Historical Documents - Hawaiian and Alaskan Sovereignty

~ SUGGESTED LETTER TO AVCP HOUSING AUTHORITY ~

SIRS;

    MORRIS AND MARY MOCHIN HAVE TURNED YOUR LETTER OF NOV.27 1990 TO THE ATMAUTLUAK TRADITIONAL COUNCIL FOR REPLY.

    PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT AVCP IS A STATE CHARTERED ORGANIZATION AND THAT AVCP HOUSING AUTHORITY IS UNDER THE SAME JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OF ALASKA WHICH HAS NO SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY AND I ASSERTING ITS CLAIM THROUGH OCCUPATION OF YUP'IK LANDS AND TITLES CONTRARY TO THE SOVEREIGN JURISDICTION THAT IS BEING ASSERTED UNDER AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE TRADITIONAL YUP'IK TRADITIONAL COUNCIL OF ATMAUTLUAK.

    AS WE HAVE NOTED IN PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE TO YOU, THAT ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS WITH THIRD PARTY BROKERS WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH A COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION AND THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST ANY TRIBAL MEMBER OF ATMAUTLUAK YOU CAN PROCESS THEM THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL ATMAUTLUAK ELDERS TRIBAL COURT.

    UNTIL THEN,YOUR HARASSMENT OF TRIBAL MEMBERS OF THE TRIBAL YUP'IK COMMUNITY OF ATMAUTLUAK CAN BE A CAUSE OF ACTION BY THESE TRIBAL MEMBERS IN TRIBAL COURT.

                        SINCERELY YOURS

(MORRIS, THE COUNCIL SHOULD ADOPT BY TRIBAL RESOLUTION THE YUP'IK RICO ORDINANCE WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO FILE A CAUSE OF ACTION IN TRIBAL COURT AGAINST AVCP AND AVCP HOUSING BASED ON THAT RESOLUTION )