Tribe Seeks Rehearing On 6th Circuit’s Finding That It Does Not Have A Reservation

Mealey's (June 7, 2021, 12:52 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruling that a Native American tribe does not have a reservation in Michigan under an 1855 treaty with the United States because the land that was set aside for the tribe consisted of many separate allotments for individual tribal members has created a divide among the courts on sovereignty jurisprudence, the tribe says in a June 1 petition for rehearing by the full court....