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Here are the briefs in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of Interior:

Navajo Opening Brief

US Answer Brief

Navajo Reply

Oral argument video and audio.

CA9 opinion here. Opinion after settlement here.

District court materials:

13 US Motion to Dismiss

17 Navajo Response

18 US Reply

25 DCT Order

An excerpt:

This action stems from the long-standing desire of the plaintiff, the Navajo Nation, to obtain the immediate repatriation of 303 sets of human remains and other associated cultural objects removed by the National Park Service (“NPS”) from the Canyon de Chelly National Monument (“the Monument”), which is a unit of the NPS located within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Reservation; the human remains and cultural objects at issue are currently being held by the NPS at its Western Archeology Conservation Center in Tucson, Arizona.