Fighting for the Right to Hunt and Gather In February, the state of Washington argued in court that, despite the guarantees in the 1855 Treaty of
Treaty Rights News: September 2020
Shortchanged Shawnee Tribe Sues U.S. Treasury
The Shawnee Tribe, which is headquartered in Miami, filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin last month, alleging the
Treaty Rights News: May 2020
Governor Threatens to Sue Tribes Over Checkpoints Last month, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem threatened to sue the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and
Treaty Rights News: January 2020
Zoning Dispute Earlier this month, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians won a federal lawsuit over Bayfield County, Wisconsin’s
Treaty Rights News: Fall 2019
Polluted Fish Washington tribes and environmental groups have accused President Donald Trump's administration of breaking the law and endangering
Treaty Rights News: Summer 2019
Water Rights In their 2013 lawsuit, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians claimed that the Desert Water Agency and the Coachella Valley Water
Treaty Rights News: Spring 2019
Geothermal Land Leases Members of the Pit River Tribe claim the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has allowed Calpine Corporation to occupy
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Tribal hunting rights in Wyoming, an oil pipeline in Michigan, a lawsuit from Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag tribe — these are just a few of the
