MHA Nation Member Wins Challenge to Secretarial Election Disenfranchising Off-Reservation Voters

Here are the materials in Hudson v. Zinke (D.D.C.):

32 Amended Complaint

35-1 Hudson MSJ

38 US MSJ

40 Hudson Reply

42 US Reply

53 DCT Order

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Federal Court Reverses IBIA Decisions on Leasing Consents

Here are the materials in Western Refining Southwest Inc. v. Dept. of the Interior (D.N.M.):

1 Complaint

1-1 2016 IBIA Decision

1-2 2013 IBIA Decision

16 Intervenors Rule 19 Motion to Dismiss

26 Western Refinery Response

27 Reply

28 DCT Order

29 Intervenors Rule 12 Motion to Dismiss

30 Interior Response

31 Western Refinery Response

32 DCT Order

44 Western Refinery Brief

45 Interior Response Brief

46 Reply

51 DCT Order

Federal Court Holds 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie Imposes Duty on Federal Government to Provide Adequate Health Care at Rosebud

Here are the materials in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. United States (D.S.D.):

An excerpt:

As to the tribes that entered into the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie for the reasons discussed above, the Government’s duty—expressed at the time as furnishing “to the Indians the physician… and that such appropriations shall be made from time to time, on the estimate of the Secretary of the Interior, as will be sufficient to employ such persons”—can be interpreted under the canons of construction applicable to Indian treaties as requiring the Government to provide competent physician-led health care to the Tribe.

Prior post here.

The Federal Trust Responsibility Now Extends to All Americans

From The Onion, here is “Congress Sets Aside $1,200 In Trust For Each American Until They Prove They’re Responsible Enough To Handle It.”

Ninth Circuit Rejects Upper Lake Pomo Citizens’ Play for Trust Land

Here is the unpublished opinion in Jackson v. United States.

Briefs:

opening-brief.pdf

us-brief.pdf

intervenors-brief.pdf

reply-brief.pdf

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Navajo Nation Trust Breach Appeal re: Water Rights

Here are the briefs in Navajo Nation v. United States:

 
 
 
 
 

Lower court materials here.

Fourth Case (at least?) Filed Involving Human Remains at Jamul

Here is the complaint in Rosales v. United States (E.D. Cal.):

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.