Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Mary Smith on COVID in Indian Country

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

On Medium, here is “COVID-19 in Native American Communities: A Quiet Crisis That Has Become an Ear-Deafening Emergency.”

HCN Profile of Sterlin Harjo’s New Doc, “Love and Fury”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “‘Love and Fury’ documents Indigenous artists at the vanguard.”

NYTs News Profile on the Yakama Nation’s Fisheries

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “For This Tribe, Saving a River Means Saving the Sturgeon: The Yakama Nation has been raising fish to release back into the Columbia River for more than a decade. Now, its hatchery is also producing caviar.”

Second Circuit Affirms Scott Tucker Conviction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Grote:

Opinion

Briefs in Lummi Crab Fishing Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in United States v. Washington (W.D. Wash.), subproceeding 19-01:

51 Swinomish Brief

55 Upper Skagit Brief

57 Tulalip Tribes Brief

59 Lummi Brief

Prior post here.

Update in Suit against Interior Arising from Lower Brule Sioux Loan Guarantee Debacle

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are new pleadings in Great American Life Insurance Company v. United States Department of the Interior (S.D. Ohio):

22 Answer

28 Great American MSJ

33 Interior Opposition

36 Reply

Prior post here.

Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment in CARES Act Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new pleadings in Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

76-2 CRST MSJ

77 Chehalis MSJ

78-1 Alaska Corps MSJ

79-1 Mnuchin MSJ

81 AFN Brief

82 NCAI Amicus Brief

California COA Briefs in Acres v. Marston

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Acres Opening Brief

Marston Answer Brief

Law Firm Answer Brief

Reply Brief

State Court Rejects New York State’s Effort to Stop Shinnecock Billboard Construction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation v. Polite (N.Y. S. Ct.):

Opinion

Federal Court Rejects Mandamus Motion by Unrecognized Tribe Seeking Federal Recognition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Mdewakanton Band of Sioux in Minnesota v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

1 Petition for Mandamus

8-1 Motion to Dismiss

10 Response

12 Reply

16 DCT Order