Native Village of Quinhagak v. United States

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals involve an award of attorneys’ fees resulting from more than a decade of litigation over subsistence fishing rights in Alaskan waters. Defendanb-Ap-pellant/Cross-Appellee State of Alaska argues that the plaintiff villages were not entitled to recover fees on the issue of which government — -federal or state— could assert jurisdiction to manage subsistence fishing. Plaintiffs-Appellees cross-appeal, arguing that they were entitled not only to the fees awarded, but also to fees incurred during required administrative proceedings.

We have…