Amicus Briefs Supporting Osage Petition for En Banc Hearing in Reservation Disestablishment Case

Here:

Colville Amicus Brief

NCAI and Tribes Brief

Oklahoma Tribes Amicus Brief

Osage Nation Bar Amicus Brief

The petition and other materials are here.

Osage Nation v. Oklahoma Tax Commission — Reservation Diminishment

The Northern District of Oklahoma recently rejected the claims of the Osage Nation that Osage County is Indian Country (news article, via Indianz) — osage-nation-v-otc-dct-order

osage-reservation-sign

Here are the materials:

otc-motion-to-dismiss

osage-opposition-to-motion-to-dismiss

otc-reply-brief-in-support-of-motion-to-dismiss

otc-supplemental-brief-motion-for-summary-judgment

osage-response-to-motion-for-summary-judgment

otc-reply-brief-in-support-of-motion-for-summary-judgment

What Remains of the Yankton Sioux Reservation?

After a decade of litigation, a federal court (D. S.D.) held a trial and reached a decision as to “what remains of the Yankton Sioux Reservation following the Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, 522 U.S. 329, 358 (1998).” Slip op. at 2.

Here are the materials:

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