November 30, 2017

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 11/30


Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians seal

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petitions for certiorari were denied on 11/27/17 in:
Town of Vernon v. U.S. (Land into Trust)
Upstate Citizens for Equality v. U.S. (Land into Trust)
Coachella Valley Water District v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Federal Reserved Water Right - Groundwater)
Desert Water Agency v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Federal Reserved Water Right - Groundwater)
Petition for certiorari was filed on 11/20/17 in: Public Service Company of New Mexico v. Barboan, et al. (Condemnation - Rights of Way)
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 11/30/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Darnell v. Merchant (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies; Sentencing)
Allen v. United States of America (Tribal Membership; Federal Recognition)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
Read about a tribal groundwater case in the Land & Water section.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
We added the following bills and resolutions:
H.R.4443: Urban Indian Health Parity Act.
H.R.4485: To direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R.4419: Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act.
H.R.4436: Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and Tribes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act.
H.R.4448: To provide for an exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.
S.Res.342: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that States, cities, Tribal nations, businesses, and institutions of higher education in the United States should work towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature these articles:
The fairness of tribal court juries and non-Indian defendants.
Access to energy in Indian Counrty: The difficulties of self-determination in renewable energy development.
Continuning to work for Indian Country in the 115th Congress.
The Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act: Do Indian tribes finally hold a trump card?
Indigenous people, human rights, and consultation: The Dakota Access Pipeline.
Yellowbear v. Lampert - Putting teeth into the Religous Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act of 2000.
Salvaging the United Nations REDD Program against the backdrop of international human rights violations.
Making strategic choices: How and why Indian groups advocated for Federal Recognition from 1977-2012.
Legacy in paradise: Analyzing the Obama adiminstration's efforts of reonciliation with Native Hawaiians.
"Why should I go vote without understanding what I am going to vote for?" The impact of first generation voting.
The case against property rights in old intangible Indigenous cultural property.
Water Security.
To sue and be sued: Capacity and immunity of American Indian Nations.
(Re)Righting history: Deconstructing the Court's narrative of Hawai'i's past.
Mitigating state sovereignty: The duty to consult with Indigenous peoples.

November 16, 2017

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 11/16

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature a few articles highlighting the findings in a new survey: "Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of Native Americans.”

Photo of U.S. Supreme Court building
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Tein et al. v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (Tribal Sovereign Immunity) on 11/7/17.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bill was added:
H.R.4359: To provide rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature these articles:
An Indian by another name: Cross-border affirmative action.
Tribal sovereignty and gaming: A proposal to amend the National Labor Relations Act.

November 9, 2017

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 11/9

Secretary Tahsuda with Kiowa Black Leggings
Warrior Society. Photo: U.S. DOI



News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about the Trump administration delaying the roll-out of a controversial trust land rule.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Mitchell v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington (Tribal Taxation - Real Estate)
Redding Rancheria v. Hargan (Health Insurance - Tribally-funded Program)
Ute Indian Tribe v. Lawrence (Jurisdiction; Breach of Contract)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Rocks Off Inc. v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Jurisdiction)
Coeur D'Alene Tribe v. Johnson (Tribal Court Judgments - Full Faith and Credit)

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin   
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
The Administration for Native Americans publishes rules relating to funding areas.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.4208: Wildland Fires Act of 2017 (See Sec. 3 Definitions: (5) Indian Tribe)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature these articles:
Native Hawaiians wage an ongoing battle to organize into a sovereign nation.
"To further justice in the greater Native American community": Ethical responsibilities of a tribal attorney in disenrollment disputes.
Hope for Indian tribes in the U.S. Supreme Court?: Menominee, Nebraska v. Parker, Bryant, Dollar General.

November 2, 2017

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 11/2

NILL logo feather
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was denied in S.S. v. Colorado River Indian Tribes (Indian Child Welfare Act) on 10/30/17.
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 10/26/17.

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature a couple of articles relating to legal challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
The Stockbridge-Munsee Community v. State of Wisconsin (Gaming; Statute of Limitations)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2017.html
GTB Anishinaabek Family Services (Child Custody; Traditional Law)
In re Donn (Child Custody; Traditional Law)
Frank and Risling v. Jackson (Employment - Wrongful Termination; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Brown v. Garcia (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Disenrollment)

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
We feature a notice of the Department of Agriculture about a meeting of the office of tribal relations council for Native American farming and ranching.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
S.Res.316: A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
S.2012: Tribal Economic Assistance Act of 2017.
H.R.4164: Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature this article:
Representing states, tribes, and local governments before, during, and after a presidentially-declared disaster.