tribal-recognition

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-313 Chinook Indian Nation, et al. v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-17 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived administrative-law court-recognition federal-jurisdiction indian-law statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition Does a federal court have jurisdiction to recognize the existence of an Indian tribe where the findings in the Indian Tribe List Act provide that 'Ind…
24-1217 Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2025-05-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure agency-action federal-indian-law judicial-jurisdiction rule-60 tribal-recognition Whether the Rule 60 motion should be granted due to alleged lack of jurisdiction and agency misconduct in tribal recognition proceedings
24-1019 Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2025-03-24 Denied administrative-law declaratory-relief federal-indian-law injunctive-relief mandamus tribal-recognition Whether the Supreme Court can review administrative tribal recognition under the List Act and determine the appropriate judicial remedy for lack of ad…
24-5866 Edward Moses v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-sanctions clearly-erroneous-standard constitutional-challenge federal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity tribal-recognition Whether Emperor Moses is entitled to an injunction barring state officials from operating within the Atakapa Indian Nation based on the constitutional…
23-839 David Littlefield, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. First Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied Response Waived carcieri-v-salazar federal-jurisdiction indian-reorganization-act land-into-trust secretary-of-interior tribal-recognition tribal-status Whether the decision of the court of appeals conflicts with Carcieri?
20-544 Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-26 Judgment Issued Amici (3) agency-practice alaska-native-claims-settlement-act alaska-native-corporations cares-act circuit-split federal-benefits indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition Whether ANCs are 'Indian tribes' under ISDEAA and therefore are eligible for emergency-relief funds under Title V of the CARES Act
18-61 Stand Up for California!, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2018-07-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) best-interest-of-tribe detrimental-impacts detrimental-to-community gaming-exception indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-reorganization-act off-reservation-gaming off-reservation-land surrounding-community tribal-affiliation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-recognition trust-land Whether the Secretary may conclude that a casino would not be detrimental to the surrounding community' despite uncontroverted evidence the casino wil…