March 22, 2016
The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday denied a bid for a rehearing en banc of a suit by descendants of Native American victims of an 1864 massacre by federal troops seeking reparations for surviving family members, after a three-judge panel tossed the case in December.
February 08, 2016
Descendants of Native American victims of an 1864 massacre by federal troops asked the Tenth Circuit Friday for a rehearing en banc in their suit seeking reparations for surviving family members, claiming a three-judge panel was wrong to toss the case in December.
December 22, 2015
The Tenth Circuit upheld a Colorado federal court's finding that it lacks the authority to compel the U.S. government to account for reparation funds intended for Native American survivors of an 1864 massacre by federal troops, ruling Tuesday that the government has not waived its sovereign immunity.
April 14, 2015
The descendants of tribes of Native Americans massacred by federal troops in Colorado in 1864 urged the Tenth Circuit on Monday to overturn a lower court ruling denying an accounting of reparation funds they say they are owed, claiming the Bureau of Indian Affairs shirked its trust obligations and stole the money.