Cherokee Nation Trust Breach Suit Survives Federal Motion to Dismiss

Here are the materials in Cherokee Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

34-1 MTD

39-cherokee-opposition-to-mtd.pdf

41-reply.pdf

42-denial-of-the-us-mtd.pdf

NYTs: “Rural Montana Had Already Lost Too Many Native Women. Then Selena Disappeared.”

Here.

Wisconsin Law Dean Search Announcement

Here.

As TT readers know, Wisconsin has a robust Indian law program.

 

Fletcher Review of John Borrows “Law’s Indigenous Ethics” in Transmotion Journal

Here:

Other selected articles, here:

REVIEWS

REFLECTIONS

CREATIVE

Task Force Report Recommending Broad Changes to Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act

Here is the report:

indianclaimstffinalreport.pdf

News coverage here.

New Mexico COA Adopts Federal Test of “Indian” Status for Purposes of Criminal Jurisdiction

Here is the opinion in State v. Salazar:

state-v-salazar.pdf

Minnesota SCT Confirms Authority of Tribal Police to Detain and Expel Non-Indians from Rez

Here is the opinion in State v. Thompson:

state-v.-thompson.pdf

The court’s syllabus:

When, on the Red Lake Reservation, a non-Indian violates a Minnesota law under circumstances where the non-Indian is subject to the State of Minnesota’s criminal jurisdiction, Red Lake Band police officers are authorized to detain and expel the non-Indian from the Reservation.

U. Chi. Law Review Podcast on the Murphy/McGirt Cases

Here is “Briefly 3.10 – Is Half of Oklahoma Tribal Land?”

From the site:

This is Briefly, a production of the University of Chicago Law Review. Today we are discussing two cases pending before the Supreme Court, which will determine whether roughly half of the land in Oklahoma is actually an Indian Reservation . We’re joined by Elizabeth Reese, a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, and Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law. Music from bensound.com.

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to BLM Approval of Winter Exploration in Arctic Petroleum Reserve

Here are the materials in Native Village of Nuiqsut v. BLM (D. Alaska):

5 Amended Complaint

27 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary J

30 Federal Response

31 ConocoPhillips Response

33 Reply

46 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Tribal Member’s Property Claims against Fond du Lac Ojibwe

Here are the materials in Begay Dobbs v. Fond Du Lac Reservation Business Committee (D. Minn.):

19 Amended Complaint + Exhibits

23 Motion to Dismiss

32 Opposition

35 Reply

39 Magistrate Report

43 Objections

44 DCT Order