Legal Opinion
Nation v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2016No. 13-15710PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge CHRISTEN; Dissent by Judge IKUTA.
OPINION
CHRISTEN, Circuit Judge:
The Navajo Nation appeals the district court’s dismissal of its suit seeking immediate return of human remains and associated funerary objects taken from its reservation. The Nation describes these remains and objects as “among the most sacred of [its] property” due to its deep spiritual belief that upon death humans should be placed in the earth and left there undisturbed.
Between 1931 and 1990, the National Park Service removed 303 sets of human remains and associated funerary objects from Canyon de Chelly…
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