Details here.
Kevin Washburn is the keynote speaker.
As always, NITA is one the premier Indian law conferences of the year.
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Indian Law Scholarship Update (7/28/2016)
Periodically, we’ll put together a package of links to recent Indian law articles, mostly from SSRN, and therefore mostly yet-to-be published. Here’s the first dispatch:
Locked Up: Fear, Racism, Prison Economics, and the Incarceration of Native Youth
40 Am. Indian Culture & Research J. 55, 2016
Addie Rolnick
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Indian Treaty Fishing Rights and the Environment: Affirming the Right to Habitat Protection and Restoration
Michael C. Blumm
Lewis & Clark Law School
Who Owns Our Ancestors’ Voices? Tribal Claims to Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
Trevor G Reed
Columbia University, Law School, Students
VAWA 2013’s Right to Appointed Counsel in Tribal Court Proceedings – A Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats or a Procedural Windfall for Non-Indian Defendants?
Case Western Reserve Law Review, Forthcoming
Jordan Gross
University of Montana School of Law
Let the Jury Fit the Crime: Increasing Native American Jury Pool Representation in Federal Judicial Districts with Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction
Montana Law Review, Forthcoming
Jordan Gross
University of Montana School of Law
Federal Treaty and Trust Obligations, and Ocean Acidification
Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp. 474-95 (2016), University of Washington School of Law Research Paper 2016-17
Robert T. Anderson
University of Washington School of Law
US Civil Rights Commission Applauds SCOTUS Outcome in Dollar General
Here.
2016 World Indigenous Law Conference Registration and Agenda
Here.
Walter Echohawk is the keynote.
33rd Alaska Tribal Court Development Conference
The 33rd Alaska Tribal Court Development Conference (the event is limited to Alaska Tribal Justice Personnel only) will feature current issues and recent developments affecting Alaska tribal courts and tribal jurisdiction. The annual event is intended for Tribes that are pursuing current and relevant tribal court training. It also provides information to Tribes that are just beginning to develop their own tribal courts and to Tribes seeking to expand or to modify tribal court operations.
The theme of this year’s Conference is “Fairness in Justice.” Judges, elders, practitioners, and distinguished speakers will present on the tribal court role in supporting restorative justice; addressing alcohol and drug abuse in the villages; and protecting Alaska Native children, elders, and vulnerable adults. Other topics include tribal-state collaboration in criminal matters and fairness and impartiality in tribal court proceedings.
Registration form and draft agenda may be found at: https://www.tananachiefs.org/events/village-strategies-projects-events/tribal-court-development-conference/.
New York Largely Prevails in Smokes Suit against King Mountain Tobacco
Here are the materials in State of New York v. King Mountain Tobacco Co. (E.D. N.Y.):
Nooksack COA Order on Motion for Contempt against Tribal Police Chief for Refusal to Comply with Court Orders
Here:
In re Gabriel Galanda v Nooksack Tribal Court Order on Motion to Enforce Contempt Order
Related materials here.
WaPo: “Donald Trump’s long history of clashes with Native Americans”
Here.
Job Posting for Mescalero Apache Tribal Chief Judge
Here, see page 40.
Cert Petition Arising from Police Killing of Ute Tribal Member
Here is the petition in Jones v. Norton:
Questions presented:
- Where it is undisputed that Plaintiffs/Petitioners Debra Jones and Arden Jones, and their deceased son Todd R. Murray, all had individual rights under the 1868 Ute Tribe treaty with the United States, and where, under the procedural posture of this case, it is undisputed that Plaintiffs’ and their Decedent son’s individual rights under the Treaty were violated, did Plaintiffs state a claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on the violation of their treaty rights?
- 2.Where State police officers have pursued an Indian within Indian country without either probable cause or jurisdictional authority can they be relieved of the common law duty to preserve evidence simply because the officers’ tortious conduct giving rise to the claims against them arose within Indian country?
- 3.Where there are disputed material facts, can a district court grant summary judgment based upon the court’s opinion that a reasonable jury would decide the case in favor of the summary judgment movant?
Lower court materials here.
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