The Attorney General has advised me that, in these exceptional and unique circumstances, the land was not taken by the United States within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment and that possession of this particular tract can be restored to the Tribe by Executive action.
Executive Order 11670—Providing for the Return of Certain Lands to the Yakima Indian Reservation
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