Here.
Culverts case background materials here.
treaty rights
Awaiting the Culverts Argument
Little River Band Ottawa Lake Sturgeon News
On Thursday 4/12/18, the Little River Band of Odawa Indians Natural Resources Department staff, led by Corey Jerome – Sturgeon Biologist, have recaptured a Lake Sturgeon from Manistee Lake that was raised and released in 2008 from our sturgeon Streamside Rearing Facility at Rainbow Bend on the Manistee River. This is the first released sturgeon that has been documented returning into the Manistee River system from our rearing facility and is thought to be on its way up the Manistee River to spawn this spring. Corey Jerome was able to confirm the identity of this sturgeon by using the unique identification number scanned from the PIT-Tag in the fish, this tag was implanted into this sturgeon before its release in 2008. The sturgeon was released on September 20, 2008 and was 7.3 in., 0.05 lbs. and is now 10 years old and 45.27 in., 28 lbs. To our knowledge this is the first documented lake sturgeon from a Streamside Rearing Facility to return to its natal stream within the Great Lakes. Corey Jerome began in the spring of 2017, and has continued in 2018 to look for adult lake sturgeon returning to the Manistee River from our Streamside Rearing Facility. It is our plan to continue these efforts to look for returning sturgeon in the Manistee River that have been released from our Streamside Rearing Facility to evaluate the success of our efforts. (Pictures Attached; Corey Jerome holding the returning sturgeon; Corey Jerome and Josh Beaulaurier taking ultrasound images to determine the sex of the sturgeon.)
Here:
Monte Mills on the Culverts Case
Here is “Supreme Court case tests weight of old Native American treaties in 21st century,” from The Conversation.
Background materials on the culverts case are here.
Additional Amicus Briefs Supporting Tribes In Culverts Case
Amicus Briefs in Support of Tribes in Culverts Case
Oglala Sioux Tribe Resolution Demanding BLM Consultation re: Converse County Oil and Gas Project (Wyo.)
Here:
The tribe’s press release:
OST PRESS RELEASE ON CONVERSE COUNTY OIL GAS PROJECT (3-27-18) (1)
UPDATE (4/11/2018):
FINAL AGENDA FOR GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIOS (4-9-18).2
Washington v. United States Background Materials [culverts]
Oral argument transcript: oral argument transcript
Merits stage briefs:
Amici in Support of Petitioners:
Idaho and 10 Other States Brief
Pacific Legal Foundation Brief
Modoc Point Irrigation District Brief
Citizens Equal Rights Foundation Brief
American Forest & Paper Association and National Mining Association Brief
Washington State Association of Counties and Association of Washington Cities
Amici Supporting Respondents:
Fishermans Associations amicus brief
Warm Springs et al amicus brief
State and Local Officials amicus brief
Other docs:
Ninth Circuit panel decision here. Briefs:
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
En banc stage briefs:
Washington Rehearing/En Banc Petition
Idaho and Montana Amicus Brief
Klamath Critical Habitat Landowners Amicus Brief
District court materials are here:
Tribal Motion for Summary Judgment
State Motion for Summary Judgment
Bay Mills Indian Community Letter to Enbridge on Line 5
An important statement. Here:
Federal Court Rejects Yankton Sioux Arguments on Dakota Access Pipeline
Here are the materials in the consolidated cases known as Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):
Turtle Talk 
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