Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Ninth Circuit Orders Arbitration in Dispute Involving Tribe and Labor Union

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians v. UNITE HERE International Union.

Briefs:

Shingle Springs Opening Brief

United Here Brief

Oral argument video here.

Lower court materials here.

Prior cases here.

Federal Court Holds Nonmember Exhausted Tribal Remedies when Tribal Appellate Court Decided Jurisdiction Issues, but Not Merits

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Big Horn County Elec. Coop. v. Big Man (D. Mont.):

1 Complaint

1-4 Absolooke Appeals Court Opinion Part 1

1-5 Absolooke Appeals Court Opinion Part 2

1-7 Crow Tribal Court Opinion

1-9 Motion for Summary Judgment

1-10 Defendant Opposition

1-11 Appellant Brief

1-12 Appellee Brief

32 Big Man Motion to Dismiss

34 Tribal Motion to Dismiss

39 Response

44 Big Man Reply

45 Tribal Reply

48 Magistrate Report

50 Big Horn Objections

53 Big Man Response

54 Tribal Response

55 DCT Order Rejecting Magistrate Report

#MeToo in Indian Country: A Short and Incomplete Collection of News Stories

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Articles selected based on google search at 9AM this morning — “metoo american Indians”

Indianz: National Congress of American Indians under #MeToo fire

ICT: NCAI Attorney John Dossett under fire after #MeToo allegations

Indianz: Prominent Indian Country attorney reassigned after #MeToo allegations

NPQ: Will #MeToo Movement Lead to Protections for American Indian Women?

Vice Impact: Native American Women Have Been Saying a Lot More Than #MeToo for Years

Jezebel: Native American Lit Community Warns of Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Sherman Alexie 

NPR: ‘It Just Felt Very Wrong’: Sherman Alexie’s Accusers Go On The Record

Medium: Sherman Alexie and the Sexual Assault Legacy of Federal Native American Boarding Schools

NBC: Native American women speak out about sexual assault and violence

New Mexico News Port: Native Women Leaders Express #Me-Too Concerns

HCN: Where #Metoo meets #MMIW

Bustle: These Women Running For Congress Won’t Let Native Americans Be Left Out Of #MeToo

Native Friends: THE SILENCE WITHIN: A NATIVE VOICE IN #METOO

The Nation: Confronting the ‘Native Harvey Weinsteins

OPB: Native American Women On Sherman Alexie: ‘The Silence Was Destructive’

TIME: The Silence Breakers

Yes!: Why Reading Sherman Alexie Was Never Enough

New Scholarship by Jeanette Wolfley on Indian Tribes and the Energy Industry

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Jeanette Wolfley has published “Embracing Engagement: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Industry and Tribal Nations on Projects Affecting Tribal Rights and Off-Reservation Lands” in the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

 

California COA Affirms Attorney Fees Award against Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Findleton v. Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians:

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Prior posts here.

California COA Allows Most State Law Claims against Indian Smokeshop under PL 280

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in People ex rel. Beccera v. Huber:

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The Guardian: “A 124-year-old statue reviled by Native Americans – and how it came down”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Gerlach

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Split Eighth Circuit Stays Lower Court Order Favoring Indian Voting Rights

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Brakebill v Jaeger:

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Briefs here.

TeenVogue: “The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Expires September 30, Leaving Indigenous Women Especially Vulnerable”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.