The Department of the Interior is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that the department incorrectly found that the tribe did not qualify for land-in-trust status.
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U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, at the time, said that the department’s 2018 decision that the tribe was not under federal jurisdiction in 1934 was “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and contrary to law.” He sent the case back to the department for “thorough reconsideration and reevaluation of the evidence.”
The judge also said the department could take no further action on disestablishing the tribe’s reservation until it correctly applied its guidelines on reconsideration.
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