DC Circ. Says DOI Didn't Have To Take Tribe's Land Into Trust

By Andrew Westney (February 4, 2022, 7:08 PM EST) -- A split D.C. Circuit panel on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior wrongly refused to take Michigan land into trust for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, saying the DOI had the authority to review the land purchase and decide it didn't qualify to be taken into trust....

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