Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Obituary for Mark Anthony Rolo

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Alaska Human Rights Commission Rejects Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. Petition to Stop Summer Fishing [updated]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials:

Complaint

Alaska Commission Response

Update:

6-4-2020 ASCHR Response Letter (Final)

Frank Pommersheim on Checkpoints

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Prof Pommersheim Talks Checkpoints” on South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Statement on Police Brutality from the Project to Implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the United States

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

NYTs: “Does John Roberts Need to Check His Own Biases?”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Worth a read, and then check out the QuaranTICA webinar on oral arguments!

Ninth Circuit Briefs on Chilkat Indian Village v. BLM

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Chilkat Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Intervenor Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Senator Heinrich Tribute to Zia Pueblo Peter Pino

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, in the Congressional Record:

Pino Tribute

California SCT Briefs in United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria v. Newsom

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S238544 – UNITED AUBURN INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE AUBURN RANCHERIA v. NEWSOM
(Groban, J., not participating, Fybel, J., assigned justice pro tempore)

  1. Appellant’s Petition for ReviewPDF file type icon Filed on November 22, 2016
  2. Appellant’s Request for Judicial NoticePDF file type icon Filed on November 22, 2016
  3. Appellant’s Request for Judicial NoticePDF file type icon Filed on December 14, 2016
  4. Appellant’s Opening Brief on the MeritsPDF file type icon Filed on March 27, 2017
  5. Appellant’s Request for Judicial NoticePDF file type icon Filed on March 28, 2017
  6. Respondent’s Answer Brief on the MeritsPDF file type icon Filed on June 26, 2017
  7. Appellant’s Reply Brief on the MeritsPDF file type icon Filed on August 23, 2017
  8. Amicus Curiae Brief of The Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California and The Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian CommunityPDF file type icon Filed on September 28, 2017
  9. Amicus Curiae Brief of Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi IndiansPDF file type icon Filed on October 10, 2017
  10. Amicus Curiae Brief of North Fork Rancheria of Mono IndiansPDF file type icon Filed on October 10, 2017
  11. Amicus Curiae Brief of Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria, California,PDF file type icon Filed on October 10, 2017
  12. Amicus Curiae Brief of Stand Up For California!PDF file type icon Filed on October 10, 2017
  13. Respondent’s Response to Amicus Curiae BriefPDF file type icon Filed on December 8, 2017
  14. Respondent’s Supplemental BriefPDF file type icon Filed on May 22, 2020

Video.

https://jcc.granicus.com/player/clip/1584?meta_id=50863

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (6/3/2020)

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We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

  • Mdewakanton Band of Sioux in Minnesota v. Bernhardt (Federal Recognition)
  • Navajo Health Foundation v. Razaghi Development Company, LLC (RICO)
  • Yurok Tribe v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Endangered Species Act; Cultural Resources)
  • Sxʷnq̓ʔels l Suw̓ečm / Ksukⱡiⱡmumaⱡ ʾA·kጦaⱡmukwaʾits d/b/a Energy Keepers Inc. v. Hyperblock LLC (Contract Breach)
  • Ten Eyck v. United States (Sovereign Immunity; Federal Torts Claim Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
People in Interest of K.C. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

  • H.R.7056 – To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Indian Health Services Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, and for other purposes.
  • H.R.7080 – To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address behavioral health needs caused by the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-19.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

  • Immigration, plenary powers, and sovereignty talk: Then and now.
  • Environmental federalism in Indian Country: Sovereignty, primacy, and environmental protection.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

  • ‘Am I cutting out again?’: Missing and murdered task force off to shaky start amid COVID-19 challenges
  • Cronkite News: Tribal leaders, advocates question reopening at Grand Canyon, other parks
  • Tribal court to hear argument on non-resident voting rights amidst COVID-19
  • Report: Indigenous voters face racism and suppression
  • The sheer brutality that Black and Native men face
  • Company floats new proposal for hydropower on tribal land
  • When art is medicine
  • Modern-day AIM makes its presence felt
  • Advocating for human rights during a time of COVID-19
  • Congressional letter to Indian Health Service re: Faulty PPE sent to Navajo
  • ‘Love and Fury’ documents Indigenous artists at the vanguard

Mary Smith on COVID in Indian Country

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On Medium, here is “COVID-19 in Native American Communities: A Quiet Crisis That Has Become an Ear-Deafening Emergency.”