Legal Opinion
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation v. Washington
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided April 14, 1976No. C-75-146PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEILL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff is an Indian tribal organization situated on the Colville Indian Reservation in Eastern Washington. President Grant established the reservation by Presidential Executive Order on July 2, 1872, 1 C. Kappler, Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties 916 (2d ed. 1904), and it presently encompasses approximately 1.3 million acres of land. The Colville Tribes are governed by a fourteen-person business council pursuant to a constitution and by-laws approved by the Secretary of the Interior on December 26, 1938.
The Colvilles have engaged in a program to…
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