Indigenous leaders and climate groups respond to West Virginia vs. EPA

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rule that limits the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses from the power sector using a specific provision of the Clean Air Act.

US Supreme Court Underwrites Settler Violence Upon Indigenous Communities

Today, the US Supreme Court made its decision in the case West Virginia v EPA. In this decision the court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has limited ability to regulate carbon emissions and the US energy sector.

Current affairsLast Real IndiansJune 30, 2022Supreme Court, Last Real Indians, EPA, climate change

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: Supreme Court Upends the Rules. Again.

States now have concurrent authority to prosecute non-Indians for crimes against Indians in Indian Country.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansJune 30, 2022Supreme Court

Supreme Court Releases Decision Striking Against Tribal Sovereignty in Castro-Huerta Case

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, overturned the long-held understanding that states do not have authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.

SCOTUS Upholds Oklahoma’s McGirt Decision: Governor Stitt & Big Oil Lose

On Monday, November 29, anti-Indigenous Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s futile attempts to undermine and destroy tribal sovereignty through legal avenues ended for good when the US Supreme Court refused his request to reexamine their 2020 McGirt ruling.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansNovember 30, 2021Last Real Indians, Supreme Court, oklahoma, McGritt

Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down

Owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) must halt operations while the government conducts a full-fledged analysis examining the risk DAPL poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal judge ruled today. The court decision delivered a hard-fought victory to the Tribe, which has been engaged in a high-profile struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline since 2016.