November 01, 2023
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday tossed a Connecticut-based Native American tribe's lawsuit targeting the Bureau of Indian Affairs' allegedly glacial federal recognition process, finding the agency has already formally denied the tribe acknowledgment.
October 05, 2023
A Connecticut-based Native American tribe said it's ready to challenge the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs' assertion that the agency already made a final decision not to federally recognize the tribe, urging a D.C. federal judge to permit its suit over the allegedly glacial federal recognition process.
August 15, 2023
A U.S. district court judge has again pushed back a U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs deadline for answering a Connecticut-recognized Native American tribe's suit for federal recognition, launched early this year after what the group said was a fruitless quarter-century effort to undo a reversal.