Here is the complaint in Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians v. Parkwest Bicycle Casino LLC (Cal. Super.):
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
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US Prevails in Challenge to Santa Ynez Band Trust Land Acquisition
Here are the materials in Geyser v. United States (C.D. Cal.):
27-1 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary J
Prior post here.
Challenge to Federal Trust Land Acquisition for Sant Ynez Band Filed
Here is the complaint in Geyser v. United States (C.D. Cal.):
Federal Court Challenge to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Membership Decisions Dismissed
Here are the materials in Miranda v. Jewell (C.D. Cal.):
20 Miranda Motion for Summary J
An excerpt:
In the absence of a clear directive in the SYB Articles that blood degree of prospective members should be determined based only on the blood degree of an ancestor as listed on the 1940 Census, the Court declines to second guess the Bureau’s reasonable decision to apply SYB law in the same manner in which the Tribe applied it.
American Indian Skulls Repatriated from England to California
Here.
Opening Brief in Carcieri-Based Challenge to Santa Ynez Chumash Fee to Trust Decision
The case is Preservation of Los Olivos v. Pacific Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the IBIA.
Here: Appellants Opening Brief
News article here, via Pechanga.
Additional materials:
Stroud v. Armenta — Employment Claim Dismissed in State Court on Sovereign Immunity Grounds
Here are the materials in Stroud v. Armenta (opinion here), an unpublished case decided by the California Court of Appeals involving the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians:
Turtle Talk 