Entries Tagged as 'Environmental'

May 13, 2008

HRI v. EPA — Navajo Indian Country Case — Updated Materials

Here are the briefs (Indianz coverage here):
hri-opening-brief
state-of-new-mexico-amicus-brief
epa-brief
navajo-nation-brief
hri-reply-brief
state-of-new-mexico-amicus-reply-brief-unfiled

May 12, 2008

Makah Whale Hunt Draft EIS

Here it is.

May 12, 2008

HRI v. EPA — Navajo Uranium Case

Here are the briefs (Indianz coverage here):
hri-opening-brief
[EPA Brief]
[Navajo Brief]
hri-reply-brief
PACER is down right now. We’ll add the rest if we can….

May 8, 2008

US v. Friday — Constitutional Challenge to National Eagle Repository Rejected

Here is the Tenth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Friday — us-v-friday-ca10 (thanks to Sarah Krakoff for the heads-up).
Judge McConnell wrote the decision. Here is our previous commentary on the case (here). Guess no circuit split….

May 5, 2008

Border Fence Construction Cert Petition — Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff

The Tohono O’odham Nation joined an amicus brief supporting the cert petition in Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff (No. 07-1180) (amici-supporting-cert-petn-national-advocacy-center-et-al). The government has until May 18 to file a response. This is a potentially ground breaking case, given that the Department of Homeland Security has invoked a statute that allows the Department to ignore [...]

April 29, 2008

D.C. Circuit Affirms Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish (Gun Lake) Band’s Trust Land Decision

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held the Department of the Interior’s decision to place land into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians near Bradley, Michigan did not violate the National Environmental Protection Act nor did Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act constitute an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority.
michgo-v-kempthorne
gun-lake-band-brief
Other [...]

April 22, 2008

Northwest Tribes Climate Change Conference

Climate Change in the Northwest
“Tribal Perspectives”
Date and Location:
May 29-30, 2008 (Thursday and Friday)
Public Library Downtown
Microsoft Conference Room
Call the directly to confirm your lodging no later than April 24, 2008, at 1-800-945-2240, and mention the Tribal Climate Change Conference.
For more information, please contact Pat Gonzales-Rogers at (503) 231-6123 or Pat_Gonzales-Rogers@fws.gov. (Pat is the Tribal Liaison for [...]

April 16, 2008

More Info on Mother Earth Water Walk

Our previous post is here.
And here is the Mother Earth Walk poster.

April 15, 2008

Mother Earth Water Walk

Two Anishinawbe Grandmothers, and a group of Anishinawbe Women and Men have taken action regarding the water issue by walking the perimeter of the Great Lakes.
Along with a group of Anishinabe-que and supports, they walked around Lake Superior in Spring 2003, around Lake Michigan in 2004, Lake Huron in 2005, Lake Ontario in 2006 [...]

April 11, 2008

Ninth Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of Bald Eagle Protection Act

In consolidated cases, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of prosecuting American Indians under the Bald and Golden Eagles Protection Act, rejecting a challenge under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. A similar case is under review by the Tenth Circuit (United States v. Friday).
The Ninth Circuit applied a 2003 precedent, United States v. Antoine, upholding [...]