Turtle Talk

Happy New Year, and here are the top stories for the last year.

1. Cobell Settlement appeals rejected (DC Circuit opinion)
2. Grand Canyon Skywalk dispute (arbitration award and district court decision)
3. Tribal Trust Settlements plus IRS treatment of settlement funds
4. Tribal payday lenders (FTC suit, Nathalie Martin law review article, Illinois DCT materials)
5. Tribal workers not immune in federal court (Maxwell v. County of San Diego)
6. Cherokee Freedmen cases (Cherokee Nation v. Nash & Vann v. Salazar)
7. Salazar v. Patchak (opinion, commentary)
8. Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter (opinion, commentary)
9. KG Urban v. Patrick (DCT and CA1)
10. NAGPRA suit involving Jim Thorpe’s remains
11. Ninth Circuit’s sanctioning of Howard Shanker in San Francisco Peaks appeal (opinion and vacature)
12. Santa Ysabel unsuccessfully files for bankruptcy
13. Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
14. Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community
15. Adoptive Couple v. Cherokee Nation
16. Oklahoma v. Hobia — Broken Arrow Casino
17. Violence against Women Act reauthorization/SAVE Native Women Act (Draft Cantor Bill, law profs letter)
18. Encana Oil & Gas v. St. Clair
19. Tejon Indian Tribe federal re-recognition
20. Judge Betty Fletcher Walks On

Plus, there were some interesting cultural developments that aren’t really Indian law related, but important nonetheless.

• No Doubt pulls offensive music video (Open Letter by Angela Riley)
• Navajo Nation suit against Urban Outfitter
• 20/20 story on Lakota children in poverty
• Tuscon Unified School District Bans Books about Indian Law
• Louise Erdrich’s The Round House Wins National Book Award