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Summary Judgment Order in Commonwealth v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

November 16, 2015November 16, 2015Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Briefs and orders on the motion for summary judgment in re Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head:

Plaintiffs’ Motion

Doc. 113 – Commonwealth’s memo in support of its motion

Doc. 117 – Town of Aquinnah’s memo in support of its motion

Doc. 121 – AGHCA’s memo in support of its motion

Doc. 133 – Wampanoag Tribe’s opposition brief

Doc. 144 – Town of Aquinnah’s reply brief

Doc. 145 – AGHCA’s reply brief

Doc. 147 – Commonwealth’s reply brief

Defendant’s Motion

Doc. 119 – Wampanoag Tribe’s memo in support of its motion

Doc. 131 – Plaintiffs’ opposition brief

Doc. 150 – Wampanoag Tribe’s reply brief

Doc. 151 – Memorandum and Order

Mass. District Court has granted summary judgment to the Commonwealth against the Wampanoag Tribe (Aquinnah) for its proposed class II gaming facility on settlement lands. The Court ruled that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 did not repeal the Massachusetts Settlement Act of 1987 which prohibited gaming on settlement lands.

Federal Agents Raid Menominee Tribe

October 27, 2015Sarah M Donnelly3 Comments

U.S. News report here.

Search warrant and affidavits (PDF) here.

The Tribe is being accused of growing hemp plants with too much THC in them, but the Tribe says they were upfront to the Feds about seedlings they received for industrial hemp research:

Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon is working with the Menominee tribe and blasted the raid as a “waste of resources” that “is exacerbated by the fact that the Tribe had agreed to act itself to destroy individual strains of the hemp crop that the Tribe and the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed were problematic.”

“This misallocation of federal resources is exactly what the [2013] Cole and [2014] Wilkinson Memos were designed to prevent,” he said, referring to the Justice Department memos allowing states and tribes, respectively, to regulate marijuana.

The Menominee Tribe legalized marijuana back in August, but the government has not yet enacted regulations concerning its sale and production.

NYTs Profile of Nottawaseppi Huron Potawaomi Tribal Economic Diversification

October 24, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Indian Tribes Look Beyond Casinos for Income.“

BIA RFP to Indian Enterprises on Tribal Court Assessments

October 15, 2015Sarah M Donnelly

As a courtesy notice, the below Request for Proposals are available on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Please note, they are advertised as 100% Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise Set-aside in accordance with the Buy Indian Act.

RFQ No. A16PS00001, closes 11/6/2015, OJS District II Tribal Court Assessments
RFQ No. A16PS00002, closes 11/6/2015, CFR Tribal Court Assessments

Pueblo of Pojoaque v. New Mexico Preliminary Injunction Order (Gaming Dispute)

October 8, 2015Sarah M Donnelly3 Comments

Previous filings posted here.

31 Memorandum Opinion and Order

32 Preliminary Injunction

Ramah Class Action Summary and Estimated Dollar Shares

October 6, 2015October 7, 2015Sarah M Donnelly

To all members of the Ramah class: please read this notice carefully; it contains important information about a proposed final settlement agreement.

Summary Notice of Final Settlement in Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Jewell here.

Estimated Dollar Shares for Each Class Member here.

Link to many other documents including FAQ here.

Previous TurtleTalk coverage here.

Wyoming Federal Court Grants Ute Indian Tribe’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against BLM Fracking Rule

September 30, 2015Sarah M Donnelly

Order on Motions for Preliminary Injunctions here.

Upcoming Workshop: Tribal Marijuana in California

September 28, 2015Sarah M Donnelly

Announcement and agenda here.

The workshop is offered by Odawi Law PLLC and Harris Moure PLLC and will be at the Embassy Suites in Sacramento, CA, on Monday, October 5, 2015. It is free to Tribal officials.