FLETCHER v. United States

In the United States Court of Federal Claims No. 19-1246 Filed: August 5, 2025 ) WILLIAM FLETCHER, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ) Jason Bjorn Aamodt, Indian and Environmental Law Group, LLC, Tulsa, OK, for plaintiffs. Sara E. Costello and Anthony P. Hoang, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for defendant. OPINION AND ORDER SMITH, Senior Judge When “settlers displaced the Osage Nation from its native lands” more than a century ago, “the federal government shunted the tribe onto the open prairie in…