June 26, 2017
A Montana federal judge on Friday ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has to reconsider two decisions to decline the Northern Arapaho tribe's requests for federal contracts, but upheld several other similar decisions by the agency amid the tribe's dispute with the Eastern Shoshone tribe over services on their shared reservation.
March 08, 2017
A Montana federal judge on Tuesday denied the Northern Arapaho Tribe’s bid to restrict a court the Bureau of Indian of Affairs instituted on a reservation it shares with another tribe from interfering with its own tribal court, saying that the requested relief falls beyond the scope of the tribe’s complaints in the consolidated action.
March 01, 2017
The Northern Arapaho Tribe hit back Tuesday at the federal government's claims that it submitted contract proposals to take funds allocated for services on a reservation it shares with another tribe without seeking that tribe's consent, arguing the government did not comply with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
January 30, 2017
The federal government on Friday shot back at the Northern Arapaho Tribe’s claim that the Bureau of Indian Affairs improperly rejected proposals to operate a tribal court and offer counseling services under federally funded contracts, saying the tribe has submitted proposals for contracts without seeking the consent of another tribe that shares its Wyoming reservation.
November 28, 2016
The Northern Arapaho Tribe again urged a Montana federal court on Wednesday to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from interfering with the operation of its tribal court, claiming that the agency has illegally substituted another court without the tribe's consent amid the Arapahos' conflict with the tribe that shares their reservation.
October 27, 2016
The Northern Arapaho tribe asked a Montana federal court on Wednesday to prevent the Bureau of Indian of Affairs from interfering with the operation of its tribal court.
October 20, 2016
An Eastern Shoshone Tribe leader claimed in a letter Wednesday that a Montana federal judge "dealt a heavy blow" to the Northern Arapaho Tribe when blocking the Bureau of Indian Affairs from entering into contracts funding government services for the tribes, which share a Wyoming reservation, without getting approval from both.
October 18, 2016
A Montana federal judge on Monday blocked the Bureau of Indian Affairs from entering into contracts funding government services for two tribes that share a Wyoming reservation unless it gets approval from both, saying the government's contention that it had stopped agreeing to contracts with just one of the tribes didn't mean it wouldn't do so again.
September 26, 2016
The Bureau of Indian Affairs told a Montana federal court on Friday that the agency's decision to take back control of programs that were jointly administered by the tribes on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation means a lawsuit accusing agency officials of improperly awarding the contracts to one of the tribes is now moot.
June 06, 2016
The federal government told a Montana federal court Friday that ongoing mediation is the best way to achieve a "global solution" of the Northern Arapaho Tribe's claims that the Bureau of Indian Affairs helped the Eastern Shoshone Tribe take control of programs regulating joint tribal land.