Alaska Supreme Court March 4, 2011, S-13332 (State v. Native Village of Tanana)

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case we revisit ripeness and tribal sovereignty decisions intersecting in a dispute between the State of Alaska and a number of Alaska Native tribes. Procedurally, we are asked whether the narrowed view of ripeness announced in Brause v. State, Department of Health & Social Services

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and recently applied in State v.