🌱 How a new House bill could reshape Native land claims in Ketchikan
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- How a new House bill could reshape Native land claims in Ketchikan
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📰 News we're reading
• House Advances Legislation to Unleash Geothermal Energy, Encourage Outdoor Recreation, Support Tribes (house.gov) — Ketchikan is specifically named in a federal bill the House just advanced that would let several Southeast Alaska communities form new Alaska Native urban corporations and select land within the Tongass National Forest. The broader package also aims to speed geothermal energy development, fund rural water projects, and support tribes nationwide, but the recognition and land-selection provisions could be particularly meaningful for Ketchikan-area Alaska Natives. 
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