Federal agency managing trust responsibility, tribal recognition, and federal programs for Alaska's 229 federally-recognized tribes
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David Mittelman
“in a retrospective study that we did, we found that almost 25% of the time, just identifying the person almost immediately tells you who is responsible, and it's led to the identification and prosecution of those responsible.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country” · Jul 14, 2026
Grace Bulltail
“the primary MMU agent that we know to be working on Kaysera's case had been assigned to other duties, including the BIA Chief of Police, then eventually resigned from the MMU and has now returned to the BIA role.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country” · Jul 14, 2026
Charles Addington
“In May, Secretary Burgum signed Secretary Order 3450 establishing the Indian Country Violent Crime Task Force and implementing additional public safety enhancements, including refocusing the Missing and Murdered Unit on its, on its core investigative responsibilities.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country” · Jul 14, 2026
Charles Addington
“We, we can always do better. It's, it's always— I don't think anyone could ever say it— any public safety program that I've worked with in my many years, that we could always do better in, in what we're doing.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country” · Jul 14, 2026
Charles Addington
“we've just hired a brand new division chief for the Missing and Murdered Unit that's got a different vision for the program. She— Sabrina Desatell, she's sitting here in the audience, and we just selected her. She's coming from Washington State. She's an assistant special agent in charge with us right now, and she also comes with a tribal background, being a public safety director for the Colville Tribe.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country” · Jul 14, 2026
Grace Bulltail
“For 10 months now, we have been asking the MMU to schedule a half-hour phone call with our family to discuss their progress on Kaysera's case. The response we got was that they do not have time to talk to us.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country” · Jul 14, 2026
Juneau's casino opened on shifting ground and now faces suits on two fronts
Tlingit & Haida's Two Coppers Casino opened in Juneau through a 2024 federal opinion, since rescinded. It now faces a state suit, a George Family suit and legal uncertainty.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
A faster way to settle Native trust estates, starting in Alaska
The Interior Department launched an online probate system for Alaska Native and American Indian families settling trust estates like Native allotments, with Alaska in the first rollout.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Alaska Supreme Court clarifies active-efforts standard in Jace B. ICWA case
The May 29 opinion in Jace B. v. State (S-19490, No. 2035) addresses whether OCS met ICWA's active-efforts requirement when seeking to terminate parental rights to a newborn identified as an Indian child through tribal eligibility. The court applies existing doctrine to fact-specific circumstances rather than rewriting the framework.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI