SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE, a federally recognized Indian tribe on its own behalf and as parens patriae on behalf of its members, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
State of WASHINGTON; Jay Robert Inslee, Governor; Kelly Susewind, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Director, Defendants-Appellees,
Samish Indian Nation, Intervenor.
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Indian tribe on its own behalf and as parens patriae on behalf of its members, Plaintiff, and
Samish Indian Nation, Intervenor-Appellant,
v.
State of Washington; Jay Robert Inslee, Governor; Kelly Susewind, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Director, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted February 5, 2021 Seattle, Washington.
Maryanne E. Mohan , Office of the Tribal Attorney, Suquamish, Washington; Emily Haley , Office of the Tribal Attorney, La Conner, Washington; Lauren P. Rasmussen , Law Offices of Lauren P. Rasmussen PLLC, Seattle, Washington; James S. Stroud , Office of the Reservation Attorney, Bellingham, Washington; Nate Cushman , Office of the Tribal Attorney, Olympia, Washington; Toni Whitegrass and Alec S. Wrolson , Tacoma, Washington; for Amici Curiae Suquamish Tribe, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Jamestown S'Klallam, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Lummi Nation, Nisqually Indian Tribe, and Puyallup Tribe of Indians.
Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and William Horsley Orrick, District Judge.
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents yet another chapter in the litigation of Indian treaty rights in the Pacific Northwest. It involves some of the same tribes—the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (the "Snoqualmie" or the "Tribe") and the Samish Indian Nation (the "Samish" or the "Nation")—that have been disputing...
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