1st Circuit Decision On Tribal Trust Land Challenged In U.S. Supreme Court

(February 14, 2024, 8:17 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A group of Massachusetts residents have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (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 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA)....