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:

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

Here is the opinion in United States v. Thompson.

Briefs:

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.