Nkihtaqmikon v. Impson

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is the second in continuing litigation by a group of members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe called Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon — the phrase means “We Protect the Homeland,” and we refer to the group as NN — to challenge a Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) decision; the decision approved a lease of a plot of Passamaquoddy land for the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) facility, contingent on federal regulatory approval being obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). The relevant facts, which have been discussed in…