Mealey's (June 26, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Michigan Indian tribe can continue with its quest for federal recognition after the U.S. Department of Justice on June 24 dropped its appeal in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals of a federal judge’s ruling sending the tribe’s bid to re-petition for recognition back to the Department of the Interior (DOI) (Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. David Bernhardt, et al., No. 20-5152, D.C. Cir.)....