From a 1982 newsletter of the Niagara County Historical Society:
Blast from the Past — The Origins of Memorial Day
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
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
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.
And here is the complaint.
Grand River Band Chairman Ron Yob Speaking at the Michigan Tribal-State-Federal Judicial Forum
Native America Calling Spotlight on Washington State Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Here.
Lummi Tribe Sues Telephone Company over Destruction of Ancestral Burial Plots
Here are the materials so far in Lummi Tribe v. Whidbey Telephone Co. (W.D. Wash.):
From the tribe:
The Lummi Nation filed a federal lawsuit against Whidbey Telecom, Whatcom County, and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Commerce alleging a multi-year pattern of federally funded broadband construction that repeatedly trenched through known ancestral burial grounds at Point Roberts, disturbing and destroying human remains while flouting mandatory tribal consultation and stop-work obligations under federal law. Ten days later, the Nation filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction supported by sworn declarations revealing that defendants assessed less than one percent of the construction area, that hundreds of ancestors’ remains may have been harmed by heavy equipment, and that the county admitted in writing to improperly issuing permits — seeking a court order to halt construction and compel full site access for recovery and reburial.
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