July 25, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/24


Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • Access to justice: Impact of Twombly & Iqbal on state court systems.
  • Intellectual property, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions in Native American tribal codes.
  • Taos Pueblo
    The Southwest, where water rights are essential.
  • Atmospheric trust litigation: Securing a constitutional right to a stable climate system.
  • Beyond Dakota Access Pipeline: Energy development and imperative for meaningful tribal consultation.
  • Here today, gone tomorrow -- Is global climate change another white man's trick to get Indian land? The role of treaties in protecting tribes as they adapt to climate change.
  • For a lump of coal & a drop of oil: An environmentalist's critique of the Trump administration's first year of energy policies.
  • Environmental justice in the United States: The human right to water.
Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Gabriel v. Colville Business Council (Tribal Government - Expulsion of Council Member)

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Navajo Nation v. Dalley (Slip and Fall; Jurisdiction; Gaming)
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Inter Partes Review; Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Patent Law)
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Uranium Mining; Cultural Resources Protection)
Stand up for California! v. United States Department of the Interior (Gaming; Administrative Procedures Act)
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Sattgast (State Taxation)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature an article about Native American homelessness.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature notice of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, relating to Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.


U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.6414: To amend title 23, United States Code, to extend the deadline for promulgation of regulations under the tribal transportation self-governance program.
S.3216: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act.

July 13, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/12

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • American colonialism and constitutional redemption.
  • An analysis of the lack of protection for intangible tribal cultural property in the digital age.
  • Photo of water droplets.
  • The Trump public lands revolution: Redefining "the public" in public land law.
  • Global water crisis and human rights: A glass half empty.
  • The untold story of the Dakota Access Pipeline: How politics almost undermined the rule of law.
  • The distributive state and the function of tax expenditures.
  • Congressional power and sovereignty in Indian affairs.
Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma v. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State of North Dakota v. Peltier (Child Support - Concurrent Jurisdiction)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about a dispute between Maine tribes and the EPA over water quality rules.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature notices of the Department of the Interior relating to leasing regulations under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH Act) for two tribes.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.6147: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.   

July 6, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/6


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Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • The potential effects of Strugeon v. Frost on Alaska Native corporations.
  • Federal Indian Law -- First Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies Penobsoct Nation's reservation boundary -- Penobscot Nation v. Mills, 861 F.3D 324 (1st Cir. 2017).
  • "Ask me no questions": The struggle for disclosure of cultural and genetic resource utilization in design.
  • Presidential authority to revoke or reduce national monument designations.
Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Ho-Chunk, Inc. v. Sessions (Contraband Cigarettes Trafficking Act; Tribal Corporations)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State v. Nobles (Criminal Jurisdiction)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about a current land-trust case.