Gros Ventre Tribe v. United States

469 F.3d 801 GROS VENTRE TRIBE; Assiniboine Tribe; The Fort Belknap Indian Community Council of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the U.S. Dept' of Interior; Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. Dept' of Interior; and Indian Health Service, an agency of the U.S. Dept' of Health and Human Services, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-36167. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 6, 2006. Filed November 13, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Michael D. Axline, Western Environmental Law Center, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. John E. Arbab, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana; Donald W. Molloy, Chief District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-00069-DWM. Before: TALLMAN and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and HUFF, * District Judge. TALLMAN, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants Gros Ventre Tribe, Assiniboine Tribe, and the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council (collectively "the…