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trust relationship
Blast from the Past: 1979 Federal Report on the History of the Trust Responsibility . . . Cribbed from Vine Deloria Report
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.
Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States Cert Petition
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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.
New York Federal Court Holds IHS Must Accept PL638 Contract re: Water and Sanitation
Here are the materials in St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. United States (N.D. N.Y.):
25-1 Tribe Motion for Summary J
Ute Water Rights Trust Breach Suit Moves Forward
Court of Federal Claims Issues Opinion in Last(?) of Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona v. United States Breach of Trust Claims
Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States
D.C. Federal Court Rejects Osage Nation’s Suit against Interior over Mineral Estate Regulation Funding
Here are materials in Osage Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):
15 Federal Motion for Summary J
Complaint here.
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