The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on an appeal from three Frog House members regarding the dispute over ownership of five Frog House artifacts stored at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center.

The Alaska State Museum in Juneau last year released four carved house posts and a replica of a painted wall screen, valued at roughly $1 million, to the Chilkat Indian Association’s Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center in Klukwan after housing the items since…