1st Circuit: Taking Tribal Land Into Trust Was Not Arbitrary Or Capricious

(November 9, 2023, 11:22 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) decision to take into trust land owned by the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe was not arbitrary or capricious or not in accordance with the law because the tribe meets the definition of “Indian” for the purposes of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in affirming a trial court’s decision....