From Law Week (Colorado): “Charles Wilkinson, Beloved Longtime CU Law Professor, Marks 50 Years as Leading “Law of the West” Practitioner, Scholar and Teacher”
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Indian Law News Coverage (8/23/2021)
Crosscut: “Lummi Nation reimagines foster care for Indigenous families”
VOA: “US Lawmaker to Native American Tribes: Give Freedmen Citizenship or Lose Housing Funds”
The Guardian: “Why is the US right suddenly interested in Native American adoption law?”
Law Week (Colorado): “Charles Wilkinson, Beloved Longtime CU Law Professor, Marks 50 Years as Leading “Law of the West” Practitioner, Scholar and Teacher“
The Oklahoman: “State files more petitions seeking high court reversal of McGirt”
NBC profile of Little Traverse Odawa boarding schools’ survivors
AAIA Repatriation Conference Registration Open
Registration for the 7th Annual Repatriation Conference is now OPEN! The first 100 registrants will receive a FREE conference t-shirt! Through the support of generous sponsors, the Association is offering Conference scholarships to Tribal Practitioners, Elders and students, and staff from smaller museums. Be sure to apply as soon as possible! Scholarships are only available as long as funding is available. Repatriation Conference scholarships will pay for the total amount of the recipient’s registration fee, which will allow full access to the Conference portal, including access to recorded content after the Conference is over for 3 months.
To access registration, visit our webpage here: Conference Registration – Association on American Indian Affairs (indian-affairs.org)
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State of Oklahoma v. Kepler Cert Petition [Request to Overrule McGirt]
Here:
Question presented:
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
Lower court materials (Kepler v. State):
Clay v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue [Federal Taxes on Gaming Per Capita Payments]
Here:
Question presented:
The question presented is: Whether the clear language of Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and the exclusive authority over federally recognized Indian Tribes granted to the Secretary of Interior under 25 U.S.C. § 2, controls the determination of how the Miccosukee Tribe compensates its members for the use of their lands, to the exclusion of any other federal agency, including the Internal Revenue Service.
Lower court materials here.
Mashantucket Pequot Suit over Pandemic Losses Severely Limited
Here are the materials in Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation v. Factory Mutual Ins. Co. (Conn. Super. Ct.):
Leonard Peltier Loses Free Speech Claim over Removal of Paintings from State-Sanctioned Display at the Demand of Law Enforcement
Here are the materials in Peltier v. Sacks (W.D. Wash.):
Prior post here.
Sovereignty Symposium 2021 (Oct. 11-12, 2021)
Details here.
UW Indian Law Symposium – Virtual Format and New Agenda
California COA Rejects Allottees’ Claim to Tax Exemption from Riverside County
Here is the unpublished opinion in Albrecht v. County of Riverside:
Briefs:
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