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.

Oklahoma Federal Court Enjoins City of Henryetta from Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction over Indians in Indian Country

Here is the order in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Henryetta (E.D. Okla.):

Prior post here.

Yurok Tribe and Allies Prevail over EPA on decaBDE Regulation

Here is the opinion in Yurok Tribe v. EPA.

Ball-and-stick model of the decabromodiphenyl ether molecule

An excerpt:

The panel granted a petition for review of a 2024 Rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) concerning regulation of Decabromodiphenyl Ether (“decaBDE”), an additive flame retardant used in numerous products, and remanded without vacatur of the 2024 Rule to the EPA for renewed rulemaking and any other proceedings.

Hopson Brief in Opposition

Here:

Cert petition here.