Tribes of The Yakama Nation v. Klickitat County, et al

  1. August 18, 2021

    9th Circ. Refuses To Rehear Wash. County's Boundary Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied Klickitat County, Washington's request for a full bench rehearing, saying it won't revisit its ruling that affirms a lower court's decision that a disputed area lies within the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation's land.

  2. June 11, 2021

    Disputed Land Is Part Of Yakama Reservation, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a Washington federal judge's ruling that a disputed area lies within the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation's land, saying that the court must interpret an 1855 treaty defining the tribe's reservation as the Yakamas understood it at the time.

  3. July 15, 2020

    Yakama Tribe Brings McGirt Decision To Boost Boundary Case

    The Yakama Nation says the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn a Native American man's Oklahoma state court convictions bodes well for the tribe's fight with a Washington county over a tract of disputed land in the state.

  4. July 07, 2020

    Feds Back Yakama Tribe In Reservation Boundary Dispute

    The United States has urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a lower court's finding that a tract of disputed Washington state land is part of the Yakama Tribe's reservation, going against the position of Washington's Klickitat County.

  5. February 04, 2020

    Wash. County Says Disputed Area Not Part Of Yakama Lands

    A Washington county has told the Ninth Circuit that a federal judge rightly ruled that the state kept jurisdiction over all on-reservation crime involving non-Indians, but said the judge slipped up by finding that a disputed area was part of the Yakama Nation's reservation.

  6. January 03, 2020

    Yakama Tells 9th Circ. Feds Wrongly Abandoning Jurisdiction

    The Yakama Nation urged the Ninth Circuit Thursday to overturn a federal court ruling that the state of Washington still has jurisdiction over all on-reservation crime involving non-Indians, saying the Trump administration is illegally trying to abandon a decision to accept jurisdiction over some of those crimes.