Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma v. Lujan

OPINION

STANLEY S. HARRIS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin defendants from recognizing and dealing with a newly-created independent Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiffs’ motion is denied, defendants’ motion is granted, and the case is dismissed.

Background

The Kickapoo Indians migrated south from present-day Wisconsin and Illinois in the early part of the nineteenth century, eventually settling in Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico. The…