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Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Whitmer

  1. August 16, 2019

    Mich. Gets Win Over Tribe In Fight Over State Boundary

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians cannot get recognition of their reservation boundaries from the state of Michigan, a federal judge has ruled, saying an 1855 treaty set aside land land for individual allotments, not a reservation.

  2. May 01, 2019

    Mich. Tribe Continues Fight Against State In Boundary Row

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians told a federal court that Michigan is wrongly claiming an 1855 treaty did not create the tribe's reservation, saying the state should be denied a win in the tribe's suit seeking recognition of its reservation boundaries.

  3. April 16, 2019

    Mich. Tribe Says Court Has Jurisdiction Over Boundary Suit

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians urged a federal court Monday to deny Michigan's bid to dismiss the tribe's suit seeking recognition of its reservation boundaries, saying the dispute is a conflict that the court has the power to resolve.

  4. January 31, 2019

    Mich. Cities, Counties Can't Nix Tribe's Boundary Suit

    A Michigan federal judge on Thursday declined to throw out a tribe's suit seeking state recognition of its reservation borders, rejecting a group of Michigan cities and counties' contention that the tribe's claims under an 1855 treaty were blocked by previous litigation before the Indian Claims Commission.

  5. November 30, 2018

    Mich. Nonprofits Say Tribe's Reservation Boundary Claims Fail

    Two Michigan nonprofit groups have backed a bid in federal court by several Michigan cities and counties to end a suit by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians seeking recognition by the state of its reservation boundaries, arguing that the tribe is barred from any reservation claim.

  6. November 08, 2018

    Mich. Cities, Counties Push To End Tribe's Boundary Suit

    A group of Michigan cities and counties pressed a federal court Wednesday to end a suit by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians seeking recognition by the state of its reservation boundaries, saying the tribe's recent arguments regarding its treaties don't jibe with its earlier claims in the litigation.

  7. October 25, 2018

    Tribe Says Mich. Counties, Cities Can't Exit Boundary Suit

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians has urged a Michigan federal court to deny a bid from a group of Michigan cities and counties to end its suit seeking recognition of its boundaries, saying the intervenor defendants are wrong to argue the tribe is barred from bringing its claims.

  8. October 19, 2018

    Ex-Tribe Head's Testimony Shows Lack Of Reservation: Mich.

    Michigan told a federal court to deny a bid from The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians to trim claims in a suit seeking recognition of its boundaries, saying testimony from the former tribe chairman supports that a 1994 law was not intended to reaffirm the borders of the reservation prior to the 1870s.

  9. August 07, 2018

    Mich. Counties, Cities Seek Nix Of Tribe's Boundaries Suit

    A group of Michigan cities and counties have urged a federal court to nix the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' lawsuit accusing the state of failing to recognize the boundaries of its reservation, saying the tribe is trying to rewrite years of history.

  10. May 10, 2018

    1994 Act Beats Mich.'s Defenses In Boundary Row, Tribe Says

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians on Wednesday further pressed a Michigan federal court considering a reservation boundary suit to grant it a win against defenses the state has made saying the tribe's reservation may have been reduced in the 1870s.

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