Carcieri v. Norton

ELR Citation: ELR 20035
No(s). 03-2647 (1st Cir. Feb 9, 2005)

The First Circuit upheld the Secretary of the Interior's decision to take into trust a 31-acre parcel of land located in Charleston, Rhode Island, for the benefit of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. The Indian Reorganization Act authorized the Secretary to acquire the land in trust for...