penobscot-nation

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21-838 Penobscot Nation v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived alaska-pacific-fisheries indian-canons indian-canons-of-construction indian-settlement-acts maine-indian-settlement-acts penobscot-nation reservation reservation-boundaries statutory-interpretation tribal-rights Whether the Maine Indian Settlement Acts— consistent with this Court's precedents on statutory interpretation and the Indian canons of construction— …
21-840 United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1) indian-reservation land-claims maine-indian-claims-settlement-act native-american-rights natural-resources penobscot-nation settlement-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction tribal-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes only the uplands of the islands in the main stem of the Penobscot River or also includes the surroun…