Southeast Alaska tribes form new alliance

Southeast Alaska tribes form new alliance

The Ketchikan Indian Community is one of over a dozen tribal governments that have signed onto the new alliance. (Michael Fanelli/KRBD) Over a dozen Southeast Alaska tribal governments have banded together to form a new partnership.  The Alliance of Sovereign Tribes of Southeast Alaska was signed into accord last month at the National Congress of American Indians convention in Seattle. The joint effort, which was months in the making, promotes a…