9th Circ. Backs DOI In Not Recognizing Tribal Group

By Andrew Westney (January 2, 2020, 9:10 PM EST) -- The Ninth Circuit has ruled that a suit against the federal government by members of the proposed Ukiah Valley Pomo Indian Tribe was rightly tossed, backing the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision that the members couldn't organize as a tribe, in part because they already belonged to the federally recognized Pinoleville Pomo Nation....

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