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, Public Law 103-4… |
| 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 | This case concerns yet another agency overreach involving the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act ("List Act"), and whether the statute has jud… |
| 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 | This case concerns whether the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act ("List Act") of 1994, still has judiciary branch tribal recognition or wheth… | |
| 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 | On March 15, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that, Edward Moses, Jr., a lawyer who has proclaimed himself "Emperor of the A… |
| 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 | In Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009) ("Carcieri"), this Court held that Congress, when enacting the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, narrowed… |
| 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 | Subject to certain exceptions, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA," 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.) expressly prohibits casino gaming on land acquired… |