Here is the opinion, via Indianz.
Here are the key materials:
USA Motion for Summary J in Gila River v US
fee to trust
ASU Indian Law CLE Announcement
“Treaty to Trust to Carcieri: The Economic Future for Indian Lands CLE Conference”
Hosted by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU’s Indian Legal Program and the American Indian Policy Institute at ASU.
ASU Tempe Campus, Memorial Union, Ventana Ballroom
April 28 – 8:00 am – 5 pm
April 29 – 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
This conference will present and analyze comtemprary issues that impact tribal land management and strategic development. It will examine the history of Indian lands, integration of culture into planning, impact of global issues on reservation planning, impact of local issues on tribal land use, and the future of the fee-to-trust process. Participants will leave the conference with a knowledge that will allow tribes to grow and manage their land base in an economically efficient and culturally sensitive manner.
Grand Ronde Complaint Challenging Interior’s Trust Acquisition for Cowlitz
Here is the complaint: Grand Ronde Complaint.
A companion suit filed by others is here.
Federal Court Dismisses South Dakota’s Challenge to BIA Trust Acquisition on behalf of Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Here is that opinion: South Dakota v Salazar.
And the cross-motions:
USA Motion to Dismiss — Sisseton case
SD Motion for Summary J — Sisseton case
It is apparent from South Dakota’s continuing challenges to Section 5 that they are hoping for a vehicle that could eventually justify Supreme Court review of the constitutionality of Section 5.
Clark County v. Salazar: Complaint in Challenge to Cowlitz Trust Acquisition
As Indianz reported. Here is the complaint: County-BIA_lawsuit (from The Columbian website).
Interior Motion to Dismiss Yet Another Challenge to the Constitutionality to IRA Section 5
Here is the motion in the case captioned County of Charles Mix v. DOI (D. S.D.): Interior Motion to Dismiss Charles Mix County Complaint
And here is the response: Charles Mix County Opposition Brief
Here is the complaint, a challenge to the government’s trust acquisition of land for the Yankton Sioux Tribe on which a travel plaza is located.
Cowlitz Trust Acquisition Record of Decision
Here: Cowlitz ROD
and here.
Also, the Cowlitz Tribe’s initial submission to BIA regarding the Carcieri issue: Cowlitz Carcieri Submission
Arizona State Senator Denied Leave to Intervene in Challenge to Tohono O’odham Fee to Trust Case
Here is that order (the Senator is Russell Pearce): DCT Order Denying Sen Pearce Motion to Intervene
Seattle U. Conference Materials — “Perspectives on Tribal Land Acquisitions in 2010: A Call to Action”
Eric Eberhard has generously provided the entire conference transcript and materials packet for the Seattle University Center for Indian Law and Policy conference, “Perspectives on Tribal Land Acquisitions in 2010: A Call to Action.”
These materials easily are the finest set of documents relating to the last 30 years of the law and politics of Interior trust acquisitions.
It’s an 862-page document, about 100 MB, but worth the time to download [if you want the CD, please contact Eric or others in the program]
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