Legal Opinion
Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Paul E. Guilbert
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 30, 1991No. 91-1029PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is a civil action commenced by the Narragansett Indian tribe and certain members thereof, as class representatives, to protect tribal rights and property from threatened despoliation. The Tribe itself is federally acknowledged, 48 Fed.Reg. 6177-78 (1983), and constitutes a recognized tribe within the purview of 25 C.F.R. § 83.9(h) (1990). For convenience, we refer to the plaintiffs, collectively, as the Tribe.
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Background
The Narragansett Indians have inhabited lands within Rhode Island since time immemorial. Through the negotiated settlement of certain disputes,…
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