Fond du Lac Band Ojibwe Sues Chemical Companies over PFAS

Here is the complaint in Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa v. The 3M Company (D.S.C.):

Onondaga Land Petition Proceeds in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States

Here are relevant materials:

Ninth Circuit Affirms No Casino in Plymouth v. NIGC [Ione Band]

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Briefs:

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Pro Se ICRA Suit Brought by Terminated Employee

Here is the unpublished opinion in Villasenor v. Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians.

The tribe’s brief:

Ninth Circuit Rejects Effort to Stop Lithium Mine in Nevada

Here is the unpublished opinion in Western Watersheds Project v. McCullough. And same for the Bartell Ranch/Burns Paiute case.

Selected briefs:

Lower court materials here.

United Nations 16th Session Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Sheryl Lightfoot of Keewenaw Bay Indian Community is the Chairperson

Washington State Bar News Indian Law Issue — July/August 2023

Here:

Includes:


• An overview of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.

• An interview with Tom Tremaine, a retired tribal court judge and long-time Indian law practitioner.

• An inside look at the recently launched state cold case unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People.

• The Washington Women Lawyers Yakima scholarship and mentorship program called the Women of Color Legal Education Fund.

• A Q&A with Indian Law Section Chair Bree Black Horse.

A comprehensive Indian law resource guide created by King County law librarians.

Washington Federal Court Affirms Muckleshoot Tribal Court Jurisdiction over Marriage Dissolution

Here are the materials in Turpen v. Muckleshoot Tribal Court (W.D. Wash.):

Angela Riley on Indigenous Property Rights for Jagenenon

Angela R. Riley has published “Before Mine!: Indigenous Property Rights for Jagenagenon,” a review of Michael Heller and James Salzman’s book, “Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives,” in the Harvard Law Review. PDF

Plat of Pottawatomie Indian Reservation. 1873