National Indian Law Library Bulletin (11/19/2019)

Here:

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/index.html

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Clements v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Tribal Jurisdiction)
FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Hazardous Waste Storage; Tribal Court Jurisdiction) 

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

  • S.2871 – A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program. 
  • H.R.5153 – To assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and for the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian lands. 

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

  • Tribes’ water rights at Klamath River upheld by federal circuit court 
  • Native American students left behind by S.D. education system 
  • ‘We want to be calling the shots’: Naat’aanii partnership poised to deliver Medicaid to Navajo
  • Yaqui, O’odham history and sovereignty in the borderlands
  • ‘Homecoming’: Pueblo of Acoma set to reclaim sacred item
  • Cherokee Nation celebrates grand opening of largest tribal outpatient health center in country
  • How an Arrow Lakes elk hunt became a case of tribal recognition

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Law Firm’s Effort to Intervene in Yankton Sioux Tribe’s Trust Breach Claim against Interior

Here are the materials in Yankton Sioux Tribe v. Bernhardt:

herman-law’s-opening-brief.pdf

yankton-answer-brief.pdf

federal-answer-brief.pdf

Lower court materials here.

NPR: “Many Native Americans Can’t Get Clean Water, Report Finds”

Here.

Report here (chapter on Navajo).

Tenth Circuit Briefs in United States v. Abousleman

Here:

US Opening Brief

Pueblos Amicus Brief

New Mexico Brief

Jemez River Basin Water Users Coalition Brief

Association of Community Ditches of Rio San Jose Amicus Brief

El Rito Ditch Asociacion Amicus Brief

US Reply

Pueblo Intervenors Reply

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Orders Tribal Exhaustion in Contract Dispute with Colville

Here are the materials in Clements v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (E.D. Wash.):

1 Complaint

9 Motion to Dismiss

9-8 Colville Tribal Court Opinion

9-9 Colville COA Opinion

11 Response

12 Reply

17 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Affirms Tribal Jurisdiction in FMC v. Shoshone-Bannock

Here is the opinion in FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

Briefs here.

UPDATE:

En Banc Petition

Amicus Brief

CA9 Order Denying Petition

Federal Circuit Decides Baley v. United States [Indian reserved water rights to Klamath River water predate farmers]

Here is the opinion.

Here are the briefs:

baley-opening-brief.pdf

us-brief.pdf

baley-reply-brief.pdf

hoopa-amicus-brief.pdf

klamath-tribe-amicus-brief.pdf

yurok-tribe-amicus-brief.pdf

indian-law-professors-brief.pdf

nrdc-brief.pdf

oregon-amicus-brief.pdf

pacific-coast-federation-of-fishermen-brief.pdf

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (11/13/2019)

Here:

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/index.html

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in this case on 4/4/19: 
Terry v. Oklahoma (Reservation Boundaries)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York (Indian Gaming) 

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

  • S.2808 – A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

  • Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act at seven years.

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

  • Still no sign of Supreme Court arguments in closely-watched Indian Country case
  • Crow Creek second tribe to adopt LGBT hate crime laws
  • Voters reject ballot measure in Utah opposed by Navajos
  • What western states can learn from Native American wildfire management strategies
  • Thousands of Alaska Native veterans now eligible for land allotments, but hurdles remain
  • Fifth Circuit to rehear Indian Child Welfare Act challenge
  • Historic recordings of Maine’s Passamaquoddy Tribe restored more than a century later

Federal Court Enjoins Lummi Tribe’s Proposed Winter Crab Fishing

Here are the materials in United States v. Washington (W.D. Wash.), subproceeding no. 19-01:

1-motion-for-leave-to-file.pdf

3-request-for-determination.pdf

8-swinomish-motion-for-tro.pdf

13-upper-skagit-motion-for-tro.pdf

16-tulalip-motion-for-tro.pdf

26-sklallam-tribes-response.pdf

29-lummi-response.pdf

37-dct-order.pdf

Bad River Ojibwe Letter to Wisconsin Governor Objecting to State Felony Trespass Bill

Here:

bad-river-letter.pdf