Mealey's ( November 16, 2022, 2:21 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An employee of a regional health care provider for Native Alaskans cannot pursue unpaid wages claims against the provider under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) because the statute “‘touches exclusive rights of [tribal] self-governance in purely intramural matters,’” a federal judge in the state held Nov. 15 in dismissing the worker’s complaint with prejudice, quoting the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ FLSA ruling in United States v. Farris....