ASU/UCLA Gathering of Indigenous Law Scholars Day 2

Angela Riley, Bill Wood, K-Sue Park, Troy Andrade, Trevor Reed
Fletcher, coffee, and Chase Velasquez

New Mexico COA Issues Tribal Immunity Opinion

Here is the opinion in Sipp v. Buffalo Thunder Inc.:

Minnesota COA Holds PL280 Authorizes Enforcement of State Harassment Orders in Indian Country

Here is the unpublished opinion in State v. Randall:

Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Life Without Parole for Salt River Member for Crime Committee as a Juvenile

Here is the opinion in United States v. Briones.

Prior posts here and here.

Washington Federal Court Dismisses Tribe’s Suit against Seattle Dam

Here is the order in Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. City of Seattle (W.D. Wash.):

21 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Alaska Federal Court Rejects Alaska’s Effort to Fight Subsistence Hunting

Here are the materials in State of Alaska v. Federal Subsistence Board (D. Alaska):

49 Alaska Brief

50 Federal Response

62 Reply

64 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Colorado Federal Court Declines to Enjoin Enforcement of Colorado Mascots Ban because the Ban Isn’t Effective until Mid-2022

Here are the materials in Marez v. Polis (D. Colo.):

1 Complaint

4 Motion for Emergency Injunction

20 Opposition

21 Reply

24 DCT Order Denying Injunction

Stephen Greetham: “Implementing McGirt Can Provide Tribal Self-Determination”

From Law360, here.

Kekek Stark on Anishinaabe Law

Kekek Jason Stark has published “Anishinaabe Inaakonigewin: Principles for the Intergenerational Preservation of Mino-Bimaadiziwin” in the Montana Law Review. PDF

I cannot recommend this paper enough. It’s exactly the kind of paper I’ve been waiting for — waiting for a very long time. Miigwetch to Professor Stark for this incredible work. The ancestors would be proud.