INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION ACT (ISDA) DECISIONS

INDEX OF ISDA APPEALS DECIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Part 2 - "N" through "Z"



This index includes final administrative decisions in ISDA appeals filed under 25 C.F.R. Part 900, Subpart L. It also includes some decisions that were the subject of further administrative appeals. Although reasonably complete, this index should not be considered absolutely comprehensive.


  • ALJ = Decision by an Administrative Law Judge, Department of the Interior
  • IBIA = Decision by the Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Department of the Interior
  • HHS = Decision by the Departmental Appeals Board, Department of Health and Human Services

* Decisions added April 15, 2008

NAME OF CASE
DATE
CITATION/LINK
Naknek Native Village v. Alaska Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
02/22/2005
IBIA 05-22-A
Navajo Nation v. Acting Navajo Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
01/18/2007
IBIA 00-37--A
* Navajo Nation v. Acting Chief, Center for School Improvement, Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
09/21/2007
IBIA 06-42-A
Navajo Nation v. Albuquerque Area Contracting Officer, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
04/23/2003
IBIA 97-172-A IBIA 98-99-A
Navajo Nation v. Navajo Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
07/29/2004
IBIA 03-104-A
Navajo Nation v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
IBIA
01/27/1998
32 IBIA 19
Navajo Nation and Board of Directors of Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc. v. Office of Indian Education Programs and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
IBIA
05/10/2004
40 IBIA 2
Ninilchik Traditional Council v. Director, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Indian Health Service
ALJ
10/14/1999
IBIA 99-72-A
Ninilchik Traditional Council
HHS
12/07/1999
A-2000-17
Decision 1711

(IBIA 99-72-A)
Ninilchik Traditional Council v. Director, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Indian Health Service
ALJ
08/02/2000
IBIA 99-72-A
Ninilchik Traditional Council v. Director, Contracting Officer, Juneau BIA Area Office
ALJ
03/31/2000
IBIA 00-10-A
Nome Eskimo Community v. Deputy Juneau Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
09/27/1999
IBIA 99-51-A

Oglala Sioux Tribe
Note: The link will take you to the decision on the HHS Departmental Appeals Board website

HHS
07/23/2003

A-03-81
Decision 1891

(IBIA 03-57-A)

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska v. Acting Aberdeen Area Director Indian Health Service
ALJ
01/22/1999
IBIA 98-30-A
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska v. Acting Aberdeen Area Director Indian Health Service
ALJ
04/28/1999
IBIA 98-49-A
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah v. Phoenix Area Director, Indian Health Service
ALJ
10/29/2001
IBIA 01-41-A
* Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) v. Southern Paiute Agency Superintendent, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
01/22/2008
IBIA 07-92-A
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona v. Acting Director, Tucson Area Office, Indian Health Service
IBIA, ALJ, and HHS (9 decisions)
IBIA 98-61-A
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona v. Acting Director, Tucson Area Office, Indian Health Service
IBIA
06/01/2007
45 IBIA 55
(IBIA 07-104-A)
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
01/06/1999
HD/ISDA 99-6
Point No Point Treaty Council v. Northwest Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
05/15/2007
IBIA 06-111-A
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe v. Director, Phoenix Area, Indian Health Service
ALJ
01/31/2003
IBIA 03-1-A
Quartz Valley Reservation v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
01/06/1999
HD/ISDA 99-5
Quileute Indian Tribe v. Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
09/08/1999
34 IBIA 98
Rapid City Indian Health Board, Inc. v. Director, Aberdeen Area Office, Indian Health Service
ALJ
08/29/1997
IBIA 97-100-A
Rapid City Indian Health Board, Inc. v. Director, Aberdeen Area Office, Indian Health Service
ALJ
12/09/1998
IBIA 97-100-A
Riverside San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. v. Director, Indian Health Service, and Director, California Area Office, Indian Health Service
ALJ
05/27/2004
IBIA 99-48-A
Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
11/18/2002
HD/ISDA 2000-1
Samish Indian Nation v. Northwest Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
01/27/2003
IBIA 03-22-A
IBIA 03-23-A
San Felipe, Pueblo of v. Senior Contracting Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ALJ
04/14/2006
IBIA 06-17-A
San Lucy District of the Tohono O'odham Nation v. Director, Phoenix Area, Indian Health Service
ALJ
06/01/2001
IBIA 99-78-A
IBIA 00-53-A
San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
01/21/1999
HD/ISDA 99-2
Santa Clara, Pueblo of v. Superintendent, Northern Pueblos Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
06/01/2007
IBIA 07-83-A
Selawik, Native Village of v. Contracting Officer, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
07/25/2000
IBIA 00-79-A
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Acting Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
02/26/2002
37 IBIA 154
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Acting Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
06/26/2006
IBIA 01-112-A
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
03/16/2005
IBIA 05-33-A
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
10/04/2005
41 IBIA 277
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
07/21/2004
IBIA 04-72-A
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
03/16/2005
IBIA 05-15-A
Skokomish Indian Tribe v. Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
10/24/1996
IBIA 96-112-A
Skokomish Indian Tribe v. Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
08/14/1997
IBIA 97-90-A
Skokomish Indian Tribe v. Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
09/12/1997
31 IBIA 156
(IBIA 97-90-A)
Southcentral Foundation v. Acting Director, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Indian Health Service
ALJ
03/03/1999
IBIA 98-44-A
Southern Indian Health Council v. Director, Indian Health Service
ALJ
03/17/1999
IBIA 99-37-A
Southern Indian Health Council
HHS
04/29/1999
A-99-45
Decision 1687

