Judicial

2002- Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Acting Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, through its Principal Chief, Jerry Haney, seeks an extension of time under 25 C.F.R. § 900.159 in which to file a notice of appeal from a January 3, 2002, decision of the Acting Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, concerning certain Indian Self-Determination Act contract matters. The Nation …

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

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 …

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2006- Aleutian Pribilof Islands Ass’n v. Northwest Representative, Office of Self-Governance, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Nov 2006)

The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) seeks review of an August 31, 2006 Recommended Decision (Recommended Decision) issued by Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Harvey C. Sweitzer, in this appeal brought under the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 450 et seq. The Recommended Decision upheld a decision by the Bureau …

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2006- Aleutian Pribilof Islands Ass’n v. Northwest Representative, Office of Self-Governance, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Aug 2006)

The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) has appealed a determination by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to partially reject APIA’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2006 Tribal Self-Governance Annual Funding Agreement (AFA). BIA rejected that portion of the AFA that proposed funding for performing activities under Section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act …

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2016- Seneca Nation of Indians v. Nashville Area Chief Contracting Officer, Indian Health Service

The Seneca Nation of Indians (“Seneca” or “Nation”) has appealed an October 31, 2011, decision issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service (hereinafter, the “Department”) declining Seneca’s request to add $3,774,392 to Seneca’s health services funding for fiscal year (“FY”) 2012. For the reasons discussed below, this decision …

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