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Congressional Letter to Indian Health Service re: Faulty PPE Sent to Navajo

May 29, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

IHS Letter

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

April 1, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

81-ihs-motion-for-summary-j Download

89-rosebud-motion-for-summary-j Download

93-ihs-reply Download

96-rosebud-reply Download

101-dct-order Download

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.

News Coverage of $10B Indian Country Stimulus

March 29, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, from Underscore.

Federal Court Dismisses Treaty Group Challenge to Self-Determination Contract between Oglala Sioux Tribe & Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Indian Health Service

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Gilbert v. Weahkee (D.S.D.):

5 Amended Complaint

17 IHS Motion to Dismiss

1 9 Response

19-3 Oglala Tribal Court Decision

31 Reply

38 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary J

39 Opposition

40 Reply

44 DCT Order

Fort McDermitt Prevails over IHS on Clinic in Oregon

September 30, 2019June 1, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Fort McDermitt Paiute & Shoshone Tribe v. Azar (formerly Price) (D.D.C.):

Prior post here.

Swinomish Loses Contract Support Costs Dispute with Indian Health Service

September 10, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. Azar (D.D.C.):

An excerpt:

The question in this case is whether, when a tribe collects its own third-party revenue pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1641(d)(1), its expenditures of those funds on health care services are eligible for CSC funding from the IHS under the ISDEAA, id. §§ 5325, 5388.