MSU Press Publishes “After the Bloodbath Is Healing Possible in the Wake of Rampage Shootings?” by James Diamond

Here. The blurb:

As violence in the United States seems to become increasingly more commonplace, the question of how communities reset after unprecedented violence also grows in significance. After the Bloodbath examines this quandary, producing insights linking rampage shootings and communal responses in the United States. Diamond, who was a leading attorney in the community where the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy occurred, focuses on three well-known shootings and a fourth shooting that occurred on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The book looks to the roots of Indigenous approaches to crime, identifying an institutional weakness in the Anglo judicial model, and explores adapting Indigenous practices that contribute to healing following heinous criminal behavior. Emerging from the history of Indigenous dispute resolution is a spotlight turned on to restorative justice, a subject no author has discussed to date in the context of mass shootings. Diamond ultimately leads the reader to a positive road forward focusing on insightful steps people can take after a rampage shooting to help their wounded communities heal.

BIA Notice on Proposed Updates to American Indian Probate Regulations

Here.

Federal Court Allows FTCA Claim Arising under 638 Contract to Proceed [Mississippi Choctaw]

Here are the materials in Chipmon v. United States (S.D. Miss.):

1-complaint-5.pdf

16-us-mtd.pdf

18-us-mtd-tribe-cross-claims.pdf

24-tribe-response.pdf

28-plaintiff-joinder-to-tribe-response.pdf

30-us-reply.pdf

37-dct-order.pdf

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (10/30/2019)

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

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2019.html
Cayuga Nation v. Campbell (Tribal Leadership) 

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

  • S.2696 – A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand supportive services for Native American aging programs, and for other purposes. 
  • H.R.4908 – To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of a health care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member of an Indian tribe. 

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

  • Decolonizing reservation economies: Returning to private enterprise and trade. 
  • Answering constitutional challenges to the tribal VAWA provisions. 
  • Beyond constitutional frontiers: Tribal rights, resources, and reform. 

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

  • Indian Country Today joins the Associated Press
  • Consulting with Native American tribes on energy and infrastructure development: Strategies for reducing project risk
  • ‘This is our time’: National Congress of American Indians elects new leadership
  • The fix for Alaska’s public safety crisis? Recognize tribal powers 
  • New Mexico Native American tribe building solar farms amid state’s renewable transition
  • ‘We are closely related to fire. Fire takes care of us and we take care of fire.’
  • Niijii Radio rises ‘out of the ashes’ to serve White Earth Nation, nearby communities

Eric Hemenway (LTBB Records) Speaking at MSU Extension Fall Conference on Appropriation and Mascots

New York Court of Appeals Decides Against Interfering in Cayuga Leadership Dispute

Here is the opinion in Cayuga Nation v. Campbell:

70opn19-decision.pdf

Briefs here.

Koi Nation v. Dept. of Interior Remanded to Agency by D.C. Circuit

Here are the materials in Koi Nation of Northern California v. Dept. of Interior:

Federal Motion to Remand

Order

Lower court materials here.

Materials in Yet Another Pending Suit Filed in 2017 regarding Galanis et al. Investment Fraud involving Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation

Here are the materials so far in Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham v. U.S. Bank National Association (D.S.D.):

1 Complaint

26 US Bank MTD

29 Opposition

30 Reply

32 DCT Order

68 Chicago Transit Complaint in Intervention

UPDATE:

99 US Bank Motion to Dismiss

151 Stipulation of Dismissal [RHCT]

Materials in Pending Suit Filed in 2017 regarding Galanis et al. Investment Fraud involving Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation

Here are the materials (so far) in Michelin Retirement Plan v. Dilworth Paxon LLP (D.S.C.):

1 complaint

67-1 Greenberg Traurig MTD

91-1 Dilworth Paxon MTD

150 Michelin Response to GT MTD

150-10 GT Opinion Letter

150-12 GT Invoice to WLCC

150-14 OST Resolution on Raines Authority

150-15 OST Council Meeting Minutes

150-16 Morton Materials re WLCC

150-17 GT Opinion Letter

161 Michelin Response to Dilworth MTD

161-2 Dilworth Opinion Letter

161-4 Investment Mgmt Agreement

161-5 Trust Indenture

161-10 SEC Complaint

161-14 Dilworth Opinion Letter

172 Request for Default Judgment on Wakpamni

179 GT Reply

180 Dilworth Reply

203 Magistrate Report

209 GT Objection

218 DCT Order Denial of 67 & 91

372 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of GT

408 Magistrate R&R re 301

411 Amended Complaint

411-1 Timothy Anderson Engagement Letter

411-10 WLCC Bank Statement

468 DCt Order Granting Dilworth MTD

Jury selection is set for February 2020. Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation did not file a response. The clerk issued a default judgment against WLCC. Docket no. 173.

605 Default Judgment

More Docs Related to Galanis et al. Fraud involving Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation owned by Oglala Sioux Tribal District

We posted a complaint yesterday filed by a Chicago retired employee fund against individuals and law firms that worked on this deal.

Here are a few more docs (there is a lot to dig up, but this is a start):

SEC complaint

federal-brief-in-us-v-archer.pdf [details the scheme, appeal in related conviction]

366_f.supp_.3d_477.pdf [galanis decision, on appeal]