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Dear Dr. Aguillard;

You requested an opinion from this office on behalf of the St. Mary Parish School Board ("Board") concerning the Board's ability to enter into a lease, cooperative endeavor agreement or other arrangement with the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana ("Tribe") that would allow the Tribe to use a tract of Sixteenth Section land in exchange for the Board's use of a tract of land owned by the Tribe.

Your specific inquiries were as follows:

1. May the Board lease the 50 acre Sixteenth Section tract of land located in the Atchafalya Basin to the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, a Sovereign…