A really interesting look at the BIA Urban Relocation project.
APM Reports: “Uprooted: The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country”
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Fifth Circuit Affirms 3-Year Prison Term for Theft of $18K from Choctaw Casino
Here are the materials in United States v. Nickey:
Unpublished opinion:
Briefs:
Virginia AG Opines that ICWA Applies in Virginia
Washington SCT Decides Wild Fish Conservancy v. Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Here.
Briefs:
- Appellants Opening Brief
- Respondent Cooke Aquaculture Pacific Brief
- Respondent Washington Department Fish & Wildlife Corrected Response Brief
- Appellants Reply Brief
- Amicus – Jamestown S’klallam Tribe
- Amicus Washington State Department of Ecology
- Amicus – Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
- Appellants’ Answer to Amicus
- Appellants Answer to Amicus Washington State Department of Ecology
- WDFW’s Answer to Amicus Swinomish Indian Tribal Communitys
- Respondent Answer to Amicus Swinomish Indian Tribal
TICA/Ariz. State Bar — Lunch In Indian Country CLE: Supreme Court Update [Feb. 23]
Ninth Circuit Materials in Unite Here Local 30 v. Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians
Misunderstanding the Word “Monopoly” AND Forgetting to Read the Commerce Clause, Gaming Company Sues to End IGRA
Here is the complaint in Maverick Gaming LLC v. United States (D.D.C.):
Columbia Law School Event: “Faith & Native Communities: Fighting for Freedom of — and from — Religion” [Feb. 24, Noon]
Register here.
Native America Calling: The Native political issues to watch (Today!)
Here.
The description:
One year on from the start of Deb Haaland’s historic term as America’s first Indigenous Interior Secretary, Native political watchers give their insights into the major issues likely to make waves in 2022. Experts have their eyes on the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act, the jurisdiction questions unfolding in Oklahoma, rising Native political leaders and the back-and-forth over protecting important land.
Guests:
Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) – law professor at Michigan State University’s college of law and author of the “Turtle Talk” blog
Dr. Laura Harjo (Muscogee Creek Nation) – associate professor in Native American studies at OU and an affiliated faculty in the University of Oklahoma’s regional and city planning program
Kandi White (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara) – Native energy & climate campaign coordinator for the Indigenous Environmental Network
Edgar Blatchford (Inupiaq and Yupik) – associate professor of Alaska Native studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage and former chairman of the board
Mississippi Federal Court Declines to Disqualify AUSA Who Once Worked in Choctaw Tribal Court and Stood for Criminal Defendant at Tribal Arraignment
Here are the materials in United States v. Anderson (S.D. Miss.):
Turtle Talk 
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