QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding, in the first federal or state appellate decision to directly consider the question, that an Indian tribe has not been divested of its inherent authority to prosecute a tribal…
Cert Petition regarding the question of the Little River Band’s criminal jurisdiction over off-reservation crimes affecting core tribal government interests. Questions presented: 1. Whether Indian tribes can prosecute their members for acts that occur outside the tribe’s territory absent Congressional…
Download order here. Link to previously posted en Banc petition here.
Here: Kelsey Petition for Rehearing en Banc Panel decision and materials here.
Here is the opinion in Kelsey v. Pope: 59-2 Opinion 59-3 Judgment Briefs here.
Here: Appellant Opening Brief + Appendices NCAI Amicus Brief + Appendix US Amicus Brief Kelsey Brief NACDL Amicus Brief Reply Brief Lower court materials here.
This is a case on tribal court jurisdiction out of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. The tribe owns the Tribal Community Center in fee, where the criminal act between two tribal members occurred. The petitioner claims the tribal…
Here: PDF Front Pages Articles PDF Traditional Jurisprudence and Protection of Our Society: A Jurisgenerative Tail Gregory H. Bigler PDF Trust Lands for the Native Hawaiian Nation: Lessons from Federal Indian Law Precedents Lane Kaiwi Opulauoho Comments PDF Indigenous…
Here: The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/3/19. U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2018-2019update.html Petitions for certiorari were filed in these cases: Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa (Bankruptcy;…
Here: Current Issue: Volume 43, Number 1 (2018) PDF Front Pages Articles PDF Traditional Jurisprudence and Protection of Our Society: A Jurisgenerative Tail Gregory H. Bigler PDF Trust Lands for the Native Hawaiian Nation: Lessons from Federal Indian Law Precedents…
