Can the defendant or plaintiff appeal a tribal court appellate decision?
The appellate court is the highest tribal court, and their decisions cannot be appealed to a federal court unless it involves a federal question. In rare circumstances, the tribal council can hear an appeal of an appellate court decision. See Phillip Allen White, “The Tribal Exhaustion Doctrine: ‘Just Stay on the Good Roads, and You’ve Got Nothing to Worry About,'” American Indian Law Review 22 (1997): 65.
