At the heart of the lawsuit is the failure of the federal government to consult tribes before deciding to cut Bureau of Indian Education employees, which greatly impacted the tribes left out of the conversation.
Pueblo of Isleta, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes — located in New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, respectively — are the tribal nations who initiated the lawsuit, and they argue the lack of consultation violated multiple “statutory obligations and the rights of Tribal Nations and students.”
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are the only tribal nation involved in the legal battle in Oklahoma…