Native America Calling Show on Line 5 TODAY

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Tribes in Michigan oppose Enbridge the Line 5 oil pipeline replacement plan, arguing the environmental risks to their traditional waters far outweigh any benefits. The proposal to replace the 70-year-old pipeline that currently runs through Michigan and Wisconsin has faced many legal challenges over the years. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the state or federal government should have say over how the project proceeds. The decision could set a precedent on how much power tribes and states have in regulating fossil fuel development. We’ll speak with tribal leaders, Native legal scholars, and others about what’s next for the ongoing Line 5 pipeline legal battle.

GUESTS

Wenona Singel (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa), associate professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law and associate director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center

Elizabeth Arbuckle (Bad River), chairwoman of the Bad River Tribe

Melissa Kay, Tribal Water Institute fellow at the Native American Rights Fund

SCOTUS Denies Chinook Petition

Here is today’s order list.

Petition here.

Update in Creek Freedmen Suit Seeking Citizenship — Contempt Motions

Here are post-decision materials in Citizenship Board of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Grayson and Kennedy:

Prior posts here and here.

SCOTUS Emergency Petition Materials in Oak Flat Land Transfer Stay Request

Here are the materials in Lopez v. United States:

Nonmember Gaming Company Sues Iowa Tribe over Tribal Court Jurisdiction [international online gaming]

Here are the materials so far in Monster Technology Group LLC v. Eller (W.D. Okla.):

KALW 91.7 (Bay Area) Your Call — The US at 250: A Native Perspective with Professor Matthew Fletcher — Audio Available at Link

Here.

From the website:

On this edition of Your Call, we continue our new series, The US at 250: A Native Perspective, which centers Native historians, activists, storytellers, and elders to reveal the pre- and post-colonial history of these lands and the resilience and strength of its first peoples.

As the United States prepares to mark 250 years, the Trump administration is celebrating the Doctrine of Discovery, a 15th-century legal principle that authorized European explorers to claim lands already inhabited by Indigenous peoples, effectively erasing their sovereignty and laying the groundwork for the deaths of millions of Indigenous peoples through conquest, displacement, and disease. For far too long, historians, politicians, and the media have erased and ignored those who have lived on these lands long before settlers arrived. We’re calling on them to focus on a broader understanding of the so-called founding of the United States.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and chief justice for several tribal nations, will discuss the crucial – and often erased – role of Native American Nations in the making of the US.

What will it take to center this history ahead of 250th commemorations?

Guests:

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law and Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan, chief justice of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, appellate judge and staff attorney for numerous other tribes, and primary editor and author of Turtle Talk, the leading law blog on American Indian law and policy

Oklahoma Federal Judge Accepts Creek Nation-City of Tulsa Settlement Stipulation, Denies Gov. Stitt Motion to Intervene

Here are new materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Tulsa (N.D. Okla.):

153 DCT Order Denying Criminal Defendants Motion to Intervene

154 DCT Order Denying Creek Freedmen Motion to Intervene

155 Stitt Reply ISO Motion to Intervene

167 – OPINION & ORDER (3-16-26)

Prior post here.

Utah Federal Court Denies EPA Administrative Warrant to Inspect Uintah & Ouray Reservation Air Pollution Sources

Here is the order in In re Ex parte Search Warrant Application IMO Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Inspection of Ute Tribal Land (D. Utah):

Ninth Circuit Rejects Effort to Force Injunction Against Transfer of Oak Flat to Mining Company

Here is the lead opinion in Arizona Mining Reform Coalition v. United States Forest Service. A partial dissent is forthcoming.

Selected briefs are here.