Legal Opinion
Koi Nation of N. Cal. v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 16, 2019No. Civil Action No. 17-1718 (BAH)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeryl A. Howell, Chief Judge
The federal government's treatment of the plaintiff, the Koi Nation of Northern California ("Koi Nation"), a landless federally recognized Indian tribe, has been marked by decades of mistreatment, including terminating and selling the tribe's reservation in 1956 and denying the tribe the special programs and services provided only to those tribes with federally recognized status. Finally, in 2000, after persistent efforts by the Koi Nation, the defendant, the United States Department of the Interior ("DOI"), acknowledged the "egregious" administrative mistake and reaffirmed the Koi Nation's…
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