Here is the unpublished opinion in Jethro A. v. Native Village of Tanana:
Chippewa Cree Indians of Rocky Boy Sue Chouteau County for Vote Dilution
On August 14, 2025, the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and two Native voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana challenging Chouteau County’s unfair, at-large voting system for the Board of County Commissioners. The suit alleges the system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Native voters and has denied them any representation on the County Commission for more than a decade.
Read more here and see the Complaint below.
Arizona Federal Court Decides Welsh v. Loudbear
Here are the materials in Welsh v. Loudbear (D. Ariz.):
D.C. Federal Court Rejects Salt River Health Care Funding Claims against Feds
Here are the materials in Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. Kennedy (D. D.C.):
71 Salt River Motion for Summary J
74 Federal Motion for Summary J
Arizona Federal Court Declines to Issue Preliminary Injunction in Oak Flat Matter
Here are the new materials in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. United States (D. Ariz.):
105 Tribe Motion for Preliminary Injunction
116 Resolution Copper Opposition
Federal Claims Court Finds No Compensable Trust Breach in MHA Nation Members’ Royalties Dispute
Here are the new materials in Birdbear v. United States (Fed. Cl.):
366 Plaintiffs Post Trial Brief
Prior post here.
Sault Tribe Seeks Supreme Court Review of Federal Court Approval of Treaty Rights Consent Decree
Here is the petition in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan:
Question presented:
Whether a district court has “inherent equitable power” to enter a coercive “decree” restricting an Indian tribe’s treaty rights without its consent and without satisfying this Court’s well-established standards for injunctive relief.
Lower court materials here.
Minnesota SCT Reprimands Attorney for Misconduct before Mille Lac Ojibwe Courts under Reciprocal Attorney Discipline Rule
US, New Mexico, and Navajo Nation Bring CERCLA Suit against Uranium Mining Company [Update: Proposed Consent Decree Link]
Here is the complaint in United States v. United Nuclear Corp. (D. N.M.):
UPDATE: Here are the materials for the proposed consent decree.
Tribes Move to Intervene in Chuckwalla National Monument Lawsuit
On August 11, 2025, the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, Chemeheuvi Indian Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribes, and Morongo Band of Mission Indians, moved to intervene in Torongo v. Burgum, a case that threatens the long-sought designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument. Tribal Nations led the effort to establish Chuckwalla National Monument. The challenge to the monument is brought in federal court by a Michigan resident who purportedly has mining claims within the monument boundaries and a national off-road vehicle special interest group.
More here.
Complaint is here:
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