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Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Whitmer

  1. April 26, 2018

    Mich. Fights Tribe's Challenge To Defenses In Boundary Row

    The state of Michigan on Wednesday urged a federal court considering a reservation boundary suit not to grant the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' bid for a quick win against certain defenses the state has made that the tribe's alleged reservation may have been reduced in the 1870s.

  2. June 24, 2016

    Tribe Says Treaty Rights Trump Mich.'s Fears Of Disruption

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians again urged a federal court Thursday to dismiss defenses regarding the potential disruptive effects of the tribe's increased authority over land in the state, saying the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that such arguments lack force against tribal treaty rights.

  3. June 17, 2016

    Michigan Fights For Defenses In Tribal Boundary Case

    The state of Michigan urged a federal court Friday to reject a bid to dismiss its defenses regarding the potential disruptive effects of a tribe's increased authority over land in the state, saying U.S. Supreme Court precedent shows such equitable defenses apply to the tribe's suit to define its reservation boundaries.

  4. May 23, 2016

    Mich. Tribe Says State Defenses In Boundary Row Irrelevant

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians told a Michigan federal court Friday that arguments regarding the potential disruptive effects of tribal authority by the state's governor and others are irrelevant to the tribe's bid to define its reservation boundaries.

  5. March 10, 2016

    Local Groups Can Enter Mich. Tribal Border Row, Judge Says

    Two groups of Michigan residents and businesses who oppose the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' reservation-boundaries claims were allowed to participate in the tribe's lawsuit against the state on Thursday, with a federal judge saying the nonprofits' involvement would improve the case.

  6. February 12, 2016

    Mich. Tribe Says Local Groups Should Butt Out Of Border Row

    A Michigan tribe opposed two local non-profit groups' bid to intervene in its lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Rick Snyder to recognize disputed reservation boundaries, saying Friday that the groups lack a substantial legal interest in the case.

  7. September 17, 2015

    Mich. Gov. Says Tribe Has Its Reservation Borders Wrong

    Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday asked a federal court to dismiss a tribe's lawsuit accusing the state of failing to recognize the boundaries of its reservation, saying that the entire area claimed by the tribe does not belong to it.

  8. August 24, 2015

    Mich. Tribe Demands State Recognize Reservation Borders

    The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians on Friday urged a Michigan federal court to force the state to recognize its reservation boundaries, alleging the state's inconsistent treatment of tribal jurisdiction threatens the tribe's sovereignty and violates an 1855 federal treaty.

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