cultural resources

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.”

Fort Peck Tribe Sues Interior over Keystone XL Pipeline

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

Final Claim against Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Rejected

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Grand Canyon Trust v. Provencio (D. Ariz.):

226 Enviros Motion for Summary J

233-1 Energy Motion for Summary J

234-1 Federal Motion for Summary J

237 Enviros Reply

248 Order

Prior post here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Crow Indian Tribe v. United States [Grizzly Bear Delisting]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Federal Opening Brief

Humane Society Opening Brief

Idaho Opening Brief

Montana Opening Brief

Safari Club Opening Brief

Sportsmen’s Alliance Opening Brief

Wyoming Farm Bureau Opening Brief

Wyoming Opening Brief

Crow Answer Brief

Northern Cheyenne Tribe Answer Brief

Wildearth Guardians Answer Brief

Alliance for the Wild Rockies Answer Brief

Federal Reply

Idaho Reply

Montana Reply Brief

Safari Club Reply

Sportsmen’s Alliance Reply

Wyoming Farm Bureau Reply

Wyoming Reply

Lower court materials here.

MSU Native Faculty/Staff Groups Letter to MSU Administration on National Order of the Arrow Conference Planned for 2020

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Letter to President Stanley Concerning OA National Conference

Lawsuit Regarding the Right to Wear a Traditionally-Beaded Graduation Cap and Eagle Plume at High School Graduation

Matthew Campbell

Here is the Complaint in Larissa Waln and Bryan Waln v. Dysart School District et al. in the District of Arizona.

More information and the press release can be seen here.

NYTs: Land O’Lakes To Remove Indian Maiden Mascot/Logo from Its Butter

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Land O’Lakes Removes Native American Woman From Its Products.”

Federal Court Vacates Keystone XL Permit, Orders Remand to Federal Agency

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Northern Plains Resource Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D. Mont.):

130 DCT Order

Briefs in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Trump here.