Michigan Answer to LTBB Reservation Boundaries Complaint

Here is the answer in Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Snyder (W.D. Mich.):

5 Answer

The complaint is here.

“Confirmed gray wolf on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation”

Here. From the tribe’s site:

2015-09-15 Press Release Ma'iingan Final

Jessica Intermill on Federal Statutes of General Applicability

Jessica Intermill has published “Competing Sovereigns: Circuit Courts’ Varied Approaches to Federal Statutes in Indian Country” in the September 2015 issue of the Federal Lawyer. The article details the Sixth Circuit’s varied approaches in Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB and NLRB v. Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort (en banc petition materials here).

Sixth Circuit En Banc Petition Materials in Little River & Saginaw Chippewa v. NLRB Cases

Here are the materials in NLRB v. Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government:

LRB Motion

LRB En Banc Petition

NLRB Response to LRB En Banc Petition

NCAI Amicus Brief

SCIT Amicus Brief

* note: the NLRB also seeks en banc review

And here are the materials in Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort v. NLRB:

Saginaw Chippewa En Banc Petition

NCAI Amicus Brief

Pro Se Effort to Stop Michigan DNR Land Transfer to Mining Company Dismissed

There are numerous pleadings here but here are the most relevant — the case is captioned Bellfy v. Creagh (W.D. Mich.):

12 DCT Order on 2d TRO Request

18 Michigan Motion to Dismiss

22 Response

27 Reply

35 GTB Brief

52 DCT Order

Prior post on this case here.

Little River Ottawa Sixth Circuit En Banc Petition

Here are the new materials in NLRB v. Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government:

LRB Motion

LRB En Banc Petition

CA6 panel decision here.

Little Traverse Odawa Files Reservation Boundaries Case

Here are the materials in Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Snyder (W.D. Mich.):

1 Complaint

1-1 Map Exhibit

Potawatomi Indian Country

Doesn’t get much better. 

   
    

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First GTB Chair Walks On

Here is “Ardith ‘Dodie’ Harris Died Aug. 1, 2015.”

Dodie lived an incredible life, leading the charge to federal recognition, leading the tribe as chair and as councilor, testifying before Congress and in federal court. Sad time.

She’s in the upper right — The First Council after Recognition:

First Council

Goshen, IN Schools Drop R-Name Nickname

Here are several news stories, some detailing the involvement of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians:

Redskins mascot no more in Goshen: School board votes 5-2 to drop name

THE END OF GOSHEN ‘REDSKINS’: So, where do we go from here?”

“Goshen Redskins mascot to be retired Jan. 1, 2016”