Update on South Dakota Road Closure Dispute

Here are the leading primary source docs so far:

BIA Road Closure Guidance

5-8-20 Correspondence from Governor Noem to Chairman Frazier

5-8-20 Correspondence from Governor Noem to President Bear Runner

CRST Letter to Gov. Noem

Noem Letter to White House

NPR: “Small tribes seal borders, push testing to keep out virus”

Here.

Paul Spruhan on COVID, Navajo, and Legal Responses

Here is “COVID-19 and Indian Country: A Legal Dispatch from the Navajo Nation,” from the Northwestern University Law Review blog.

Update in Agua Caliente v. Mnuchin

Here are updated materials in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

26 US Opposition

26-1 Exhibit

27 Reply

Prior post here.

 

News Profile of Cindi and Ed John [GTB Fishers]

Here is “Tribal fishers left waiting for federal aid,” from the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Democracy Now: “Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in U.S. with Limited Healthcare & Water”

Here.

Updated Materials in Agua Caliente v. Mnuchin [the one about getting any CARES Act money at all]

Here are updated materials Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

2020-05-03 – Dkt 011 – First Amended Complaint

2020-05-03 – Dkt 012 – Amended Motion for TRO

2020-05-03 – Dkt 013 – Decl of Batton (Choctaw)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 014 – Decl of Greetham (Chickasaw)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 015 – Decl of Plata (Agua)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 016 – Decl of Miguel (Ak-Chin)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 017 – Decl of Hoskin (Cherokee)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 018 – Decl of James (Yurok)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 019 – Decl of De Los Angeles Declaration (Snoqualmie)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 020 – Decl of Ortiz (Arapaho)

Prior post here.

VOX News Profile of the CARES Act Litigation

Here.

NYTs piece here.

New Outbreak at Lummi Might Be Warning to Tribes Getting Ready to Re-open Casinos

Here.