States Department of Interior (DOI) to hold for the benefit of the Tribe and its citizens. Under federal trust status, Tlingit & Haida’s land parcel cannot be sold, alienated or transferred without federal approval.

“This was a great day for our Tribe, self-determination, and all tribes in Alaska. We have crossed the finish line in the land-into-trust process and will continue the journey for our remaining applications. This process started for Tlingit & Haida more than fifteen years ago and stalled over six years ago for Alaska tribes. Until now, Craig Tribal Association’s land-into-trust application was the first and only one to be approved in Alaska by the Department of the Interior,” said President Peterson.

The parcel of land transferred is Tlingit & Haida’s oldest land-into-trust application. The land is located in the old Juneau Indian Village (Lot 15, Block 5) and was purchased in October 2007 from the Vavalis family.

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