Tribe’s Mineral Council Wins Judgment On Wind Farm Developers’ Defenses

Mealey's (January 12, 2021, 1:10 PM EST) -- TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma federal judge on Jan. 11 granted a Native American tribal mineral council judgment on five affirmative defenses asserted by wind farm developers to claims that the developers interfered with the tribe’s reserved mineral rights by excavating a site on tribal land without permission from the tribe or the United States....