Norwest v. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

*110ORDER REMANDING ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE DETERMINATION

KATHARINE ENGLISH, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND

The procedural setting of this case is both somewhat unusual and somewhat complicated.1 Identifying the issue before the Court thus requires more extensive discussion than might be true in many cases.

Petitioner appeals from the Enrollment Committee’s decision to deny her application for enrollment in the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (Tribe). The basis of the Enrollment Committee’s (Committee) decision is not entirely clear. The letter from the Committee to…