In my opinion, from an Alaska context on this, the legislative fix of the 2009 Supreme Court ruling regarding the ability for tribes to take land in trust, this is not a place, and I know there is some work here, this is not a place to solve or deal with Alaska issues, which are very different.
Begich emphasizes that Alaska's issues differ from those of other tribes regarding land trust legislation.
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