Legal Opinion
Dawavendewa v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1998No. 97-15803PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Harold Dawavendewa, a Native American, alleges that because he is a Hopi and not a Navajo, he was not considered for a position with a private employer operating a facility-on the Navajo reservation. He contends that the employer’s conduct constitutes unlawful employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To determine whether Dawavendewa’s Title VII eom-plaint may proceed, we address, first, whether discrimination based on tribal affiliation constitutes “national origin” discrimination, and, second, whether such discrimination is permitted…
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