NYTs Coverage of Standing Rock Decision

Here is “Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case.

The opinion is here.

Tribes Prevail in Standing Rock Suit, Court Orders Army Corps Prepare EIS on Dakota Access Pipeline

Here is the order in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):

2020-03-25-dkt-496-memorandum-opinion-re-495-order-on-motions-for-summary-judgment.-signed-by-judge-james-e.-boasberg-on-3252020.pdf

More details later.

Federal Court Dismisses Snoqualmie’s Play for Hunting and Gathering Rights under Treaty of Point Elliott

Here are the materials in Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. State of Washington (W.D. Wash.):

14-snoqualmie-msj.pdf

27-point-elliott-tribes-amicus-brief.pdf

27-1-exhibits.pdf

29-state-mtd.pdf

31-snoqualmie-response.pdf

38-state-reply.pdf

39-dct-order.pdf

We posted the complaint here.

Dakota Access Pipeline Case to be Argued Today in D.C.

Here is the court calendar.

Here are the tribe-side briefs.

The Tyee: “What If We’d Gone Hard for Treaties Instead of Fossil Fuels?”

Here.

Swinomish Tribe Prevails in Ninth Circuit on Railroad Trespass Appeal

Here is the opinion in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Co.

Briefs here.

News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan Pipeline Battle

Here is “‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations.”

House Resources Subcommittee Hearing: “Destroying Sacred Sites and Erasing Tribal Culture: The Trump Administration’s Construction of the Border Wall”

Here:

Witness List

Panel I

The Honorable Ned Norris, Jr. (testimony)

Chairman The Tohono O’odham Nation 

Sells, AZ 

Ms. Sarah Krakoff (testimony)

Moses Lasky Professor of Law

University of Colorado Law School

Boulder, CO 

Ms. Shannon Keller O’Loughlin (testimony)

Executive Director 

Association on American Indian Affairs 

Rockville, MD 

Mr. Steve Hodapp (testimony)

Retired Independent Contractor & Environmental Specialist

Lexington, VA 

Panel II

Dr. Anna Maria Ortiz (testimony)

Director, Natural Resources and Environment

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Washington, D.C.

Mr. Scott Cameron (testimony)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget

U.S. Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C.

Federal Court Dismisses Treaty Group Challenge to Self-Determination Contract between Oglala Sioux Tribe & Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Indian Health Service

Here are the materials in Gilbert v. Weahkee (D.S.D.):

5 Amended Complaint

17 IHS Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

19-3 Oglala Tribal Court Decision

31 Reply

38 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary J

39 Opposition

40 Reply

44 DCT Order

HCN: “Indigenous women face extra barriers when it comes to reproductive rights”

Here.