SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS v. RYAN ZINKE et al

  1. March 08, 2023

    DOI, Casinos Get Early Win In Mich. Tribe's Land Trust Suit

    A D.C. federal court granted an early win to the U.S. Department of the Interior, alongside intervenor casinos and Native American tribes, in a suit brought by a Michigan tribe over federal officials' refusal to take into trust Michigan land eyed for a new casino, finding that the gambling plans would not achieve the "social welfare" criteria for trust submissions.

  2. January 23, 2023

    Feds Want Mich. Tribe's Land Trust Quick Win Bid Tossed

    The U.S. Department of the Interior, alongside intervenor casinos and Native American tribes in Michigan, have told a D.C. federal judge that federal officials were right to refuse to take into trust land purchased by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and eyed for a casino.

  3. January 03, 2023

    Tribe Fights DOI, Intervenors' Early Win Bid In Land Trust Suit

    A Michigan Native American tribe says it purchased Michigan land in efforts to boost members' well-being through tribal gaming revenue, telling the D.C. federal court that the U.S. Department of Interior wrongly denied the tribe's bid to take the land into trust.

  4. November 29, 2022

    DOI, Casinos Renew Early Win Bids In Mich. Land Trust Fight

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and several intervenor tribes and casinos urged a D.C. federal court to rule in their favor and reject the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians' renewed summary judgment bid in a suit over Michigan land that the government refused to take into trust.

  5. March 05, 2020

    DOI Held Wrong To Refuse Mich. Tribe's Land-Into-Trust Bid

    A D.C. federal judge has largely ruled in favor of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians on its claims that the U.S. Department of the Interior wrongly refused to take Michigan land into trust for the tribe, saying the DOI "overstepped its authority."

  6. May 29, 2019

    Chippewa Tribe Seeks Win In Mich. Land Trust Fight

    The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has urged a D.C. federal judge to favor its claim that the U.S. Department of the Interior wrongly refused to take Michigan land into trust for the tribe, arguing that the department overreached its authority by denying the tribe's right to govern itself.

  7. April 24, 2019

    MGM Detroit, Tribes Cleared To Intervene In Land Trust Fight

    A pair of Native American tribes and several casinos will be permitted to intervene in a suit over Michigan land that the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians says the government should've taken into trust for the tribe, a Washington, D.C., federal judge has decided.

  8. August 31, 2018

    Tribe Hits Feds With Suit Over Refusal Of Land Trust Bid

    The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has hit the federal government with a lawsuit saying the U.S. Department of the Interior shouldn't have refused to take various pieces of Michigan land into trust for the tribe.