Court upholds non-Indian hunting ban on reservation

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Montana has the right to bar non-Indians from hunting big game on privately owned fee lands within American Indian reservations, even if the land belongs to the hunter. The 9th Circuit upheld a U.S. District Court ruling that agreed with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' position that the state ban on non-Indian hunters was not based on race. In The Billings Gazette.