Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

WaPo: “Thousands of Canada’s indigenous children died in church-run boarding schools. Where are they buried?”

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Article link here.

NAICJA 2018 Annual Conference Panel on Appellate Judging

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Hon. Lee Bergen

Hon. Andrew Adams III

NAICJA 2018 Annual Conference Panel #1

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Hon. Richard Blake. Hon. Cheryl Fairbanks, Hon. Michelle Yazzie, Hon. Kevin Briscoe, Hon. Willie Johnson, Hon. Debra O’Gara, Hon. Mike Petoskey

NAICJA 2018 Annual Conference — Opening Speakers

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Hon. Christine Williams — Keynote
Hon. Richard Blake — NAICJA President

Michigan Radio: “‘We’ve never had justice’: How the Supreme Court rigged land deals against native people”

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Here.

An excerpt:

“In many ways, it’s almost like gaslighting,” Wenona Singel says of the Johnson v. M’Intosh case. “You’re learning about … certain rights that are associated with property rights … knowing all along that these rights have not been respected, and were not enforced for your own ancestors.”

News Article on New Pokagon Justice Center

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Here is “Pokagon Band starts $25M building project.”

Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Petition in Carter v. Tahsuda

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Here:

doc-78-pet-for-rehearing-denied.pdf

Case page here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Citizen Potawatomi Matter

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Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage materials here.

Jordan Oglesby on PLSI’s 50th Class in the NM State Bar Indian Law Section’s Newsletter

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Here. See “Pipeline to Tribal Sovereignty: Celebrating the Pre-Law Summer Institute’s 50th Class” beginning on page 6.

Adrea Korthase on the Definition of “Indian Child” in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Adrea Korthase has published Seminal Choices: The Definition of “Indian Child” in a Time of Assisted Reproductive Technology (Seminal Choices) in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
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