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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.