Research

Philomena Kebec on Indian Country Access to Narcon and Methadone

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Philomena Kebec has published “Naloxone and Methadone Access in Tribal Communities” in the Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice. PDF

D.C. Circuit Holds Latrice Tanner-Brown Has Standing to Sue for a Trust Accounting, but Harvest Institute Freedmen Federation Does Not

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Tanner-Brown v. Haaland.

Briefs and lower court materials here.

Bay Mills 6th Annual Noojimo’iwewin VAWA & ICWA Training: Registration Open

Monica Williamson

Registration is open for the 6th Annual Noojimo’iwewin: The VAWA and ICWA Training hosted by Bay Mills Indian Community, July 31-August 2, 2024.

Hosted in person with a virtual option, this year’s training theme is Healing Together. Book your stay at the Bay Mills Resort and Casino in Brimley, MI by July 15. Learn more and see the agenda here. CLE and social work CU credits are pending submission and approval.

Nebraska Federal Court Dismisses Santee Sioux Suit over Seizure of IHS Funds

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Santee Sioux Nation v. Tso (D. Neb.):

31 US Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
32 Tribe Opposition.pdfDownload
37 US Reply.pdfDownload
40 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Complaint here.

Ninth Circuit Decides Rincon Mushroom Company of America Inc. v. Mazzetti

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Here is the unpublished opinion:

Opinion.pdfDownload
Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Answer Brief.PDFDownload
Reply.PDFDownload

Lower court materials here.

Federal Circuit Rejects Chemehuevi Trust Breach Claims over Parker Dam

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. United States.

Briefs:

Chemehuevi Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Federal Answer Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.

Utah Federal Court Dismisses Ute Tribe Effort to Force State to Sell Land Back to the Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Ute Indian Tribe v. Ure (D. Utah):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
17 DNR Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
23 USITLA Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
25 State Officials Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
38 Ute Response to 17.pdfDownload
39 Ute Response to 25.pdfDownload
40 Ute Response to 23.pdfDownload
45 State Officials Reply ISO 25.pdfDownload
46 USITLA Reply ISO 23.pdfDownload
47 State DNR Reply ISO 17.pdfDownload
52 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Washington Federal Court Orders BNSF to Pay Nearly $400M in Trespass Damages to Swinomish

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Swinomish Tribal Community v. BNSF (W.D. Wash.):

301 DCT Order.pdfDownload
Miigwetch to Jack Fiander for this image.

Prior post here.