June 24, 2021
The Sixth Circuit has refused the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians' bid to have the full court rehear a panel's decision that an 1855 federal treaty didn't create a reservation for the tribe in Michigan.
June 08, 2021
Four Michigan tribes urged the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to reconsider a panel decision that an 1855 treaty didn't create a reservation for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, saying the ruling departed sharply from the treaty's text and threatens the tribes' sovereignty.
May 18, 2021
The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court's judgment that an 1855 treaty did not create a federal Indian reservation for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, finding that it instead created a form of land allotment extending individual land ownership to members of the tribe.