South Fork Band Council of We v. DOI, 09-15230; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: June 10, 2009

• Opening Brief of Appeal: 3.19.09 [PDF]
  
• Reply Brief: 4.20.09 [PDF]
  
• Oral Arguments before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [right click and 'Save Target As' to download]
• WMA Format [4.83 MB]

Western Shoshone v. USA, 06-16214; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: April 15, 2008

• Brief: 279 Fed. Appx. 980; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 10885
  
• Oral Arguments before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [right click and 'Save Target As' to download]
  
• WMA Format [2.24 MB]

United States v. Dann: 1978 - 1984

• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; 572 F.2d 222; 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12167: March 15, 1978
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; 706 F.2d 919; 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 27542: January 13, 1982
• Supreme Court of the United States; 470 U.S. 39; 105 S. Ct. 1058; 84 L. Ed. 2d 28; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 50; 53 U.S.L.W. 4169: November 5, 1984

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States

Mary and Carrie Dann v. United States, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Case No. 11.140, Report No. 75/02, Dec. 27, 2002.

• Final Merits Report
  
• In English [PDF]
• En Español [HTML]

• Petitioners’ Supplemental Submission: Brief on the Merits [PDF]

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

• Western Shoshone Shadow Report on US Periodic Report to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the United Nations, 75th Session (August 2009). [PDF]

• Western Shoshone Supplemental Report submitted by the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, the Yomba Shoshone Tribe, the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone and the Wells Band of Western Shoshone (February 2008). [PDF]

• Western Shoshone Response to the US Periodic Report submitted by the Western Shoshone National Council, the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, and the Yomba Shoshone Tribe (December 2007). [PDF]

• Early Warning and Urgent Action Decision by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued against the United States for violating the human rights of the Western Shoshone people (March 2006). [PDF]
• Western Shoshone Defense Project Press Release on Publication of UN Decision

• Update to Second Request For Urgent Action under Early Warning Procedure to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the United Nations, by Western Shoshone groups and the Western Shoshone National Council (February 26, 2006). [PDF]

• Second Request for Urgent Action under Early Warning Procedure to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the United Nations, by the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Winnemucca Indian Colony and Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Western Shoshone People in Relation to the United States of America (July 2005). [PDF]

• Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: United States of America, 14/08/2001, U.N. Doc. A/56/18, paras. 380 - 407. (Concluding Observations/Comments). [PDF] 
• En español. [PDF]

• Amended Request for Urgent Action under Early Warning Procedure to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the United Nations, by the Yomba Shoshone Tribe and Ely Shoshone Tribe of the Western Shoshone People in Relation to the United States of America (July 2000). [PDF]