Bad River Chippewa

State Bar of Wisconsin Mining Law Symposium, Thursday, August 25, 2011

Andrew Adams III1 Comment

The State Bar of Wisconsin will host a Mining Law Symposium CLE on Thursday, August 25, 2011 which in many ways is in response to the proposed mine to be situated in the Penokee-Gogebic Iron Range in northwest Wisconsin, very near the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe Reservation, by Gogebic Taconite.

Here is information on the CLE:

http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=View_calendar1&template=/Conference/ConferenceDescription.cfm&ConferenceID=5382

Here is a Milwaukee Sentinel Journal article discussing Bad River Chairman Mike Wiggins’ concerns with the proposed mine:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/119739399.html

Here is recent article describing the mine from Northwoods Wilderness Recovery:

http://www.northwoodswild.org/component/content/article/57-sulfide-and-uranium-mining-news/93-proposed-mining-in-northern-wisconsins-penokee-range

St. Croix Chippewa Fee to Trust Litigation Update

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

St. Croix Band of Chippewa lost a motion for a preliminary injunction in their attempt to avoid the new off-reservation gaming rules [see here for Bryan Newland’s analysis of the new rules].

Here are the materials:

Motion for TRO or Preliminary Injunction

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St. Croix & Bad River Chippewa Trust Acquisition Lawsuit Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

On December 7, 2007, the St Croix Tribe of Chippewa filed a suit against Dirk Kempthorne and Carl Artman. The Tribe has been working with the Bad River Chippewa and the City of Beloit (Wisconsin) to develop a casino in the city (which is not located within either Tribe’s reservation). The suit alleges that DOI has reversed its procedure of applying the two-step IGRA section 20 determination before the 25 CFR Part 151 determination. The Tribe claims that seeking the Part 151 determination first will be futile because of Secretary Kempthorne’s personal views on off-reservation gaming. The Tribes have already spent a great deal of time and money in developing the plan, meeting the requirements of the various applicable environmental laws, et cetera.

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