Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Oak Flat Case

Briefs are here.

Federal Court Dismisses Fort Peck Tribe from Suit over Wildfire at Turtle Mound Buffalo Ranch 

Here are the materials in Treasure v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (D. Mont.):

1 Complaint

11 Fort Peck Tribe Motion to Dismiss

18 Response

19 Reply

35 DCT Order

Bears Ears News Coverage

NPR: “Biden will restore protections for the Bears Ears monument. Trump had downsized it

NYTs: “Biden to Restore Three National Monuments in Utah and New England”

Outside Magazine: “Biden Restores Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

More Eighth Circuit Briefs in Noem v. Haaland

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe brief

CRST brief addendum/Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Vance declaration

Briefs posted earlier are available here.

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Noem v. Haaland

Here:

South Dakota Brief

States Amicus Brief Supporting South Dakota

Federal Brief

Lower court materials here.

The Six Grandfathers

NatGeo: “The heartbreaking, controversial history of Mount Rushmore

Wisconsin Tribes Sue to Stop State’s Idiotic Wolf Hunt

Here are the materials in Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin v. Cole (W.D. Wis.):

1 Complaint

19 Tribe Motion for Injunction

Dakota Access LLC v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Cert Petition [Updated with additional cert stage briefs]

Here:

Cert Petition

Questions presented:

  1. Whether, under NEPA, an agency that carefully considers all criticisms of its environmental analysis must also “resolve” those criticisms to the court’s satisfaction to justify a finding of no significant impact; and
  2. Whether procedural error under NEPA per se warrants remand with vacatur.

Lower court materials here.

Update:

Federal BIO

Tribal BIO

Reply

Federal Court Confirms Immunity of Tribal Judges in Manoomin Order

Here are the updated materials in Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources v. White Earth Band of Ojibwe (D. Minn.):

21 DNR Letter Motion for Reconsideration

23 Manoomin Response

25 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Federal Court Declines to Enjoin Lithium Mine Opposed by Nevada Tribes

Here are the materials in Bartell Ranch LLC v. McCullough (D. Nev.):

28 First Amended Complaint

45 Atsa Koodakuh Wyh Nuwu People of Red Mountain Motion for PI

65 Federal Response

66 Lithium Nevada Response

71 Burns Paiute Tribe Reply

73 Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Reply

84 Federal Surreply

92 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Minnesota DNR’s Collateral Attack on Manoomin Suit Filed in Tribal Court

Here are the materials in Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources v. White Earth Band of Ojibwe (D. Minn.):‘

Prior post here.