Navajo Nation v. James W. Norris Gayle Norris v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation, Plaintiff-Intervenor. Navajo Nation v. James W. Norris Gayle Norris v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant

331 F.3d 1041 NAVAJO NATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James W. Norris; Gayle Norris, Defendants-Appellees, v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF THE YAKAMA INDIAN NATION, Plaintiff-Intervenor. Navajo Nation, Plaintiff, v. James W. Norris; Gayle Norris, Defendants-Appellees, v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant. No. 01-35039. No. 01-35041. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 2002. Filed June 9, 2003. Craig J. Dorsay, Portland, Oregon, for plaintiff-appellant Navajo Nation. Mary T. Wynne (briefed), Okanogan, Washington, and Craig J. Dorsay (argued), Portland, Oregon, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation. Todd W. Rosencrans, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, for defendants-appellees James W. Norris and Gayle Norris. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington; Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-03001-EFS. Before: REAVLEY, * TASHIMA, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The Navajo and Yakama Nations and Confederated Tribes ("Nations") appeal the…