Legal Opinion
The Quechan Tribe of Indians v. Raymond Rowe, Sheriff of Imperial County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1976No. 72--3199PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before CHAMBERS and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and EAST,* District Judge. CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:
The Quechan Tribe of Indians, which resides on and governs the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation located along the Colorado River,1 was organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 984, 25 U.S.C. §§ 461-479. The Secretary of the Interior approved the Constitution and Bylaws of the Quechan Tribe in 1936.
Article XI of those Bylaws authorizes the adoption of tribal ordinances “for the control of hunting and fishing on the reservation . . .’’To that end the tribe has enacted three…
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