United States of America, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Nez Perce Tribe and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees v. State of Oregon State of Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant

29 F.3d 481 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, and The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Confederated Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; Nez Perce Tribe; and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. STATE OF OREGON; State of Washington, Defendants, v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the COLVILLE RESERVATION, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant. No. 92-35150. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 31, 1993. Decided June 23, 1994. Alan C. Stay, Nespelem, WA, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Douglas Nash, Lapwai, ID, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee, Nez Perce Tribe. Tim Weaver, Yakima, WA, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER and HALL, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant is the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ("Colville"), a confederation of eleven Indian tribes. In 1989, Colville sought to…