The Anchorage Assembly has a government-to-government meeting scheduled for Thursday with the Native Village of Eklutna, as it does twice a year since 2021, when it formally acknowledged the 70-member tribe as a co-equal government in Anchorage.
On the agenda is a briefing on the makeshift casino now operating in the Birchwood neighborhood, which is a significant issue for the community.
Last month, Debbie Ossiander of the Chugiak Eagle River Advisory Board, which is established by municipal code to advise the city on planning relating to the area, sent a resolution to the Assembly complaining that it was never consulted about the Chin’an Gaming Project, a casino that is being built in a quiet residential area near the Birchwood Airport in Birchwood, approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage…