Indigenous fight for Indigenous children: Shut down law office as Supreme Court hears case

Indigenous Organizers and Allies Fight for Indian Child Welfare Act: Shutting Gibson Dunn's Washington D.C. Law Office

By Ikiya Collective

Censored News

Nov. 9, 2022

WASHINGTON D.C -- This morning Indigenous organizers and allies shut down the lobby of the Gibson Dunn law firm in Washington D.C, protesting their involvement in trying to strike down the Indian Child Welfare Act for their big oil client, Energy Transfer.

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Brackeen V. Haaland today and will decide if they will gut ICWA in 2023, which will further weaken tribal sovereignty. Organizers entered the lobby with a drum singing prayer songs before security removed them from the building.

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Divided Ninth Circuit Appeals Court leads Apache Stronghold to Supreme Court

Divided Ninth Circuit Appeals Court leads Apache Stronghold to Supreme Court

By Apache Stronghold

Censored News

Friday, June 24, 2022

Updated June 25, 2020

French translation by Christine Prat

https://chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=7179

SAN CARLOS, Arizona – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision ruled that the request for a preliminary injunction to halt the land exchange of Oak Flat be denied. Apache Stronghold—a coalition of Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies, which is represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty—has vowed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court immediately.

 

The Preliminary Injunction would have stopped Resolution Copper, a foreign owned mining company, from gaining control over Oak Flat through a land exchange, until the court case, Apache Stronghold vs. the U.S. was decided. The court ruled that Apache Stronghold's case against the United States had no likelihood of winning.