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052106P.pdf   03/03/2006  Sac & Fox Tribe  v.  B. Indian Affairs
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-2106
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman. Author, with Lay and Arnold, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Indian law. District court did not err in determining it
   lacked jurisdiction to review the Bureau of Indian Affairs' recognition of
   the Bear Elected Council because, to reach the merits of the case, the
   court would have to construe and apply tribal law to determine whether
   an election board has authority to file suit on behalf of the Tribe; further,
   the court would then have to resolve an election dispute in order to
   determine which election board is the proper party plaintiff, and election
   disputes between competing tribal councils are nonjusticiable, intratribal
   matters.