November 01, 2022
Federal and tribal officials say the Ninth Circuit should toss an Oregon irrigation district's bid to intervene in litigation over a Native American river ceremony now that the Yurok Tribe has reached a deal with the U.S. government to resolve its claims to federally held water resources.
September 01, 2022
An irrigation district has urged the Ninth Circuit to overturn a decision that it couldn't step into the Yurok Tribe's suit over the U.S. government's refusal to release water for a river ceremony, saying a federal judge wrongly based his ruling on the tribe's sovereign immunity.