Mealey's (March 26, 2018, 10:42 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The banishment of a tribal elder from the tribe’s land and facilities for 10 years for allegedly publically slandering tribal officials stands after the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26 denied her petition for a writ of certiorari in which she challenged the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ interpretation of “detention” under the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA) (Jessica Tavares v. Gene Whitehouse, et al., No. 17-429, U.S. Sup.)....