Legal Opinion
Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 23, 2017No. 15-35824, 15-35827PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
Who would imagine that more than 150 years after the Treaty of Olympia (the “Treaty”) was signed between the United States and the Quileute and Quinault tribes, we would be asked to determine whether the “right of taking fish” includes whales and seals? Although scientists tell us sea mammals are not fish, 1 these appeals ask us to go back to the 1855 treaty negotiation and signing and place ourselves in the ■ shoes of two signatory tribes—the Quileute Indian Tribe (the “Quileute”) and the Quinault Indian Nation (the “Quinault”)—to determine what they intended…
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- Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Jones v. MeehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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