Turtle Talk

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management (Fiduciary Trust; Geothermal Steam Act)
Dakota Rural Action v. Noem (Keystone XL Pipeline)

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following bills were recently proposed in the House and the Senate:
H.R.4449 – To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to add access to telecommunications and information services in Indian country
S.2534 – A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
S.2541 – A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

• ICWA and the unwed father.
• Native American religious freedom as a collective right.
• Judge Murphy’s Indian law legacy.
• Not all Agua is Caliente: Proposing the Winters groundwater test.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• ‘It has been a long time coming’: Minnesota MMIW Task Force to hold first meeting
• Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act inches forward on Capitol Hill
• United Methodist Church gives historic mission site and land back to Wyandotte Nation
• Grant-funded Native American treatment court produces first graduates in Great Falls
• Ponca Chief Standing Bear completes one last journey of triumph
• New Mexico delegation announces funding for Native libraries