Native American Church of North America v. Navajo Tribal Council

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

This action was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico by the Native American Church of North America,1 a corporation, William Peter Tsosie, Shorty Duncan, and Frank Hanna, Jr., a minor, by and through Frank Hanna, Sr., his next friend, against the Navajo Tribal Council, Paul Jones, individually and as Chairman of said Tribal Council, Joe Duncan and Sam Garnez. The action was brought by plaintiffs on their own behalf and in behalf of all others similarly situated. In its first cause of action, the church sought to enjoin the enforcement…