Yakama Nation Tells High Court Reservation Ruling Should Stand

(March 25, 2022, 2:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court review is not needed for a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling establishing the boundaries of a Washington Indian tribe’s reservation because the appellate court correctly interpreted an 1855 treaty and subsequent statutes establishing what land the federal government set aside for the tribe, the tribe says in a March 11 brief in opposition filed at the request of the high court....