Wyandot Nation of Kansas v. United States

Indian Tribe Claims for Tribal Trust Fund Mismanagement; Rule 12(b)(1) and (b)(6) Motion to Dismiss; Fiduciary Duties Owed to Indian Tribes; 28 U.S.C. § 2501; Statute of Limitations; Effect of Appropriations Act Riders; Standing

OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

WHEELER, Judge.

This case involves an Indian Tribe’s claims that accrued in the nineteenth century. For Indian Tribes that qualify for a “full and complete accounting” of then* treaty trust funds pursuant to the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, Congress has permitted claims relating to the treaty…