I developed a short paper for the Federal Reserve Bank’s series on Racism and the Economy, “Systemic Racism and the Dispossession of Indigenous Wealth in the United States,” posted here.
Here is a video of today’s program. April Youpee-Roll was part of the program, too, and provided important commentary on heirship and federal Indian policy.
Toward Freedom: Photo Essay: Indigenous Struggle Against Enbridge Lines 3 and 5
UP Matters: Providing “Hope Not Handcuffs” at the Bay Mills Police Department
UP Matters: Bay Mills President Whitney Gravelle shares the impact of intergenerational trauma on addiction
UP Matters: Preventing addiction using a cultural approach in Native communities
Peninsula Press: Indigenous groups demand shut down of Michigan pipeline
Deadline Detroit: Reporting On Indian Boarding School Is Painfully Personal For Michigan Journalist
MLive: Dozens of Michigan schools still use Native American slurs, imagery
Native News Online: Washington Tribe Waits to Resume Whaling
Tribal Business News: Puyallup Tribe inks deal with Amazon for massive sorting center on tribal land
Tampa Bay Times: Florida officials and Tribe win Round 1 in legal fight over sports betting
Times Standard: Humboldt County supes OK deal between Child Welfare Services, Hoopa Valley Tribe
The Spokesman-Review: Homesteading family’s lasting legacy realized in agreement to return nearly 10,000 acres of habitat to Colville Tribes in conservation deal
Williston Herald: MHA Nation family’s oil spill suit dismissed after discovery sanctions limited damages to $1
Michigan Indian Legal Services and Uniting Three Fires Against Violence present a discussion with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Angeline Boulley. The author of Firekeeper’s Daughter will present with special legal guests and discuss the book, domestic violence, and criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands. The discussion will provide an interesting dissection of the relevant topics, along with the book’s unique setting in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Audience members are encouraged to bring their questions.
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Free and open to all
Angeline Boulley, Author of Firekeeper’s Daughter
Jeff Davis, of Counsel with Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, former AUSA Western District of Michigan
Hon. Jocelyn K. Fabry, Chief Judge of the Sault Ste. Marie Tirbe of Chippewa Indians Tribal Court
Hon. Melissa L. Pope, Chief Judge of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potowatomi Tribal Court
The Rennard Strickland Lecture Series was established in 2006 to honor the legacy of Dean Rennard Strickland and to build on his contributions to the field of Indian law and to legal education. The theme of the lecture series is the examination of native leadership and vision for environmental stewardship in the 21st century. This year’s speaker will be
Here is the opinion in West Flagler Associates Ltd. v. DeSantis (N.D. Fla.):
Briefs are here.
Lansing State Journal: Anishinaabemowin class aims to save Michigan’s first language
NPR: The National Park Service could soon have its first Native American director
WaPo: The nomination of Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service is already changing history
Casino.org: US Supreme Court to Hear Texas Tribal Gaming Case, Could Impact Claims in Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts
Times Higher Education: US universities ponder massive debt to Native Americans: In year since land-grant institutions learned they were funded by theft, serious conversations have barely begun
KLCC: Ancient Native American forest practices demonstrated in burn near Eugene
Green Entrepreneur: Native Americans Jump Way Ahead in Selling Legal Cannabis
Here are the materials in Treasure v. Bureau of Indian Affairs (D. Mont.):
For those committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession, Texas A&M University School of Law announces the Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Fellows Program at Texas A&M University School of Law.
The ACES program is a two-year fellowship designed to help early career legal scholars get the training and mentoring necessary to become successful members of the legal academy. Funded by Texas A&M’s Office of the Provost and administered by the University’s Office for Diversity, the fellowship is designed to help early career scholars who are strongly committed to diversity.
The position has a light teaching load (one class per year) to enable the Fellow to focus on advancing their research agenda, scholarship (including at least one published article), and other necessary skills in anticipation of seeking a tenure-track, faculty position on the law school teaching market. Faculty are committed to providing the mentoring necessary to help the Fellow to succeed on the legal academic job market and in the legal academy.
Details:
–24-month term, starting between July 1- August 10, 2022.
–Teach one class per year
–$60,000 annual salary plus benefits
–$4,500 annual travel and development fund
–Reimbursement of moving expenses
–Eligibility: Must have earned JD or PhD degree between January 1, 2012 and July 1, 2022
Thomas Mitchell, Brendan Maher, and Huyen Pham are on the appointments committee for this fellowship. Please feel free to reach out to any of them with questions.
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