Fort Berthold Allotment Holders Sue Interior over Mineral Leases

Here are the materials in Fredericks v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

IBIA Decision

San Carlos Apache Contract Support Costs Suit Dismissed

Here are the materials in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Azar (D. Ariz.):

1 Complaint

13 Motion to Dismiss

21 Response

22 Reply

23 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Kalispel Tribe of Indians v. Dept. of the Interior

Here:

Kalispel Opening Brief

Spokane Tribe Answer Brief

Interior Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Yakama Nation Suit against US over Timber Trust Breach

Here are the materials so far in Yakama Indian Nation v. United States (Fed. Cl.):

ECF 1_Complaint

ECF 11_MTD

ECF 14_Response to MTD

17 US Reply

24 Tribe Surreply

25 US Response

The Intercept: “Trump’s Pick to Manage Public Lands Has Four-Decade History of ‘Overt Racism’ Toward Native People”

Here.

Update in Indian Students’ Claims against BIE School at Havasupai

Here are the updated materials in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education (D. Ariz.):

128 Third Amended Complaint

182 BIE Motion for Partial Summary J

184 Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary J

190 Plaintiffs Response

191 BIE Response

202 Plaintiffs Reply

203 BIE Reply

214 DCT Order

216 BIE Motion for Partial Relief

219 Plaintiffs Response

231 BIE Trial Brief on Section 504

233 BIE Trial Brief on Expert Witnesses

234 Plaintiffs Trial Brief on Reasonable Accommodations

235 Plaintiffs Trial Brief on Injunctive Relief

236 Plaintiffs Trial Brief on Section 504

Prior post here.

NYTs Profile of the Pebble Mine Debacle

Here.

Federal Court Allows Narragansett Consultation Claim against Fed. Highway Admin. to Proceed

Here is the order in Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Nason (D.D.C.):

30 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Ninth Circuit Decides Crow Indian Tribe v. United States [Grizzly Bear Delisting]

Here is the opinion. The court affirmed the district court’s order to remand the decision back to Fish and Wildlife Service.

Here are the briefs.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump

Here is the complaint in Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump, which relates to Cheyenne River’s Health Safety Checkpoints.

From the complaint:

The United States and the nation’s Native American tribes are in a state of emergency. COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout the country, infecting millions of people, including in South Dakota, which has had 6,353 confirmed cases and 83 deaths outside the boundaries of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Experts estimate that, for every confirmed COVID-19 case, there could be as many as eleven unconfirmed cases. “At this time, there is no known cure, no effective treatment, and no vaccine. Because people may be infected but asymptomatic, they may unwittingly infect others.” S. Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, 590 U.S. —-, 140 S. Ct. 1613, 2020 WL 2813056 at *1 (May 29, 2020) (Roberts, C.J., concurring).

On April 2, 2020, in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe established a comprehensive COVID-19 response plan, including Health Safety checkpoints to monitor the entry of individuals onto the Tribe’s Reservation. These Health Safety Checkpoints have allowed the Tribe to effectively track individuals that have returned to the Reservation from hotspots throughout both the state of South Dakota and other off-Reservation locations and to keep the Tribe’s rate of infection significantly below the rate for South Dakota at large. To date, the Tribe has had no COVID-19 deaths.

News coverage here, and the press release can be seen here.