No. 24-7125

Melaine R. Wilson v. Department of Interior, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-trust-obligations indian-trust-lands land-transfer treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty
Key Terms:
Patent Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-06-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

-Will the Department of Interior begin Negotiations with the Oglala Sioux Tribe President on Remedies that are easily understandable with the Oglala Sioux Tribe Members of the past to current status of our Pine Ridge Indian Reservation lands from the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty with the Sioux to include removal, incarceration and legal actions? And,

-What is the Six Sigma Process of an Indian Trust Patent (BLM Controlled Forml860) since ITP's were stopped by the Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation but not abided by from Pine Ridge Agency BIA and Oglala Sioux Tribal Council without telling the Oglala Sioux Tribal Members?

- What is the remedy for the Oglala Sioux Tribe Enrolled Members who are not 'Bad White Men' and Natives as defined by the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty?

-Will the Honorable Secretary of DOI please give me my title for Consolidation passed in 2018 of my 60 acres initiated in 2014.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Will the Department of Interior begin Negotiations with the Oglala Sioux Tribe President on Remedies for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation land transfers and treaty violations?

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-04
Waiver of right of respondent Department of Interior to respond filed.
2024-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 2, 2025)

Attorneys

Department of Interior
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Melaine R. Wilson
Melaine R. Wilson — Petitioner