Legal Opinion
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon v. Jewell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 29, 2016No. 14-5326; Consolidated with 15-5033PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
The Cowlitz are an American Indian tribe from southwestern Washington state. After refusing to sign a land cession treaty with the United States in 1855, President Lincoln by 1863 proclamation opened its land to non-Indian settlement. Without a land base, the Cowlitz scattered, and for decades federal Indian policy reflected a mistaken belief that they no longer existed as a distinct communal entity. After a formal process for federal acknowledgment came into being in 1978, the Cowlitz at last gained legal status as a tribe in the eyes of the government in 2002.…
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