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COOK INLET NATIVE ASS'N v. BOWEN

No. 86-3642.

810 F.2d 1471 (1987)

COOK INLET NATIVE ASSOCIATION, Kenaitze Indian Tribe, and the Native Village of Tyonek, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., and Southcentral Foundation Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram E. Hirsch, Floral Park, N.Y., David S. Case, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert L. Klarquist, Washington, D.C., Ruth E. Fischer, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, FARRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE, A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

On appeal from a summary judgment this court is asked to determine the meaning of "Indian tribe" contained in the Indian Self-Determination Act.1 Cook Inlet Native Association, Inc. (CINA) challenges the district court's judgment upholding the administrative interpretation of the definition. The agencies construe the term to include Alaska Native regional business corporations, but to exclude Native regional...

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