Legal Opinion
Mackinac Tribe v. Sally Jewell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 19, 2016No. 15-5118PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
2Per curiam
Plaintiff-Appellant Mackinac Tribe brought an action in federal district court to compel the Secretary of the Interior to convene an election allowing the Tribe to organize under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), 25 U.S.C. § 476(a). Although the Mackinac Tribe does not appear on the Secretary’s list of federally acknowledged tribes and has not been acknowledged through the Secretary’s Part 83 process, see 25 C.F.R. pt. 83, the group alleges it is federally recognized for IRA purposes because it is the historical successor to a tribe the…
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