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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Department of the Army

  1. September 23, 2025

    Neb. Tribe Seeking Kids' Remains Fights Army's Defense

    A Native American tribe seeking to repatriate children's remains currently held on U.S. Army property told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday that the federal government is misrepresenting the tribe's complaint by claiming the tribe improperly said it couldn't locate living relatives.

  2. September 18, 2025

    Army Challenges Tribe's Claims In Burial Dispute At 4th Circ.

    The U.S. Army told the Fourth Circuit this week that a tribe seeking the repatriation of remains from a former Pennsylvania Native American boarding school was wrong to claim that it couldn't find living relatives of the entombed children, citing a news article pointing to the existence of those relatives.

  3. September 10, 2025

    4th Circ. Hears Neb. Tribe's Fight For Children's Repatriation

    The U.S. Army can't say that the remains of two children entombed in a former Pennsylvania Indian boarding school are not part of a collection or holding, counsel for a Nebraska tribe told a Fourth Circuit panel on Wednesday in seeking the return of the remains to their tribe, arguing that they were buried and re-buried without tribal consent.

  4. June 11, 2025

    4th Circ. To Hear Arguments In Army Boarding School Row

    The Fourth Circuit has set arguments in a dispute between the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the U.S. Army over the return of remains of two of the tribe's children that are buried in the Carlisle Indian Boarding School cemetery in Pennsylvania.

  5. May 29, 2025

    Neb. Tribe Challenges Army's Repatriation Law Interpretation

    A Nebraska tribe has said the U.S. Army is introducing new errors into its Fourth Circuit arguments against efforts to repatriate the remains of two children from a Native boarding school cemetery in Pennsylvania, telling the appellate court the attempt to complicate a straightforward federal law should be rejected.

  6. April 30, 2025

    Army Fights Neb. Tribe's Bid To Repatriate Children's Remains

    The U.S. Army is fighting an appeal by a Nebraska tribe to undo an order denying the repatriation of two of its children buried at a Pennsylvania boarding school cemetery, telling the Fourth Circuit that the lawsuit fails to allege facts under a law designed to protect Indigenous burial sites.

  7. January 31, 2025

    Tribes Back Bid At 4th Circ. To Undo Army Burial Order

    Two South Dakota tribes that successfully repatriated the remains of their children from a U.S. Army Indian boarding school cemetery in Pennsylvania told the Fourth Circuit that it's problematic that a lower court ruled that a law designed to protect Native American graves doesn't apply to the site.

  8. January 24, 2025

    Army Exploits Pa. Boarding School Cemetery, 4th Circ. Told

    The U.S. Army is exploiting an Indian boarding school cemetery as a repository for human remains, a Nebraska tribe told the Fourth Circuit, arguing that the military institution is conducting research and other activities that serve its goals rather than respecting the sovereignty and traditions of Indigenous people.