Judicial

The Navajo Nation (Nation) and the Board of Directors of Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc. (SASI) (collectively “Appellants”) appeal from a September 26, 2003, decision by the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs (PDAS) and the Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The PDAS refused to consider and approve a proposed …

2004- Navajo Nation and Board of Directors of Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc. v. Office of Indian Education Programs and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Read More »

Appellant 33rd Business Committee of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma (Tribes) seeks review of a Recommended Decision issued on February 12, 2004, by Administrative Law Judge Richard L. Reeh in a matter arising under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 450- 450n. Judge Reeh recommended that the November …

2004- Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, 33rd Business Committee of v. Superintendent and Awarding Official, Concho Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs Read More »

Appellant Clifford McKenzie, Chairman, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma (Tribe) appealed a March 18, 2003, Notice of Reassumption of certain programs contracted to the Tribe under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. The notice was issued by the Senior Awarding Official, Southern Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Office; BIA). On October 28, …

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Sharon Wasson, Thomas Wasson, Andrea Davidson, and Elverine Castro (Appellants) seek review of a March 9, 2004 decision of the Western Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Director; BIA), rejecting an application from Appellants to contract Bureau programs under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), Pub. L. 93-638, 25 U.S.C. § 450 …

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On May 21, 2003, the Board of Indian Appeals (Board) received a notice of appeal from an Appellant which identified itself as the Kaw Nation of Oklahoma (Nation). The notice of appeal sought review of two decisions issued by the Acting Southern Plains Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Regional Director; BIA), on March 17 …

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