Indians Plan to Protect Health Law at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso
November 15, 2011
WASHINGTON – It was a risky strategy when Indian health advocates decided to get the Indian Health Care Improvement Act attached to the greater national healthcare reform law...

Supremes Deny Oneida Appeal

Gale Courey Toensing
October 17, 2011
The U.S...

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Oneida Indian Nation Appeal

ICTMN Staff
October 17, 2011
In a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this morning, the Oneida Indian Nation was denied an appeal involving a lawsuit filed decades ago...
Harold A. Monteau

Supreme Court May Have a Different Opinion About Cobell

Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent safari to New Mexico to meet the Pueblo people and to make a guest appearance at a student forum at the University of New Mexico School of Law, had all the indicia of an apologist diplomatic mission (although she has nothing for which to apologize.) Without ever m...

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October 03, 2011

Widespread Support for Gun Lake’s Trust Land

Gale Courey Toensing
October 03, 2011
Local governments, business groups and agencies in and around Allegan County, Michigan, where the Gun Lake Tribe has its casino have urged the U.S...

Oneida Land Claims, Quiet Title Act among Supreme Court’s Fall Petitions

Gale Courey Toensing
September 22, 2011
Matthew Fletcher’s Turtle Talk legal blog has posted a preview of the Indian law cases that will come before the U.S. Supreme Court for selection this term...
Steven T. Newcomb

A Conversation with a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

One seldom has an opportunity to converse with one of the brethren of the U.S. Supreme Court, as I did on August 31, 2006....

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June 23, 2011

Yankton Sioux Chalk Up Supreme Court Win

Stephanie Woodard
June 22, 2011
News traveled fast on the Yankton Sioux Reservation on Monday, June 20, as word was passed among tribal members of a U.S...

Lost Trust: Jicarilla Apache Nation Loses at Supreme Court

Rob Capriccioso
June 14, 2011
WASHINGTON – Continuing its trend of ruling against Indian interests in the Chief Justice John Roberts era, the Supreme Court ruled against the Jicarilla Apache Nation in a 7 - 1 d...

What Is Indian Country? Supreme Court Asked Not to Hear Osage Diminishment Case

Rob Capriccioso
June 06, 2011
WASHINGTON – A legal brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court urges it not to hear a reservation diminishment case known as Osage Nation v. Irby ...

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