EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
The question presented on this appeal is whether a federal district court may exercise jurisdiction over a civil suit brought by an Indian concerning a contract with a non-Indian corporation for work on tribal lands, without first requiring the Indian to exhaust his remedies in tribal court.
Wellman, a member of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, lives on the Blackfeet Reservation. He operates Craig Wellman Construction. Chevron is...
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