United States v. Harry James Smiskin, Yakama Nation Commerce Association Yakama Nation, Applicants-Intervenors. United States of America v. Kato Smiskin

487 F.3d 1260 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry James SMISKIN, Defendant-Appellee, Yakama Nation Commerce Association; Yakama Nation, Applicants-Intervenors. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kato Smiskin, Defendant-Appellee. No. 05-30590. No. 05-30591. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 17, 2006. Filed May 18, 2007. James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney, and Jane Kirk, Assistant United States Attorney, Yakima, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Rebecca L. Pennell, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Yakima, WA, for defendant-appellee Kato Smiskin. Russell Mazzola, Mazzola Law Office, Yakima, WA, for defendant-appellee Harry James Smiskin. Sharon I. Haensly, Debora Juarez, Gabriel S. Galanda, and Daniel W. Ferm, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, WA, for amicus The Yakama Nation. Jack W. Fiander, Towtnuk Law Offices, Ltd., Sacred Ground Legal Services, Inc., Yakima, WA, for amicus Yakama Nation Commerce Association. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington; Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CR-04-02107-EFS,…