Abstract: On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS, THE ASSINIBOINE AND SIOUX TRIBES OF THE FORT PECK RESERVATION, STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE, THE FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY, PUEBLO OF ISLETA, NEZ PERCE TRIBE, THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION AND THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS