May 20, 2016
The Northern Arapaho Tribe agreed Friday to pursue mediation with the federal government and voluntarily dropped its claims against Eastern Shoshone officials in its suit alleging the Bureau of Indian Affairs wrongly gave the Eastern Shoshone Tribe its blessing to take control of programs regulating joint tribal land.
May 17, 2016
The Northern Arapaho Tribe again urged a Montana district court Monday to block the federal government from allegedly helping the Eastern Shoshone Tribe assert control over programs the tribes share, saying the government can't hide behind its contracts with the EST to avoid its responsibility to the Northern Arapahos.
May 02, 2016
The federal government told a Montana district court Monday it wasn't entirely opposed to allowing the Northern Arapaho tribe to take some jurisdictional discovery in its suit alleging the Bureau of Indian Affairs wrongly gave the Eastern Shoshone tribe its blessing to take control of programs regulating joint tribal land.
April 29, 2016
The federal government on Thursday urged a Montana district court to nix the Northern Arapaho tribe's suit alleging that the Bureau of Indian Affairs wrongly gave the Eastern Shoshone tribe its blessing to take control of programs regulating joint tribal land, saying that the dispute is an intertribal matter.
March 30, 2016
The federal government urged a Montana district court Tuesday not to let Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribal members step into the Arapahos' suit alleging the government helped the Shoshones assert control over the tribes' shared programs, saying the members' concerns about due process in their tribal court cases presented distinct issues from the suit's claims.
March 22, 2016
Despite an intensifying battle between the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes for control of federally funded programs they both take part in, a Tenth Circuit row over a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruling on the boundaries of their shared Wyoming reservation has united them behind a common cause.
March 21, 2016
Members of Eastern Shoshone Tribe's business council hit back against the Northern Arapaho Tribe's bid to block the federal government from helping them assert control over mineral leases, a tribal court and other joint programs, telling a Montana district court Friday that such a move would jeopardize the EST's contracts.
March 16, 2016
Members of the Northern Arapaho Tribe and Eastern Shoshone Tribe urged a Montana federal judge Tuesday to allow them to intervene in the Arapahos' suit alleging the federal government helped the Shoshones assert control over a tribal court and other programs the tribes share, arguing their rights to due process are at risk.
March 07, 2016
The Northern Arapaho Tribe urged a Montana federal judge Friday to block the federal government from helping the Eastern Shoshone Tribe assert control over federal contracts, mineral leases, a tribal court and other programs it shares with the Arapaho, arguing the Shoshone continue to act under the false authority of a defunct joint tribal council.
February 23, 2016
The Northern Arapaho Tribe claimed Monday in Montana federal court that the Bureau of Indian Affairs wrongly gave the Eastern Shoshone Tribe its blessing to take control of programs regulating joint tribal land, allowing the tribe to unilaterally approve mineral leases and replace tribal employees.