Tribes and Native voter organizations successfully argued that a new Montana law that restricted ballot collection made it prohibitively difficult for Native voters.
In this case the Klamath Tribes’ treaty water rights were confirmed once again as the most senior water rights in the basin; rights which are critical to protect the Tribes’ fisheries and traditional way of life for future generations.
After more than a hundred years of battling the federal government for recognition, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians was legislatively recognized by Congress.