Here are the materials in United Financial Casualty Company v. Spencer Trucking LLC (E.D. Wash.):
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
WaPo: “Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines doses meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said”
Here.
D.C. Circuit Affirms Order that DAPL Easement is Illegal, but Does Not Require Shutdown of Pipeline
Here is the opinion in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers.
An excerpt:
Lake Oahe, created when the United States Army Corps of Engineers flooded thousands of acres of Sioux lands in the Dakotas by constructing the Oahe Dam on the Missouri River, provides several successor tribes of the Great Sioux Nation with water for drinking, industry, and sacred cultural practices. Passing beneath Lake Oahe’s waters, the Dakota Access Pipeline transports crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. § 185, the pipeline could not traverse the federally owned land at the Oahe crossing site without an easement from the Corps. The question presented here is whether the Corps
violated the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321, by issuing that easement without preparing an environmental impact statement despite substantial criticisms from the Tribes and, if so, what should be done about that failure. We agree with the district court that the Corps acted unlawfully, and we affirm the court’s order vacating the easement while the Corps prepares an environmental impact statement. But we reverse the court’s order to the extent it directed that the pipeline be shut down and emptied of oil.
Briefs here.
Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Fort Peck Cross-Dep Agreements
Here are the relevant materials in United States v. Fowler (D. Mont.):
The Onion: “Tearful Justin Trudeau Chains Self To Keystone Pipeline To Stop Biden Administration From Destroying Oil Industry Heritage Site”
Here.
Yakama General Council Sues Vineyard
Here is the complaint in Yakama Nation General Council v. Sheridan Vineyard (E.D Wash.):
Federal Court Dismisses Suit by Group of Jamul Indian Village Descendants, Issues Show Cause Order on Sanctions
Here are the materials in Rosales v. United States (E.D. Cal.):
WaPo: “The week hundreds of Native Americans took over D.C.’s Bureau of Indian Affairs”
By Dana Hedgpeth, former board member of the Native American Journalists Association. Here.
HCN: “Bears Ears is just the beginning”
Here.

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