2:21 The Anchorage Assembly unanimously approved Thursday, January 14, 2021, an ordinance that formally establishes a government-to-government relationship with the Native Village of Eklutna.
The president of the Eklutna village Tribal council, Aaron Leggett, called the ordinance “a monumental achievement by both governments.”
“This isn’t something that will happen overnight, I think it will be a continually developing relationship and I’m sure that we will find ways to simply have more dialogue on a government-to-government level so that we can get rid of misunderstandings, miscommunications and mis-intent.”
The ordinance is the culmination of nearly a year of work between Leggett, a council working group of Forrest Dunbar, Kameron Perez-Verdia and Christopher Constant and others.