Legal Opinion
Tulkisarmute Native Community Council v. Heinze
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided July 28, 1995No. S-5711PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Tulkisarmute Native Community Council, the tribal government of the Village of Tu-luksak, and Tuluksak residents (collectively TNCC) challenge the decision of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to extend fifteen permits for the appropriation of water in the Tuluksak River and its tributaries. 1 The water is to be used for placer gold mining, a procedure in which overburden is removed from streambeds and nearby lands and the underlying gravels are mixed with water and run through a sluicebox. Because the water is taken from a stream, state law…
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