Blast from the Past: 1980 Interior Guidance to BIA Officials re: ICRA Enforcement Post-Martinez

Here:

1980 Interior Guidance on ICRA

Interesting list of “sanctions” BIA would impose on tribal governments that violate ICRA (considered by the Commissioner to be a violation of the political relationship between the tribe and the feds):

National Constitutional Society Event: Native Americans and the Supreme Court with Keith Richotte and Fletcher — Nov. 4 @ Noon

Here.

In celebration of Native American Heritage month, Keith Richotte Jr., author of the forthcoming book, The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution and Matthew L.M. Fletcher of the University of Michigan discuss Native American history and law through the stories of landmark Supreme Court cases. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

Register Here to Attend Online

En Banc Petition in Bibeau v. Commissioner

Here:

Prior post here.

California Trial Court Dismisses Suit against Pauma Valley Indian Health Project

Here are available materials in Turner v. Indian Health Council Inc. (Cal. Super.):

Fletcher on TraverseCityist Podcast on Michigan History

Here.

What do you remember learning in United States or Michigan History classes?  Matthew Fletcher explains the timeline of events that occurred after the signing of the Declaration of Independence up to the present time. Fletcher is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics. He also sits as the Chief Justice of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Porch Band of Creek Indians and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Matthew is also the author of The Eagle Returns, The Legal History of the Grand Travers Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. This interview was recorded on July 17, 2024.

Episode 16 is sponsored by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Tribal Council.

Two New Papers by Dylan Hedden-Nicely

Journal Water:  Water Governance in an Era of Climate Change: A Model to Assess the Shifting Irrigation Demand and Its Effect on Water Management in the Western United States

https://doi.org/10.3390/w16141963

Harvard Environmental Law Review: Rebalancing Winters: Indigenous Water Rights and Climate Change in the Western United States

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4932971

D.C. Circuit Briefs in Hill v. DOI [Challenge to Crow Water Rights Settlement]

Here:

Hill Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Lower court materials here.

South Dakota Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Sisseton Wahpeton Criminal Jurisdiction

Here are the materials in LaBatte v. Gangle (D.S.D.):

1 Complaint

19 Amended Complaint

20 Motion for PI

25 SWO Opposition to Motion for PI

27 SWO Motion to Dismiss

30 Defendant’s Consolidated Reply

32 DCT Order

Blast from the Past: Arlinda Locklear on New York Indian Land Claims in 2011 Lecture at the Heard Museum