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WaPo: “The week hundreds of Native Americans took over D.C.’s Bureau of Indian Affairs”

January 25, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

By Dana Hedgpeth, former board member of the Native American Journalists Association. Here.

HCN: “Bears Ears is just the beginning”

January 23, 2021January 22, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Tribal Law Journal Vol. 21 Preview

January 22, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

TLJ Vol. 21 Preview.docx

Chinook Recognition Suit Remanded to Agency

January 22, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Chinook Indian Nation v. Bernhardt (W.D. Wash.), formerly Chinook Indian Nation v. Zinke:

113 DCT Order on Motions for Summary Judgmet

114 Motion for Reconsideration

118 DCT Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration

128 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

Prior post here.

Federal Court Dismisses Remaining Claims of Wapato Heritage in Colville Leasing Matter

January 21, 2021February 4, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Grondal v. United States (E.D. Wash.):

275 Colville Motion to Dismiss

570 US Motion to Dismiss

571 Colville Supplemental Brief re 275

572 Wapato Motion for Partial Summary J

577 Wapato Response to 275

588 Colville Reply in Support of 275

589 Wapato Response to 570

592 US Response to 572

605 US Reply in Support of 570

646 US Motion to Dismiss

Prior post here.

Materials in Suit against Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Internet Lending Biz

January 21, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Easley v. Hummingbird Funds (S.D. Ala.):

34 Amended Complaint

37 Motion to Dismiss

75 Magistrate Report

Eleventh Circuit briefs:

Interior Withdraws Solicitor’s Opinion on Trust Land Acquisition for Alaska Tribes

January 20, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Interior Withdrawal of M-37043

Federal Court Rejects Warm Springs Tribal Member’s Effort to Invoke McGirt to Challenge Federal Criminal Jurisdiction under the ICCA and ACA

January 20, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. Smith (D. Or.):

78 Motion to Vacate

Prior decisions involving the same defendant are here (Ninth Circuit) and here (Oregon appellate court).

Interior Takes National Bison Range Into Trust for CSKT

January 20, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

DOI Bison Range Letter

Max J. Madrid Law Diversity Scholarship

January 20, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Modrall Sperling awards this scholarship annually, providing tuition assistance toward an awardee’s first or second year of law school in the amount of $10,000. Details are provided in the link below. Here.