The Duwamish Tribe et al v. Haaland et al

  1. December 14, 2023

    DOI Must Give Judge Docs As Tribe Fights For Recognition

    A Washington federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of the Interior to provide him with 10 documents tied to the Duwamish Tribe's request for federal recognition, rejecting the department's argument that they are protected under the deliberative process privilege.

  2. July 12, 2023

    Feds Say 9th Circ. Ruling Backs Shielding Docs From Tribe

    The U.S. Department of the Interior is opposing the Duwamish Tribe's bid for documents related to its fight for recognition, telling a Seattle federal judge that a recent Ninth Circuit decision says materials revealing the deliberative process don't have to be part of the administrative record.

  3. June 21, 2023

    Wash. Tribe Says DOI Can't Shield Records In Recognition Tiff

    The Duwamish Tribe maintains that U.S. officials have wrongly withheld certain records related to its unsuccessful bid for recognition, asking a Seattle federal judge to review some of the documents and make the entire batch available for the tribe's own inspection.

  4. June 08, 2023

    DOI Says Tribe's Bid For Docs Too Late In Recognition Fight

    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland says a Seattle tribe's bid to get a court order requiring the agency to produce withheld documents relating to its recognition denial is too late, adding that the tribe didn't object to concealed information in a prior case where it sought the same status.

  5. May 19, 2023

    Wash. Tribe Wants DOI Document Review In Recognition Fight

    A Seattle tribe wants a federal court to order the U.S. Department of the Interior to produce documents it alleges contain redacted information that could be pertinent in its case to overturn a 2019 decision by the agency to deny it federal recognition, saying the records shouldn't be concealed under the Administrative Procedure Act. 

  6. September 07, 2022

    Muckleshoot Tribe Can't Join Recognition Fight, Judge Says

    A federal judge in Washington state has blocked the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe from intervening in another tribe's recognition bid, instead allowing the Muckleshoot to participate only as amici curiae as they defend their exclusive fishing rights and ownership of certain cultural artifacts.

  7. August 08, 2022

    Muckleshoot Tribe Wants In On Duwamish Recognition Fight

    The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe urged a Washington federal judge to let it intervene as a defendant in the Duwamish Tribe's recognition suit against the federal government, arguing the suit's outcome could impact the Muckleshoot tribe's ownership of "cultural items" recovered from the Duwamish and its fishing rights for several Washington areas.

  8. May 12, 2022

    Chief Seattle's Duwamish Tribe Sues DOI For Recognition

    The Duwamish Tribe has sued the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington federal court over its denial of federal recognition to the tribe, saying the department's position disregards the tribe's long history of recognition by the federal government and tramples on its constitutional rights.

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