NAICJA Day 2 Panels

Judge Carrie Garrow on judicial ethics
Judge Susan Maven, moderator, Judge Donovan Foughty, Judge Tanya Branford, Yolanda Marlowe: National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (10/16/2019)

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 denied recently in this case on 10/15/19: 
Smith v. United States (Assimilative Crimes Act)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Johnson v. Oneida Nation Enterprise, LLC (Title VII) 

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
A NARF attorney spoke at the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, regarding S.46 (Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act).

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

  • For Indigenous Peoples Day, tribes return to Alcatraz 50 years later
  • Cherokee Nation and CNB minimum wage increases will boost economy, help families
  • Johns Hopkins’ American Indian research hub celebrates its grand opening
  • The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West
  • The Native American Journalists Association condemns Muscogee (Creek) Nation Council denial of citizen free press vote
  • Yakama and Lummi Nation leaders call for removal of three Lower Columbia River dams
  • Empowering tribal nations at the voting rights conference

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. McPaul [formerly Branch]

Here:

opening-brief-3.pdf

answer-brief-2.pdf

Reply

Lower court materials here.

NAICJA Annual Conference Keynotes — Tricia Tingle & Kate Fort

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Jim v. Shiprock Associated Schools Inc.

Here:

opening-brief-2.pdf

answer-brief-1.pdf

Lower court materials here.

NYTs: “Fed Up With Deaths, Native Americans Want to Run Their Own Health Care”

Here.

HCN: “The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West”

Here, by Nick Estes.

The Onion: “Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately”

Here.

Kurowski v. Kurowski Cert Petition

Here:

Cert Petition

Appendix

Questions presented:

Upon tribal court exhaustion must District Courts perform a threshold inquiry to protect the Indian Petitioners’ federal 25 U.S.C. § 1302 rights?

Federal Court Dismisses Sexual Misconduct Complaint against Grand Ronde TERO

Here are the materials in Toahty v. Kimsey (D. Or.):

2 Complaint

9 DCT Order