(IBIA 99-37-A)
Southern Indian Health Council v. Director, California Area Office, Indian Health Service
ALJ
11/18/2005
IBIA 99-37-A
Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Acting Albuquerque Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
02/26/2001
36 IBIA 28

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
Note: The link will take you to the decision on the HHS Departmental Appeals Board website


HHS

01/17/2002
A-02-12
Decision 1808

(IBIA 99-40-A,
00-57-A, and
01-88-A)
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Area Director, Nashville Area, Indian Health Service
ALJ
10/02/2002
IBIA 99-40-A,
00-57-A, and
01-88-A
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
Note: The link will take you to the decision on the HHS Departmental Appeals Board website

HHS

12/04/2002
A-03-14
Decision 1859

(IBIA 99-40-A,
00-57-A, and
01-88-A)
Suquamish Indian Tribe v. Portland Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
02/05/2001
IBIA 99-75-A
Susanville Indian Rancheria v. Director, California Area Office, Indian Health Service
ALJ and HHS
(8 decisions)
IBIA 97-89-A
Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc. v. Acting Associate Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management
ALJ
08/14/1998
IBIA 98-51-A
Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc. v. Acting Associate Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management
IBIA
10/05/1998
33 IBIA 51
(IBIA 98-51-A)
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada v. Superintendent, Eastern Nevada Agency and Commander, District III, Western Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs

ALJ

09/17/2002
IBIA 02-6-A
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
11/04/2004
40 IBIA 144
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Awarding Official, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
09/28/2005
41 IBIA 259
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Great Plains Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation
ALJ
12/22/2005
IBIA 05-7-A
* Trenton Indian Service Area v. Billings Area Director, Indian Health Service
ALJ
09/20/2007
IBIA 07-106-A
Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation v. Navajo Area Director, Indian Health Service
ALJ
05/01/2006
IBIA 06-22-A
Wasson, Sharon, et al. v. Acting Western Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
10/27/2003
39 IBIA 174
Wasson, Sharon, et al. v. Western Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
01/24/2006
42 IBIA 141
Wells Band Council, Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada v. Phoenix Area Director, Indian Health Service
ALJ
07/26/2005
IBIA 05-17-A
White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians v. Acting Director, Office of Self-Governance, Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALJ
05/18/2007
IBIA 07-65-A
Williams, Leona v. Superintendent, Central California Agency and Director, California Area Office, Indian Health Service
IBIA
02/23/2004
39 IBIA 240
Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc.
Note: The link will take you to the decision on the HHS Departmental Appeals Board website
HHS
06/28/2004

A-04-115
Decision 1928

(IBIA 04-17-A and 04-45-A)

Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc. v. Director, Navajo Area Indian Health Service
ALJ
08/29/2006
IBIA 04-17-A IBIA 04-45-A
Yavapai-Apache Nation v. Deputy Director, Office of Law Enforcement Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs
IBIA
07/28/2005
41 IBIA 141
Yerington Paiute Tribe v. Director, Phoenix Area Indian Health Service
ALJ
10/15/2001
IBIA 01-118-A
Yerington Paiute Tribe v. Director, Indian Health Service
ALJ
03/12/2007
IBIA 06-55-A
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This page added May 10, 2004, and last updated April 15, 2008.