Native Village of Minto

Alaska Supreme Court sides with Interior tribe in child custody, sovereignty case

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The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday in support of an Interior tribal court in a child custody and tribal sovereignty case that was contested by Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration. The case, Simmonds v. Parks, started almost six years ago as a custody dispute in the Village of Minto, a town of 200 people about 130 … Read more

In challenging tribal court, state backs man convicted of beating his wife (Anchorage Daily News)

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Earlier this month, when Edward Parks was convicted in Fairbanks of the kidnapping and brutal assault of his girlfriend, the prosecutor told a Fairbanks reporter it was a victory in the “state’s larger war against domestic violence.” But three months earlier, with Parks sitting in jail awaiting trial for beating Bessie Stearman so badly he … Read more