Wind River Indian Reservation – Turtle Talk

Wyoming Federal Court Confirms Energy Company’s Arbitration Award against Wind River Tribes

November 2, 2023Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Merit Energy Operations I LLC v. Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes (D. Wyo.):

1 Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award

16 Motion to Dismiss

WBUR: “Rethinking The Wind River Reservation”

September 7, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

SCOTUS Grants Cougar Den Tax Case; Denies Shingle Springs Gaming and Wind River Reservation Boundaries Cases; Issues CVSG in Ute Tribal Court Jurisdiction Matter

June 25, 2018June 26, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Here are the materials in the Cougar Den matter.

Here are the materials in the Shingle Springs matter.

Here are the materials in the Wind River matter.

Here are the materials in the Ute Tribe matter.

Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming Cert Petition

February 23, 2018March 28, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Question presented:

Whether Congress clearly intended in 1905 to di- minish the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

indian law profs amicus

Tenth Circuit Modifies Wyoming v. EPA Opinion, Denies En Banc Review

November 8, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the revised opinion.

En banc stage materials:

Eastern Shoshone Tribe En Banc Petition

Northern Arapaho Tribe En Banc Petition

NCAI Amicus Brief

Panel materials here.

Federal Court Affirms Some 638 Contract Denials re: Northern Arapaho Tribe, Remands Others

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Lacounte (D. Mont.):

131 NAT Motion for Summary Judgment

140 US Cross Motion

An excerpt:

The Court affirms the BIA’s declinations of NAT’s second and third judicial services proposals, wildlife resources management proposal, and water resources management proposal. The Court reverses the BIA’s declination of NAT’s youth court proposal, to the extent that the declination improperly relied upon post-hoc justifications, and NAT’s first judicial services proposal. We remand these proposals to the BIA for reconsideration.

Prior posts here.

NYTs Profile of Shooting at Wind River

July 30, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “In Wyoming, Shooting Highlights Divide Between a City and a Reservation.”

Tenth Circuit Briefs in State of Wyoming v. EPA (Challenge TAS Status to Wind River Reservation)

October 23, 2014July 13, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here:

Wyoming Opening Brief

State Subdivisions Brief

State Subdivisions Brief

Eastern Shoshone Brief

Yellowbear Amicus Brief

Wyoming v. EPA 10th Circuit Addendum

Wyoming v. EPA 10th Circuit Law Professor Brief

State Subdivision Reply

Agency materials here, here, and here.

Update on EPA’s Partial Stay of Wind River Decision

February 14, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are materials :

2014.02.13 Press Release re EPA Issues Stay [Eastern Shoshone]

EPA Stay Letter – 2.13.14

Letter to Shaun McGrath 2.12.14

The EPA’s original decision is here.

Wyoming’s Petition Challenging EPA Decision on Wind River Reservation

January 9, 2014January 8, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here:

Wyo Petition for Reconsideration and Stay 01–6-14 (00034613)

Earlier materials here.