Farewell to 2024 summer law clerks
Thank you to our summer law clerks for your exceptional service this summer. Your hard work, dedication, and fresh perspectives have been invaluable to our team. The NARF
Honoring Earth Day: Protecting the Sacred Straits of Mackinac
As we celebrate Earth Day, it’s crucial to reflect not only on the beauty and bounty of our planet but also on the ongoing threats it faces. One threat it currently
Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline (Bay Mills Indian Community)
Bay Mills Indian Community fights a proposed oil pipeline tunnel, which would run through their sacred homelands and impact communities, local businesses, and the environment.
Michigan Tribes Ask Court to Overturn Line 5 Tunnel Permit
The Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi filed notice on December 22, 2023, that they will appeal the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent approval of a permit for Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
Tribal Nations Stand with Bad River Band to Eject Enbridge from Reservation
Tribal Nations across the Great Lakes region asked the United States, as their treaty partner and ally, to break its silence and file a brief against the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline’s trespass on the Bad River Band’s land.
