Grand River Band Chairman Ron Yob Speaking at the Michigan Tribal-State-Federal Judicial Forum
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Native America Calling Spotlight on Washington State Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Here.
Klamath Tribes Challenge Orders Based on Secret Agreement Between Irrigator Group and State
On November 19, 2025, the Klamath Tribes filed a motion to amend their petition in the Circuit Court of Klamath County. The amended petition seeks to reverse recent illegal orders that replaced a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication (KBA) on the heels of a secret deal cut between the Oregon State Office of Administrative Hearings and certain water users in the Upper Klamath Basin. Here is the amended petition:
2025-12-04 Klamath Tribes Am Pet for Relief from Non-Final Order or Pet for Writ of MandamusDownload
The KBA is a several-decades-old lawsuit pending in the Circuit Court of Klamath County. It is quantifying the federal reserved water rights of the Klamath Tribes in the Klamath River Basin. The KBA involves administrative hearings conducted by the Office of Administrative Hearings, which made initial determinations on the Tribes’ water rights claims. Extensive proceedings were conducted at the Office from 2006 to 2012, and the Klamath County Circuit Court recently returned cases there for additional proceedings.
Judge Tim Connors on “Rights, Relationships, Responsibilities”
In the Detroit Legal News, here.
An excerpt:
Over 30 years ago in Michigan, then Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Cavanagh began a relationship with our Tribal Courts. His initial words were prophetic to our neighbors: “We know we have more to learn from you than you do from us.” And so, it began. We have only scratched the surface of what we can learn. We can learn because there is a need, perhaps a necessity, that we open spaces and places for incorporating other world views and create procedures that nurture values that address areas of conflict in our communities.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation SCT Strikes Down Special Justice Statute
Here are the materials in In re the Constitutionality of NSA-24-007:
Respondent’s Brief (National Council), 10072024
Respondent’s Brief (Executive Branch), 10072024
Petitioners’ Reply Brief, 10172024
Order Setting Oral Argument, 11082024
Amended Order Resetting Oral Argument, 01172025
Today at MSU College of Law
UCLA Law Native Nations Law & Policy Center Event: “The Native Bench: Justice, Democracy, and the Federal Judiciary”
Minnesota SCT Justice Anne McKeig to Visit MSU ILPC This Thursday
Brenna Clani-Washinawatok Appointed to Eleventh Judicial District in New Mexico
Minnesota SCT Justice Anne McKeig to Visit MLaw This Friday
Justice McKeig will address the MLaw Native American Law Students Association and the Michigan Tribal-State-Federal Judicial Forum.
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