Ninth Circuit Decides Unite Here Local 30 v. Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians

Here.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Spokane Tribe v. Sulgrove [Chamokane Creek water rights]

Here:

Chamokane Creek mission dedication, c. Long time ago

Alaska Federal Court Denies Rule 19 Motion in Tribal Health Care Case

Here are the materials in Southcentral Foundation v. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (D. Alaska), on remand from the Ninth Circuit (materials here):

296 ANTHC Rule 19 Motion

302 Response

308-1 Amicus Brief

310 Reply

316 Southcentral Motion for Summary

317 Response

322 Reply

Rule 19 doesn’t work well when it’s dark outside. . . .

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Engasser v. Tetra Tech Inc. [Mechoopda Cultural Resource Preservation Enterprise]

Here:

Lower court materials here.

Butte County Camp Fire of 2018, or the Flames of Tribal Sovereign Immunity?

Snoqualmie v. Washington Cert Petition

Here:

Questions presented:

  1. Whether the federal courts have the constitutional authority to unilaterally abrogate all rights guaranteed to an Indian tribe under a treaty with the United States absent congressional action.
  2. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by applying issue preclusion to hold that Snoqualmie was not a party to the Treaty even though the Executive Branch expressly recognizes Snoqualmie as a Treaty party.

Lower court materials here.

Amicus briefs in support of the petition:

Ninth Circuit Approves Land Exchange over Enviros’ Objections to Allow King Cove Corp. to Build a Road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Here is the opinion in Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges v. Haaland.

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Anchorage Daily News coverage.

Briefs:

City of Cold Bay and that dangerous airport

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Havasupai Students’ Claims against BIE School

Here is the unpublished opinion in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education:

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Crow Jurisdiction over Utility

Here is the unpublished opinion in Big Horn County Electric Cooperative v. Big Man.

Briefs here.

Lower court materials here.

Crow Fair, Crow Agency, Montana: processions and regalia, 1979

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Upper Skagit v. Sauk-Suiattle [U.S. v. Washington subproceeding 20-01]

Here:

Sauk-Suiattle Opening Brief

220429 Answer Brief of Appellees Upper Skagit

220429 Answer Brief of Intervenor-PL-Appellee Swinomish

220617 – FINAL Reply (filed)

Sauk-Suiattle fishermen on the Skagit River in 1985. The location was near Mount Vernon, Washington, and it was known as Sauk Camp because of the large number of Sauk-Suiattle boats that were kept there.

Lower court materials here and here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation

Babb Indian Rodeo, Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, 1979

Here:

Lower court materials here.