Here are the early materials in Tuttle v. Jewell (D. D.C.):
Interior Board of Indian Appeals
Update in Pala Band Disenrollment Dispute
D.C. Circuit Decides “Old Section 81” Case
Here is the opinion in Quantum Entertainment Limited v. Department of the Interior:
Quantum Entertainment v Dept of Interior
Briefs are here.
Lower court materials are here.
D.C. Circuit Briefs in “Old Section 81” Appeal
Here are the briefs in Quantum Entertainment Inc. v. Dept. of Interior:
Lower court materials here.
Job Posting: Administrative Judge, Interior Board of Indian Appeals
Here.
Federal Court Decides “Old Section 81” Case — Quantum Enter. v. Interior
Here are the materials in Quantum Entertainment Ltd. v. Dept. of Interior (D. D.C.):
Quantum Entertainment Complaint
Interior Motion for Summary Judgment
Shinnecock Wins IBIA Appeal — Become 565th Federally Recognized Tribe — UPDATED with IBIA Decision
Here is the IBIA decision: 38553324-Shinnecock-Decision
Here is the news article:
The Shinnecock Indian Nation received word Friday afternoon from its tribal attorneys that it is now officially the 565th Native American tribe to earn recognition from the U.S. government, according to Shinnecock Tribal Trustee Lance Gumbs.
Though neither the Interior Board of Indian Appeals or the Bureau of Indian Affairs has yet to formally announce the news, the Shinnecock Nation has cleared all the hurdles to federal recognition, the trustee said.
“The first day of October will live forever in the hearts and minds of the Shinnecock people,” Mr. Gumbs said in an phone interview Friday. “Everyone is just relieved and shedding tears for not only us who are here, but those who just missed it,” he said. He explained that some Shinnecock elders have died since July 19, when the tribe’s recognition application was originally expected to be finalized.
Materials in Shinnecock Federal Recognition Appeal before the IBIA
Here are a few selected briefs:
Shinnecock Nation Wins Procedural Victory in Federal Recognition Appeal
The Connecticut gaming group spearheading the challenge to the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s long-sought federal recognition was denied extra time to file additional paperwork in support of their argument in a ruling in early August.
The decision is a minor victory for the members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, who have waited decades for federal recognition, and who want the legal challenge to their bid filed by the Connecticut Coalition for Gaming Jobs to be resolved as quickly as possible. Shinnecock Tribal Trustee Lance Gumbs had expressed frustration earlier this summer that the challenges had halted the tribe’s official federal recognition essentially on the eve of when they were slated to receive the designation.
“Obviously, their stuff was frivolous and they weren’t prepared,” Mr. Gumbs said of the CCGJ’s denied request. “It is what it is. They brought a frivolous suit and tried to build a case around it.”
The Interior Board of Indian Appeals, or IBIA, which is an administrative judicial department within the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with reviewing objections to federal recognition, denied the motion on August 4. If granted, the motion would have given CCGJ an additional month to file papers in support of its standing within the case against the Shinnecock Indian Nation. The board stated that CCGJ has already submitted arguments on its standing after initially filing 400 pages of arguments in July.
Opening Brief in Carcieri-Based Challenge to Santa Ynez Chumash Fee to Trust Decision
The case is Preservation of Los Olivos v. Pacific Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the IBIA.
Here: Appellants Opening Brief
News article here, via Pechanga.
Additional materials:
Turtle Talk 
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