Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Reservation Dogs Wins Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series and Ensemble Cast

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Not a lot of Hollywood Reporter or AV Club news links on this site, but here we are.

Minnesota Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Mille Lacs Band Suit against County Attorney and Sheriff after Remand from Eighth Circuit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the updated materials in Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. County of Mille Lacs (D. Minn.):

292 CA8 Order Dismissing Appeal

305 County Sheriff Motion to Dismiss

308 Response

310 Reply

312-dct-order-1Download

Prior post here.

Community house on the agency near Vineland Bay on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota

Grist: “Do salmon have rights?”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Siwash Indian fishing for salmon – pushing down the net, Fraser River, B.C., Canada

Strict Scrutiny Podcast Episode on the Denezpi Argument: “Indian Law Hall of Fame”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Blurb: “Leah recaps Denezpi v. United States, an important case about tribal sovereignty, with Matthew Fletcher(Michigan State University & Chief Justice of the Pokagon band of Potawatomi Indians Court of Appeals) & April Youpee-Roll (Munger Tolles & Olson), which may involve … Neil Gorsuch’s heel turn in Indian law?!?”

Topside Briefs in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

petitioners-briefDownload

Amicus briefs:

Oklahoma DAs and Sheriffs Amicus Brief

Police Chiefs Amicus Brief

Polluters Amicus Brief

States Amicus Brief Supporting Oklahoma

Tulsa Amicus Brief

Reply

Cert stage and lower court materials here.

MCN Supreme Court Decides Thlopthlocco Tribal Town v. Anderson

Matthew L.M. Fletcher
doc.-19-order-and-opinion-02282022Download
Annual Report of Extension and Industry, Five Civilized Tribes, Muskogee, OK, 1940

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Upper Skagit v. Sauk-Suiattle [U.S. v. Washington subproceeding 20-01]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Sauk-Suiattle Opening Brief

220429 Answer Brief of Appellees Upper Skagit

220429 Answer Brief of Intervenor-PL-Appellee Swinomish

220617 – FINAL Reply (filed)

Sauk-Suiattle fishermen on the Skagit River in 1985. The location was near Mount Vernon, Washington, and it was known as Sauk Camp because of the large number of Sauk-Suiattle boats that were kept there.

Lower court materials here and here.

Columbia Law School Panel: “Faith and Native Communities: Fighting for Freedom of – and from – Religion”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

36th Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference, University of Wisconsin Law School March 3rd through the 5th

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The 36th Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference is taking place March 3rd through March 5th. This conference is the longest-running Federal Indian Law conference in the country. The areas of Federal Indian law that this year’s conference encompass a multitude of subjects, cases, and experts, such as: the success of tribes at the United States Supreme Court; the newly amended Oneida gaming compact and its impact on the future of Wisconsin gaming; the current state of ICWA; an Ethics panel, and more. Aurene Martin (UW ‘93), Managing Partner and Founding Member of Spirit Rock Consulting will deliver the keynote address.

The conference has been approved for 11 (1.5EPR) CLE credits in the state of Wisconsin, CLE credits are pending for the state of Minnesota. Please register using this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/36th-annual-coming-together-of-peoples-conference-tickets-240455598167