Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Havasupai Students’ Claims against BIE School

Here is the unpublished opinion in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education:

Briefs here.

North Dakota Federal Court Dismisses FTCA Claim arising from BIA Road Maintenance Negligence under “Discretionary Function Exception”

Federal (and tribal) discretion at work.

Here are the materials in Mound v. United States (D.N.D.):

1 Complaint

9 Federal Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

23 Reply

32 US Post Hearing Brief

33 Mound Post Hearing Brief

Federal Court Allows Fraud Suit Against Individuals Involved in Wakpamni Lake Community Corp. TED Bonds Frauds; RICO Claims Dismissed

Here are the materials so far in Indian Land Capital Company LLC v. Infrastructure Development Cooperative LCA (D.S.D.):

13 Amended Complaint

16 Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

21 Reply

Powwow Park, Batesland, SD

Prior posts on the WLCC at this link.

Judge Martinez Orders Trial in Stillaguamish U&A Subproceeding

Skagit canoes pulled up onto beach near Coupeville, Whidbey Island Washington, ca. 1895

Here are the new materials in United States v. Washington, subproceeding 17-03 (W.D. Wash.):

170 Stillaguamish Motion

174 Upper Skagit Motion

176 Tulalip Motion

178 Stillaguamish Motion re Laches

179 Swinomish Motion

191 Upper Skagit Response to 170

193 Stillaguamish Response to 179

194 Stillaguamish Response to 176

195 Stillaguamish Response to 174

198 Swinomish Response to 170

200 Tulalip Response to 170

204 Upper Skagit Reply in Support of 174

205 Tulalip Reply in Support of 176

206 Stillaguamish Reply in Support of 170

207 Swinomish Reply in Support of 179

D.C. Federal Court Dismisses Narragansett Challenge to Federal/State Highway Project that Impacts Providence Covelands

Here are the materials in Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Nason (D.D.C.):

43 Amended Complaint

47-1 State Motion to Dismiss

49 Tribe Response

50 Reply

53-1 Tribe Motion for Summary J

54 State Response

64 Federal Motion for Summary J

66 Tribe Response

68 Federal Reply

New York Federal Court Rules in Favor of Mohawk Land Claims

Here are the materials in Canadian St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. State of New York (N.D. N.Y.):

Elizabeth Hoover

Eighth Circuit Restores Civil Rights Suit Brought by Water Protector Shot in Eye by North Dakota Cops [can I say pigs here? nah, I’m a pescaterian, BUT when even the Cato Institute wants you to lose maybe it’s right]

Here is the opinion in Mitchell v. Kirchmeier.

Diné Water Protector, Marcus Mitchell, in January 2017 at Standing Rock, ND. Photo: Hal Myers

Briefs:

Ninth Circuit Affirms Crow Jurisdiction over Utility

Here is the unpublished opinion in Big Horn County Electric Cooperative v. Big Man.

Briefs here.

Lower court materials here.

Crow Fair, Crow Agency, Montana: processions and regalia, 1979

RESPECT Act Introduced [H. R. 3587]

Here (PDF).

Akwesasne Notes, Early Spring 1978

Court of Federal Claims Dismisses Bad Men Clause Suit over Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by Stanley Weber

Here are the materials in Red Cloud v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

1 Complaint

7 Motion to Dismiss

11 Response

15 Reply

21 Surreply

Ratified Indian Treaty 369: Sioux and Arapaho-Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory RG 11 General Records of the U.S. Government