Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. US Army Corps – Land Transfer in Missouri River Basin

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

The district court dismissed Oglala Sioux Tribe’s suit challenging the “transfer of lands and recreational areas and/or granting of perpetual leases for recreational areas in the Missouri River Basin to the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (“South Dakota”), the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe under Title VI of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (“WRDA”), Pub. L. No. 106-53, 113 Stat. 269 (1999), as amended by Pub. L. No. 106-541, 114 Stat. 2572 (2000).” Slip op. at 2.

Here are the materials:

DCT Opinion

Second Amended Complaint

[other materials unavailable]

New Book: “Buffalo Inc.” by Sebastian Braun (UND)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

From the University of Oklahoma Press:

Buffalo Inc.
American Indians and Economic Development
By Sebastian Felix Braun
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Buffalo as a business on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation

Some American Indian tribes on the Great Plains have turned to bison ranching in recent years as a culturally and ecologically sustainable economic development program. This book focuses on one enterprise on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation to determine whether such projects have fulfilled expectations and how they fit with traditional and contemporary Lakota values.

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Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co. Materials — Additional Update

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Here is the entire set of Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co. materials, with the addition of two tribal court lower court orders:

ETA: Final SCOTUS decision has been added to this post as well.

Tribal Court Denial of Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment

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“Why Tribes Should Not Withdraw From Treaties”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

From RezNet’s TriBaLOG:

Following is a statement from the office of Rodney M. Bordeaux, president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe:

On December 19th, 2007 four individuals calling themselves the Lakota Freedom Delegation held a press conference at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Washington DC where they announced a plan to withdraw from all Treaties signed by Indian Tribes with the United States.

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Commentary on the Plains Commerce Bank Cert Grant

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co. surprised me a great deal. It proves, I think, that Indian law scholars and practitioners cannot claim to predict how the Supreme Court is going to act (no big surprise there, given how few Indians or Indian lawyers have clerked for the Court), but I also think it shows that the so-called Supreme Court bar can miss one every now and then [SCOTUSBlog’s Petitions to Watch seemed to miss this one].

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Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co. Materials — Update

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Plains Commerce Bank’s cert petn reply brief is here: Reply Brief

All other materials are at our previous post.

Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co. Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Plains Commerce Bank recently filed a cert petition in this matter, which involves a tribal court judgment against Plains Commerce. The bank argues the tribal court didn’t have jurisdiction over it, despite waiving that argument before the tribal court.

Here are the materials:

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