little traverse bay bands of odawa indians

Know Your Rights — Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ Laws and Justice

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Michigan SCT Briefs in Enbridge Line 5 Matter

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the applications for leave to appeal in In re Application of Enbridge Energy to Replace & Relocate Line 5:

Application for Leave to Appeal

FLOW Application for Leave

Lower court materials here.

Michigan COA Rules Against Tribes on State Public Service Commission Approval of Line 5 Tunnel Proposal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in In re Application of Enbridge Energy to Replace and Relocate Line 5 [Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Michigan Public Service Commission].

Allie Maldonado Appointed to Michigan Court of Appeals!!!

Singel

Here.

UM and MSU Students Visit LTBB Rez

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Eric Hemenway addressing students near the site of Holy Childhood Indian boarding school in Harbor Springs.
At the Council of Trees near Greensky Hill Indian Mission.
The old cemetery at Greensky (church in the background).

Michigan SCT Denies Leave to Review LTBB Reservation Boundaries Matter over Dissent

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in People v. Covey:

SCT Order + Dissent.pdfDownload

Can’t post briefs because Michigan’s courts do not make them available online.

Michigan SCT Orders Briefing on LTBB Reservation Boundaries in Criminal Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in People v. Covey:

Michigan SCT Order

WSJ: “Michigan Group Says Archaeological Findings Enough to Halt Enbridge Tunnel Project”

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Here.

DFP: “Group thinks it has found proof of 10,000-year-old, Ice Age culture in Straits of Mackinac”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

The implications for Line 5 are enormous.

Bridge Magazine: “In Michigan, rising lake levels disturb sacred ground”

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Here.