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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. October 27, 2020

    DOI Asks DC Circ. To Overturn Mich. Land-Into-Trust Ruling

    The U.S. government has urged the D.C. Circuit to overturn a lower court decision favoring a Native American tribe on its claims that the U.S. Department of the Interior wrongly refused to take Michigan land into trust for the tribe, saying the court misinterpreted a federal funding act.