September 2, 2011

NILL added new content to 5 Indian Law Bulletins on 9/01

* U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2011-2012update.htm
Petitions for certiorari filed in Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak (standing to sue) on August 25, 2011 and Evans v. Wapato Heritage (Individual Indian Money Account) U.S. payments to government contractors) on August 15, 2011 and in Seneca Telephone Company v. Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (tribal sovereign immunity) on Auguust 10, 2011.

* U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/currentcta.htm
Cases featured:
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States (gift of property to Tribe)

* U.S. Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/currentdct.htm
Cases featured:
Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States (trust funds)

* Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/currentfr.htm
This week we feature a notice from the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs on a scheduled meeting for the No Child Left Behind School Facilities and Construction Negotiated Rulemaking Committee.

* News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.htm
This week, in the "Sacred Sites" section, we feature articles relating to a suit filed by the Hopi Tribe to block AZ ski area plan to expand snowmaking using waste water.

* Law Review & Bar Journal Indian Law Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/currentlr.htm
This week we feature an article relating to Kansas criminal jurisdiction in Indian country.