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COUNTY OF YAKIMA v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES AND BANDS OF YAKIMA NATION Opinion of Blackmun, J.

Finally, the majority platitudinously suggests that the Yakima “must make [their policy] argument to Congress.” Ante, at 265. I am less confident than my colleagues that the 31 Yakima Indian families likely to be rendered landless and homeless by today’s decision are well positioned to lobby for change in the vast corridors of Congress.