Idaho Federal Court Dismisses Suit against Nez Perce Tribal Judiciary

Here are the materials in Souther v. Nez Perce Tribe Judicial Services (D. Idaho):

1 Complaint

4-1 Motion to Dismiss

8 Response

9 Reply

11 DCT Order

Retired SCT Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is Dead

NYTs

CNN

Just realizing now SOC retired pre-Turtle Talk so we never put together a post-retirement thing like we did for Stevens, RBG, et al. Guess it’ll give me something to do in the coming days.

Montana Federal Bankruptcy Court Allows Tribal Lodging Tax Claim against Campground

Here are the materials in In re Eagle Bear Inc. (D. Mont. Bkrcy.):

Prior post here.

American Indians [Smithsonian Magazine] Profile of Pokagon Band Peacemaking Court

Here is “Native Negotiations are a Winning Alternative to Courts.

Santee Sioux Sues IHS over Offset of Federal Funds

Here are the materials in Santee Sioux Nation v. Tso (D. Neb.):

1 Complaint

3 Brief ISO Motion for Preiminary Injunction

Press Release

Ninth Circuit Briefs in L.B. v. United States [sexual assault by tribal police]

Here:

Other briefs TK.

Here are the federal district court materials:

Montana SCT decision here.

Breanna Bollig on Indian Education Rights

Breanna K. Bollig has published “Improving Public Schools: What Advocates Can Learn From Indian Education Rights” in the Journal of Law and Education.

An except:

Unbeknownst to most education advocates, though, is that Indian education rights provide critical lessons on how to improve schools and the right to education. Just as tribal nations—as separate sovereigns that are capable of enacting their own laws—are considered “laboratories of legal innovation,” there is massive potential for studying Indian education rights. With its successes and failures, education advocates can look to Indian education rights to better develop a strategy to improve public schools. In fact, education advocates could have much needed guidance in asking vital questions surrounding inadequate and inequitable public schools. For example, how should the states and the federal government share the responsibility of education in the United States? How should a federal right to education be created? How can we better hold inadequate and inequitable schools accountable? What other strategies can we use to improve inadequate and inequitable schools?

New Mexico COA Dismisses Effort to Force School District Consultation with Navajo Nation over Reopening of Schools During Pandemic

Here is the order in National Education Association of New Mexico v. Central Consolidated School District (N.M. Ct. App.):

North Carolina Federal Court Dismisses Employment Action against Harrah’s EBCI Casino [Rule 19]

Here are the materials in Peterson v. Harrah’s NC Casino Company LLC (W.D. N.C.):

SCOTUS Grants and Consolidates Indian Health Service Cert Petitions on Contract Support Costs for Third Party Income

Here was yesterday’s order list.

The petitions are here.