Here are materials in Qualls & Holden v. Mathews, No. CIV-18-M08 (CIO, Miami, OK) & Holden and Qualls v. Ellis, No. 19-M09 (CIO Miami):
Qualls v. Mathews CIV-18-M08 – Final Order of Dismissal
Qualls v. Mathews CIV-18-M08 – FFCL Supporting Order of Dismissal
Holden v. Ellis, CIV-19-M09 – Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
National Indian Gaming Commission:
NIGC Budgetary Impacts from Coronavirus Pandemic
Letters to the White House:
4-20-2020 – Tribal Letter to the White House re 100% waiver of FEMA cost and reimbusement adjustment
Oglala Sioux Tribe written comments on the Coronavirus Relief Funds
Oglala Sioux Tribe Second Comments on CRF (Rev. 1)
See COVID-19 Tribal Documents updates.
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Lower court materials here.
Here is the order in In re: Gaming Ordinance of Ponca Tribe of Nebraska:
Revised Amendment to FDO – Ponca NE
The earlier federal court materials are here.
Maurisa Bell grew up on the Wind River Reservation in Riverton, Wyoming. She is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and was also raised around her Northern Arapaho family. In 2015, she graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT and completed the Pre-Law Summer Institute program during the summer of 2016. While in law school, Maurisa served as Vice President and Treasurer for the MSU-NALSA, an Area representative for National-NALSA, and volunteered as a student mentor for the Indigenous Law and Policy Center.
She spent her summers in Washington, D.C. working for the Department of Justice’s Office of Tribal Justice; the National Indian Gaming Commission; and Dentons, US LLP in their Native American Law and Policy practice group. She is a dedicated and driven leader who, in just a few weeks, will graduate from the Michigan State University College of Law.
Maurisa will work for Dentons upon graduation, pursuing her passion in helping tribes and tribal communities.
Congratulations, Maurisa!
Here is the petition captioned Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke [but presumably will switch to Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt]:
Companche v Zinke Cert Petition
Question presented:
Whether the “former reservation” exception permitting lands acquired by the United States in trust for an Oklahoma Tribe after the effective date of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 to be devoted to gaming purposes, is applicable to lands not subject to Tribal jurisdiction prior to the acquisition.
Lower court materials here.
Here are the materials in City of Council Bluffs v. United States Department of Interior (S.D. Iowa):
I know it’s complicated. For the most part, the court’s decision favors Ponca and NIGC….
