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Below is a list of recent legal cases related to Indian education. Click on the highlighted case name to retrieve more information about the case.

In some cases you will be directed to information from the National Indian Law Library's Indian law case bulletins.

Federal:

New Item -- Overview of major supreme court decisions regarding education during 2006-2007.

Case Update - Parents, school settle Indian inequity lawsuit

Case Update - The Court issued a decision in the Zuni Public School District, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. case on April 17, 2007.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Zuni Impact Aid equalization case in New Mexico

Federal Court in New Mexico halts BIE OIEP restructuring there

Jock, et al. v. Ransom, et al. (Mohawk Thanksgiving Address case), United States District Court, Northern District of New York, Case No. 7:05-cv-01108, TJM-GJD - Complaint and Answer.

Yankton Sioux Tribe, et al., v. Kempthorne, US District Court District of South Dakota, Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Injunction, 07/14/06

Zephier v. United States, Federal Court of Clams, October 29, 2004.

Columbia Falls Elementary School Dist. v. State of Montana, 2004 WL 844055, U.S. District Court, Montana, April 15, 2004.

Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Bishop Estate, 295 F. Supp. 2d. 1141, U.S. District Court, Hawai'i, December 8, 2003.

Holz v. Nenana City Public School District, 347 F. 3d. 1176, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, October 30, 2003.

Grutter v. Bollinger, 123 S. Ct. 2325, United States Supreme Court, June 23, 2003.

Vencel v. BUG-O-NAY-GE-SHIG, 262 F. Supp. 2d. 1001, U.S. District Court, Minnesota, May 16, 2003.

Wide Ruins Community School v. Chee, 281 F. Supp. 2d. 1086, U.S. District Court, Arizona, April 22, 2003.

Bitsilly v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 253 F. Supp. 2d. 1257, U.S. District Court, New Mexico, March 17, 2003.


State:

Michigan Education Association v. Superintendent of Public Instruction et al., Court of Appeals of Michigan, Aug. 1, 2006

Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Public School v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Court of Appeals of Michigan, October 26, 2004.

Azure v. Belcourt Public School Dist., 2004 ND 128, North Dakota Supreme Court, June 30, 2004.

Columbia Falls Elementary School District No. 6 v. State, Supreme Court of Montana, March 22, 2004


Tribal:

No cases to report at this time.


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