Alaska sues feds over polluted lands governor says DC 'knowingly' transferred to Natives
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy spoke to Fox News over the weekend in a wide-ranging interview that touched on a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Unlike Native Americans in the Lower 48, most Alaskan Natives do not live on federal reservations, but instead on land they own through ANCSA — except for only the Metlakatla reservation near Ketchikan.
More than 650 parcels were contaminated by arsenic, asbestos, lead, mercury and other substances before their property rights were transferred, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy told Fox News Digital while discussing the July complaint in a recent interview.
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