Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chip v. Debra Haaland, et al

  1. April 29, 2022

    DOI Had Power To Deny Trust Land To Mich. Tribe, Court Told

    The U.S. government, joined by two Michigan tribes and several casinos, urged the D.C. Circuit not to revisit its decision upholding federal officials' refusal to put a 71-acre parcel in trust for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians where the tribe wants to open a gambling business.

  2. March 22, 2022

    Mich. Tribe Asks DC Circ. To Reconsider Land Trust Decision

    A Michigan tribe asked the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its decision overturning a lower court's ruling on how the U.S. Department of Interior must handle land trusts, after a three-judge panel found that it has the authority to review if land purchases qualify to be taken into trust.

  3. February 04, 2022

    DC Circ. Says DOI Didn't Have To Take Tribe's Land Into Trust

    A split D.C. Circuit panel on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior wrongly refused to take Michigan land into trust for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, saying the DOI had the authority to review the land purchase and decide it didn't qualify to be taken into trust.