Judicial

The BIA was justified in effecting an emergency reassumption, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. §450m, of the Indian Self-Determination Act law enforcement contract with the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, due to the Tribal Police force’s failure to provide fair and uniform law enforcement services on the reservation, and the resulting immediate threat of imminent harm to the …

2001- Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Business Council v. Bureau of Indian Affairs Read More »

The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (the Tribes) have timely appealed an April 22, 2004, letter of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) which partially declined the Tribes’ “best and final offer” for an Annual Funding Agreement (AFA) for fiscal year (FY) 2004. The proposed AFA was for $2,075,313 in funding for construction …

2005- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Great Plains Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation Read More »

On November 1, 2004, the Board of Indian Appeals (Board) received a notice of appeal from Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma (Tribe), through counsel, appealing an October 8, 2004, decision of the Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Awarding Official; BIA). The October 8 decision notified the Tribe that BIA intends to …

2004- Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs Read More »

The Navajo Nation (Nation) and the Board of Directors of Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc. (SASI) (collectively “Appellants”) appeal from a September 26, 2003, decision by the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs (PDAS) and the Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The PDAS refused to consider and approve a proposed …

2004- Navajo Nation and Board of Directors of Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc. v. Office of Indian Education Programs and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Read More »

Appellant 33rd Business Committee of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma (Tribes) seeks review of a Recommended Decision issued on February 12, 2004, by Administrative Law Judge Richard L. Reeh in a matter arising under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 450- 450n. Judge Reeh recommended that the November …

2004- Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, 33rd Business Committee of v. Superintendent and Awarding Official, Concho Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs Read More »