reservation boundaries

Eighth Circuit Holds Mille Lacs Ojibwe Dispute with County Sheriff Was Mooted by State Legislation, but Vacates Lower Court Opinion Holding Reservation Was Not Disestablished

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe v. Madore.

Briefs.

Osage Nation Seeks to Relitigate Reservation Boundaries in Light of McGirt

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the pleading in Osage Nation v. Wood (N.D. Okla.):

149 Osage Motion.pdfDownload

This is the opinion at issue.

Modoc Drops Reservation Boundaries Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the motion in the now-consolidated case of Eastern Shawnee Tribe v. Drummond (N.D. Okla.):

34 Modoc Motion for Voluntary Dismissal.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Complaints by Eastern Shawnee and Seneca-Cayuga are here.

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Mille Lacs Ojibwe Beef with County Sheriff

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe v. Madore:

County Brief.pdfDownload
County Officials Brief.pdfDownload
Municipalities Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Tribe Motion to Dismiss Appeal as Moot.pdfDownload
Tribe Response Brief.pdfDownload

Other briefs TK.

Lower court materials here.

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Update in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Claim against United States and City of Pocatello

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. United States (D. Idaho):

77-1 US Motion to Dismiss

91 Tribe Response

94 US Reply

102 DCt Order

108-1 US Motion to Reconsider

110 Tribe Response

111 US Reply

112 DCt Order

114-1 Tribe Motion to Reconsider

121 US Response

122 Pocatello Response

123 Tribe Reply re 121

124 Tribe Reply re 122

126 DCt Order

Prior post here.

Mille Lacs Ojibwe Prevails on Criminal Jurisdiction against County Sheriff’s Office

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. County of Mille Lacs (D. Minn.):

319 Tribe Motion for Summary.pdfDownload
321 Sheriff Motion for Summary.pdfDownload
326 Tribe Response.pdfDownload
327 Sheriff Response.pdfDownload
334 Tribe Reply.pdfDownload
336 Sheriff Reply.pdfDownload
349 DCT Order.pdfDownload
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Mille Lacs Reservation Boundaries Intact

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. County of Mille Lacs (D. Minn.):

313-dct-orderDownload

Briefs here.

Minnesota Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Mille Lacs Band Suit against County Attorney and Sheriff after Remand from Eighth Circuit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the updated materials in Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. County of Mille Lacs (D. Minn.):

292 CA8 Order Dismissing Appeal

305 County Sheriff Motion to Dismiss

308 Response

310 Reply

312-dct-order-1Download

Prior post here.

Community house on the agency near Vineland Bay on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota

Klickitat County v. Yakama Nation Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Klickitat County v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation:

Cert Petition.pdfDownload

Questions presented:

1. Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation, and set its own boundary.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding-in conflict with the decisions of this Court, including a decision involving the very boundary at issue-that the Reservation encompasses the area at issue.

Lower court materials here.

Klickitat Supplemental Brief

Yakama BIO

Reply

Oklahoma Criminal Appellate Court to Hear Osage Reservation Boundaries Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials so far in Young v. State of Oklahoma:

DCT Stay Order

Osage Nation Amicus Brief

State Brief

Young Brief

Update — the appellate court concluded McGirt did not apply and confirmed that the Osage reservation had been disestablished:

OCCA Decision