Ninth Circuit Denies Attorney Fees to Chicken Ranch

Here is the opinion in Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California v. State of California.

Briefs here.

Oral Argument in LDF v. Coughlin

Audio here.

Transcript here.

D.C. Circuit Allows North Dakota to Intervene in Missouri Riverbed Suit between MHA Nation and Interior Dept.

Here are the materials in MHA Nation v. Dept. of the Interior:

Opinion

Montana SCT Briefs in Monroe v. Boggs [Blackfeet Tribal Court Child Custody Matter]

Here:

California Prevails over Alturas Rancheria in IGRA Good Faith Negotiations Suit

Here are the materials in Alturas Indian Rancheria v. Newsom (E.D. Cal.):

Prior post with complaint here.

SCOTUSBlog Preview of LDF v. Coughlin

Here.

U.S. Senators’ Letter to UC-Berkeley re NAGPRA Non-Compliance

Here.

ProPublica background reporting here.

Multicultural Center Lecture: “Through Generations: The History of Boarding Schools and the Important Journey Toward Healing”

ABA SEER “Community Conversation” re: Arizona v. Navajo Nation Supreme Court Argument

Here.

Title: Arizona v. Navajo Nation, U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Debrief

Date/Time: April 20, 2023, 12–1 pm Mountain Time.

Registration link: https://americanbar.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqf-uprDgtHNJdop7wBRttqIpyu3j9-Xw2#/registration

Description: Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, a case that pertains to the Navajo Nation’s claims to water rights in the mainstem of the Colorado River and the United States’ trust obligation to assess and assert those rights under the Court’s more-than-century-old Winters doctrine. Although this current case ostensibly relates to one Tribe’s rights to one specific water source, the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling could have ripple effects for Native Nations across the United States as they seek to assert, quantify, and settle their water rights in ongoing adjudications nationwide. Join law professors Heather Whiteman Runs Him (University of Arizona), Derrick Beetso (Arizona State University), and Heather Tanana (University of Utah) for a discussion about the Arizona v. Navajo Nation oral arguments, the potentially wide-ranging implications of the case, and their work on the amicus briefs they coauthored and submitted to the Court, during this free virtual event sponsored by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ (SEER) Native American Resources Committee and Water Resources Committee.

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Elects An Echohawk, An Echo-Hawk, Tiya Miles, Wes Studi, Stephanie Fryberg, and a Fletcher

Fun stuff.

Here’s my acceptance letter:

Hungry baby eating 1930s era Interior Department propaganda.

Not as cool as Joy Harjo’s letter from a few years back: