Unkechauge Indian Nation v. Seggos Cert Petition

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Questions presented:

Whether the District Court violated Petitioners’ due process rights by granting summary judgment without first fulfilling its gatekeeping obligation under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), to rule on the parties’ pending motions to exclude or limit expert testimony?

Whether the District Court erred by relying on the Respondents’ expert witness in its summary judgment decision without first addressing the Petitioners’ motion to exclude or limit Respondents’ expert’s testimony under Daubert?

Whether the District Court violated Petitioners’ due process rights by failing to conduct an in camera review of 4,780 documents withheld by Respondents under claims of privilege, despite having ordered such a review and having possession of the documents since May 2019?

Whether the Court improperly analyzed the Andros Treaty by not finding the Treaty ambiguous and conducting the Indian Canons analysis?

Whether the Court misapprehended the law in finding the Andros Treaty not valid under Federal law?

Lower court materials here.

ASU Reception Honoring Rodina Cave Parnall, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Agua Caliente Water Rights Settlement

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More details here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Chinook Indian Nation v. Burgum

Briefs:

Chinook Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Siletz Amicus Brief

Reply

Ninth Circuit Decides Alaska Department of Fish and Game v. Federal Subsistence Board (again)

Here is the opinion.

Briefs:

Prior post here.

American Indian Law Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 2

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Current Issue: Volume 13, Issue 2 (2025)

Articles

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Development and Practice of Tribal Community Planning: Ensuring Indigeneity in the Planning Process
Jared E. Munster, Ph.D.

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The Onondaga Nation’s Land Claim: Rights Without a Remedy?
Larissa Speak

Note

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Case Law on American Indians: September 2023 – August 2024
Thomas P. Schlosser

Native America Calling Native Bookshelf on Monday, June 2: “Stick Houses” and “52 Ways to Reconcile”

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David A. Robertson (Norway House Cree Nation) gives us 52 practical suggestions—one for each week of the year—to support and connect with Indigenous people. 52 Ways to Reconcilelists tasks as simple and enjoyable as making Bannock, to as challenging as taking personal action toward reconciliation.

Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) has devoted himself to the legal profession, becoming one of the most respected experts in Indian Law. In his spare time he has written and published a collection of fictional short stories, Stick Houses. He draws from his own observations and stories from his family to illustrate the lives of modern Native Americans.

We’ll add Matthew Fletcher’s Stick Houses, and David A. Robertson’s 52 Ways to Reconcile to the Native Bookshelf.

South Dakota Law Review Indian Law Symposium Call for Papers

Call for Papers for the South Dakota Law Review’s Access to Justice in Indian Country Symposium

The South Dakota Law Review seeks article proposals, speakers, and panel participants for a symposium on issues related to access to justice in Indian Country. The Access to Justice in Indian Countrysymposium will be held in Vermillion, South Dakota, on September 29th, 2025. 

Abstracts of 300-500 words are due June 27, 2025.

The symposium will focus on Indian Country. The editors seek articles and speakers that address one or more of the following topics, or other related topics:

1. Indigent defense in Indian Country

2. Tribal Justice Systems 

3. The practice of law in Indian Country, including on rural reservations 

4. Incarceration and recidivism 

5. The study Federal Indian Law and Tribal Law as an academic discipline 

6. Tribal Law Enforcement 

7. Legal aspects of the Land Back Movement 

8. Land ownership on reservations 

9. Licensure policies and impact on reservation areas

The editors actively seek diverse viewpoints and diverse scholarly approaches.  Although the symposium is not a historical or comparative project, the editors welcome articles with historical or comparative features.

In your proposal, please indicate whether you would be interested in (1) publishing your topic, (2) speaking at the symposium, or (3) both. Priority will be given to proposals where the contributor expects to both publish and speak at our in-person event, although we will consider other proposals. 

The Call for Papers opens today with abstracts due on June 27, 2025. Please send abstracts to tia.vlasman@coyotes.usd.edu. Selected contributors will be notified by July 3, 2025. Finished articles will be due Monday, December 1, 2025. Our editors will work with you over the winter 2023-24 to prepare your work for publication. The symposium volume will be published and released in the summer of 2026.

Alabama Federal Court Dismisses Some Claims Against Fort Belknap Tribal Finance Company

Here are the materials in Weidley v. Aaniiih Nakoda Finance LLC (N.D. Ala.):