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Judge questions limits of tribal immunity in Minnesota predatory lending suit
Minnesota brought the suit in March seeking to halt the lender’s near 700% interest rates on installment loans.
Judge halts roundup of wild horses in Arizona
Wild free-roaming horses will continue to rove national forests in Arizona and New Mexico after a judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop removal of the equines.
Judge pauses BLM plans to relocate Northern California wild horses
While a planned roundup of wild horses in Northern California scheduled for September was put on hold, a Native American tribe failed to stop the federal government from removing horses in an area in Eastern California this week.
As Native American boarding schools project ends, survivors describe feeling honored and restored
The intent is to document and share with the public the systemic abuse endured by boarding school survivors under the government’s attempts at forced assimilation.
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds sovereign immunity in tribal lands case
The state's top court found no reason to waive the Menominee Indian Tribe’s sovereign immunity and extended it to one of its members in a battle over Legend Lake property rules.
Environmental groups sue California State Parks over plan they say endangers protected wildlife
The plaintiffs ask a Sacramento County judge to disallow any further project approvals unless the state complies with the California Environmental Quality Act.
Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism
It's a milestone marking resilience — and a fresh opportunity to look at the nation's history through an unexpected, and perhaps less varnished, lens.
Alaska tribes fight controversial gold mine project
The project would dredge approximately 4.5 million cubic yards from the estuary bed.
California tribe can proceed with suit over cannabis raids under amended legal theory
A U.S. magistrate judge said the new claims that a county sheriff was seeking to enforce local ordinances rather than state criminal law were different enough from the ones he had previously dismissed with prejudice.
Colorado River compact negotiators see rocky road toward mediation
Amid decreasing supply, key agreements governing future water use along the Colorado River expired this year. So did initial deadlines to commit to new agreements.
Little mussels offer big flex for Chesapeake Bay watershed
The recent demolition of a dam has allowed hickory shad, eels and other species to thrive in new stretches of the South Anna River.