MASHPEE, Mass. (AP) â The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe scored a legal victory Friday when the U.S. Interior Department withdrew a Trump administration appeal that aimed to revoke federal reservation designation for the tribe s land in Massachusetts.
A federal judge in 2020 blocked the U.S. Interior Department from revoking the tribe s reservation designation, saying the agency s decision to do so was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law. The Trump administration appealed the decision, but the Interior Department on Friday moved to dismiss the motion.
In a filing in a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., the Interior Department said it had conferred with the parties and none opposes this motion. A judge granted the motion and dismissed the case.
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