CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the GRAND RONDE COMMUNITY OF OREGON, Appellant
v.
Sally JEWELL, in her Official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, et al., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 18, 2016.
Decided July 29, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lawrence Robbins , Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellants Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. With him on the briefs were Gary A. Orseck , and Daniel N. Lerman , Washington, DC.
Craig J. Dorsay , Portland, OR, was on the brief for amicus curiae Samish Indian Nation in support of federal appellee Sally Jewell, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and intervenor-appellee Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
Before: PILLARD and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
The Cowlitz are an American Indian tribe from southwestern Washington state. After refusing to sign a land cession treaty with the United States in 1855, President Lincoln by 1863 proclamation opened its land to non-Indian settlement. Without a land base, the Cowlitz scattered, and for decades federal Indian policy reflected...
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