BONNICHSEN v. U.S.

Nos. 02-35994, 02-35996.

367 F.3d 864 (2004)

Robson BONNICHSEN; C. Loring Brace; George W. Gill; C. Vance Haynes, Jr.; Richard L. Jantz; Douglas W. Owsley; Dennis J. Stanford; D. Gentry Steele, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Army; United States Army Corps of Engineers; David A. Fastabend; Francis P. McManamon; Edward J. Kertis; Thomas E. White; Gale A. Norton; Craig Manson; Robert B. Flowers; National Park Service; United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellants, Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Society for American Archaeology; National Congress of American Indians, Wanapum Band, Defendants-Intervenors. Robson Bonnichsen; C. Loring Brace; George W. Gill; C. Vance Haynes, Jr.; Richard L. Jantz; Douglas W. Owsley; Dennis J. Stanford; D. Gentry Steele, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States of America; United States Army; United States Army Corps of Engineers; David A. Fastabend; Francis P. McManamon; Edward J. Kertis; Thomas E. White; Gale A. Norton; Craig Manson; Robert B. Flowers; National Park Service; United States Department of the Interior, Defendants, Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 4, 2004.

Amended April 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen J. Durkee, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellants.

Thomas P. Schlosser and Rob Roy Smith, Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & McGaw, Seattle, WA, Melissa Compobasso, Nespelem, WA, for intervenor-appellant Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

Naomi Stacy, Pendleton, OR, for intervenor-appellant Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

David J. Cummings, Lapwai, ID, for intervenor-appellant Nez Perce Tribe.

Thomas Zeilman and Tim Weaver, Toppenish, WA, for intervenor-appellant Yakama Nation.

Joseph P. Siofele, Pro Se, Moreno Valley, CA, appellant.

Alan L. Schneider, Paula A. Barran, Barran Liebman, LLP, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Bradley K. Baker, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP, Columbus, OH, for the amicus Ohio Archaeological Council.

S. Shawn Stephens, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP, Houston, TX; Joe H. Thrash, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for the amicus Texas Historical Commission.

Walter Echo-Hawk, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO; Jack F. Trope, Association of American Indian Affairs, Rockville, MD, for the amici Association of American Indian Affairs and Morning Star Institute.

Michael J. Fanelli, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for the amicus Society for American Archaeology.

Sherry Hutt, Pro Se, Paradise Valley, AZ, amicus.

Ellis J. Neiburger, Waukegan, IL, for the amicus Ethnic Minority Council of America.

Christopher A. Amato, Albany, NY; Joseph J. Heath, Syracuse, NY, for the amicus Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules and Regulations.

Dr. Andrei Simic, Pro Se, Los Angeles, CA; Dr. Harry Glynn Custred, Jr., Pro Se, Hayward, CA, amici.

Timothy Sandefur, Sacramento, CA, for the amicus Pacific Legal Foundation.

Dr. Ives Goddard, Pro Se, Washington, D.C.; Dr. William Shipley, Pro Se, Santa Cruz, CA, amici.

Before: ALDISERT, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The opinion published at 357 F.3d 962 (9th Cir.2004) filed on February 4, 2004 is amended so that footnote 20 should read:

In so holding, we necessarily determine that no reasonable person could conclude on this record that Kennewick Man is "Native American" under NAGPRA. See Allentown Mack Sales & Serv., Inc. v. NLRB, 522 U.S. 359, 366-67, 118 S.Ct. 818, 139 L.Ed.2d 797...

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