Legal Opinion
Cherokee Nation v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 31, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2019-2154Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE CHEROKEE NATION, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-cv-2154-TNM-ZMF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION An accounting is long overdue of the United States’ failure to uphold its “moral obligations of the highest responsibility and trust” to the Cherokee Nation (the “Nation”). United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation,
564 U.S. 162, 176
(2011) (quoting Seminole Nation v. United States,
316 U.S. 286, 297
(1942)). For centuries, the United States has held assets belonging to Plaintiff, the…
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