Here is the opinion in Jones v. United States.
Briefs:
Research
Amended Complaint in Apache Stronghold v. United States
California Federal Court Finds Federal Court Jurisdiction in Effort to Enforce Tribal Court Judgment
Here are the materials in McClamary v. D&L Real Estate Enterprises LLC (C.D. Cal.):
Tenth Circuit Affirms Drug Conviction Arising from Tribal Court Issued Search Warrant
Tenth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Indian Status in Indian Country Crimes Case
Indian Peaks Band Files to Protect Tribal Water Rights
On April 1, 2026, the Indian Peaks Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah filed a Notice of Appeal and Petition for Stay with the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s March 2, 2026, approval of the Pine Valley Water Supply Project.
The filing seeks review of BLM’s decision authorizing a large‑scale groundwater extraction and pipeline project in southern Utah and asks the IBLA to stay the project approvals while the appeal is pending. The Band argues that the decision violates federal law, including the National Environmental Policy Act, and unlawfully threatens the Band’s federally reserved water rights and culturally significant resources.
You can see more here.
Patrice Kunesh (Brookings) Report on ICE Detentions of Indian People in the US
Patrice Kunesh of the Brookings Institute has posted “Native Americans are getting swept up in immigration raids. Homeland Security Secretary Mullin has an opportunity to fix it.”
Treaty Waters At Risk: Happening Now
President Whitney Gravelle, Bay Mills Indian Community delivering her keynote address “The Battle of the Black Snake: Line 5 and Tribal Treaty Rights” at the Treaty Waters At Risk: Tribal Sovereignty and the Line 5 Challenge in the Great Lakes conference. Held at the MSU College of Law’s Castle Board Room, East Lansing, MI. Several panelists today offering a wealth of information. There’s still time left to join us for the afternoon panels!
Ninth Circuit Materials in Maloney v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation
Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States Cert Petition
Here:
Questions presented:
(1) Is the United States’ promise to provide the Winnemucca Indian Colony, a federally recognized Tribe with lands held in trust established by an Executive Order and a separate legislative act, coupled with the government’s nearly exclusive statutory and regulatory control over the water on Indian lands, sufficient to entitle an Indian tribe to money damages when the United States breaches its fiduciary duty to protect the natural resources on those Indian lands?
(2) Did the Federal Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, err when it affirmed dismissal of the Winnemucca Indian Colony’s third claim for relief – Breach of Trust – Water?
(3) Can the Winnemucca Indian Colony state a cognizable claim for breach of trust against the United States in relation to BIA failure to prevent trespass and theft of natural resources by third parties, under the Winters doctrine and 25 C.F.R. § 152.22?
Lower court materials here.
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