D.C. Circuit Rejects Narragansett’s Challenge to Federal Highway Admin. Decisions

Here is the opinion in Narragansett Indian Tribe v. McMaster.

Briefs here.

Coalition of Large Tribes Joins Oil Company Efforts to Undo Boulder County’s Fight Against Climate Change

Here is COLT’s amicus brief in support of the petition for writ of certiorari in Suncor Energy (USA) Inc. v. Board of Commissioners for Boulder County:

Sixth Circuit Materials in Koenig v. Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community College

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Blast from the Past — The Origins of Memorial Day

From a 1982 newsletter of the Niagara County Historical Society:

California Federal Court Dismisses Habeas Petition of Person Excluded from Rohnerville Rancheria

Here are the materials in Bowman v. Frank (N.D. Cal.):

Oklahoma SCT Rejects State Court Jurisdiction over Thlopthlocco Tribal Town Politics, Concurring Judge Shoehorns Castro-Huerta into Analysis

Here is the opinion in Anderson v. Parish.

Briefs:

Lower court materials:

Supreme Court Sends Voting Rights Case Back to the Eighth Circuit

On May 18, 2026, in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe, the petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was granted, the judgment was vacated, and the case was remanded to the Eighth Circuit in light of Louisiana v. Callais (2026). You can see the order here.

You can see the cert petition here and Eighth Circuit materials here. You can see more about the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais here and the opinion here.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Indian Country Crimes Conviction over Non-Indian Status Challenge

Here is the opinion in United States v. Thompson.

Briefs:

Papa Ola Lōkahi seeks to intervene in defense of the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program

On May 15, 2026, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC), the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP filed a Motion to Intervene on behalf of Papa Ola Lōkahi in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program. The lawsuit, brought by Do No Harm, targets a program rooted in Congress’s longstanding recognition of the United States government’s trust responsibilities to Native Hawaiians.

More here and here.

And here is the complaint.

Grand River Band Chairman Ron Yob Speaking at the Michigan Tribal-State-Federal Judicial Forum