Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. United States

OPINION

BRUGGINK, Judge.

These cases involve numerous claims filed by the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and the Red Lake Band for allegedly illegal or otherwise, improper actions by the United States in the conduct of its affairs with the plaintiff Indians over the more than a century and a half since the parties first attempted to regularize their relationship by treaties. Currently before the court are eight motions for summary judgment, four filed by plaintiffs and four by defendant. Disposition of these motions will resolve only a minor portion of the pending cases, but any progress made in…