Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

McGirt v. Oklahoma SCT Argument Set for April 21

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the April calendar.

Here are the background materials on the case.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Video in Yakama Nation v. Yakima County

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Briefs here.

News Profile of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan Pipeline Battle

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations.”

Habeas Petition of State Prisoner Convicted of Crime against Fallon Paiute- Shoshone Tribe Allowed to Proceed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Berry v. Baca (D. Nev.):

23-dct-orderDownload
24-first-amended-habeas-petitionDownload
28-state-motion-to-dismissDownload
32-responseDownload
33-replyDownload
34-dct-orderDownload

Joint Committee on Taxation Report on Taxation of Indians and Tribes

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here. (jct-report.pdf)

North Carolina SCT Decides Indian Status in Criminal Jurisdiction Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in State v. Nobles:

opinion.pdf

appellant-brief.pdf

appellee-brief.pdf

reply.pdf

Lower court materials here.

Montana Native Women’s Anthology Call for Submissions

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Contributions in all genres sought from female residents of Montana’s 7 tribal reservations for an anthology of Montana reservation women’s writing edited by Luella Brien, General Manager/Editor, Big Horn County News, and author Carrie La Seur.

Short stories, essays, poetry, transcribed oral history and other forms welcome. Tribal languages welcome with accompanying English translation. Compensation is per published piece, based on sales.

All electronic submissions must be saved as MS Word documents. No PDFs. Please include your full name on each page. Please send submissions and any questions by May 15, 2020 to NWAnthologyMT@gmail.com or by mail to Luella Brien, MT Native Women’s Anthology, PO Box 301, Crow Agency, MT 59022.

More information available on Facebook group MT Native Women’s Anthology.

South Dakota Cert Petition in IGRA Preemption Case [updated with cert stage materials]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Noem v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe:

noem-v-flandreau-cert-petition.pdf

appendix-2.pdf

BIO

Reply

Question presented:

Does the  Bracker test currently serve as a consistent and predictable rule of law in light of the exponential expansion of Indian gaming since 1988 and the fiscal demands the industry now places on state budgets?

Lower court materials here.

First Circuit Decides Littlefield v. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.