D.C. Circuit Affirms Interior’s Cancellation of Oil & Gas Lease at Badger-Two Medicine Area

Here is the opinion in Solonex LLC v. Bernhardt.

Briefs here.

Bleacher Report: “Washington D.C. Mayor Says It’s ‘Past Time’ for R*dskins to Change Nickname”

Thought this was a creature report at first….

Here.

NYTs: “Christopher Columbus Statues in Boston and Virginia Are Damaged”

Here.

Profile of Great Lakes Anishinaabe Responses to Climate Change

From Yale Climate Connections, “By paying attention, tribes in the Northwoods are leading the way on climate change.

NYTs: “On Tribal Lands, a Time to Make Art for Solace and Survival”

Here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs on Chilkat Indian Village v. BLM

Here:

Chilkat Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Intervenor Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

NYTs News Profile on the Yakama Nation’s Fisheries

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.”

Fort Peck Tribe Sues Interior over Keystone XL Pipeline

Here is the complaint in Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation v. Dept. of the Interior (D. Mont.):

1 Complaint

Federal Court Turns Down Yurok Effort to Enjoin Federal Action Threatening Salmon

Here are the materials in Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (N.D. Cal.):

908 DCT Stay Order

910 Yurok Motion

914 Klamath Water District Amicus Brief

916 Klamath Tribes Opposition

917 Klamath Water Users Opposition

919 US Opposition

922 Yurok Reply

924 DCt Order

Prior post here.

NYTs: Brenda Child on Ojibwe Art and Medicine

Here is “When Art Is Medicine: In Ojibwe culture, music, dance and medicine are sources of healing.