Legal Opinion
Cayuga Nation v. Zinke
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 23, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2017-1923Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE CAYUGA NATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RYAN ZINKE, et al., Civil Action No. 17-cv-1923 (CKK) Defendants, THE CAYUGA NATION COUNCIL, Defendant-Intervenor. MEMORANDUM OPINION (February 23, 2018) The Cayuga Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation. This case deals with decisions by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) and the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior that recognized one faction within the Cayuga Nation—now referring to itself as the “Cayuga Nation Council”—as the governing body of…
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