A really interesting look at the BIA Urban Relocation project.
APM Reports: “Uprooted: The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country”
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Kirsten Carlson on Bryan Newland
Federal Court Dismisses Effort by Turtle Mountain Member to Place Lien on an Individual Indian Money Account
Here are the materials in Delorme-Gaines v. Sweeney (D.N.D.):
Prior post here.
Area Man Appointed Assistant Secretary
Traverse City Record-Eagle: “Bay Mills man tapped for Department of Interior post”
Radio News Network: “Upper Peninsula Man Sworn In As Assistant U.S. Interior Secretary”
Eighth Circuit Decides Chase v. Andeavor Logistics L.P.
Saginaw Chippewa Disenrollees Bring New Suit against Interior
Here is the complaint in Cavazos v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):
An earlier suit was dismissed for failure to exhaust.
Amusement of the Day (concl.): BIA Phoenix Area Enrollment Manual
Amusement of the Day (cont.) — 1977 BIA Phoenix Area Office Enrollment Manual Illustrations
Yesterday, we covered tribal constitutions. Today, the political and bureaucratic complexity of enrollment decisions in cartoon form (we will conclude tomorrow):
Amusement of the Day — 1977 BIA Phoenix Area Office Enrollment Manual Illustrations
Apparently, in 1977 or so, the Phoenix Area Office decided to write a lengthy manual for tribal governments, instructing them on how to make enrollment decisions that met tribal constitutional muster. Suffice it to say the text is TL:DR, but the illustrations are awesome — and by awesome, I mean crazy — and by crazy, I mean Indian country crazy.
Tomorrow, how tribal governments make membership decisions….
Burt Lake Band Prevails in Federal Recognition Procedural Dispute with Interior, Case Remanded
Here is the order in Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):
Briefs here.
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