Here:
You may recall that Washtenaw County is where Judge Tim Connors has started a peacemaker court.
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Scholarship on the Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act
Loa Porter (Department of Children and Families, State of Wisconsin), Patina Park Zink, Angela R. Gebhardt (University of Nebraska at Lincoln – Center on Children, Families, and the Law), Mark Ells (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and Michelle I. Graef, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska at Lincoln – Center on Children, Families, and the Law) have posted “Best Outcomes for Indian Children” on SSRN. It was previously published in Child Welfare.
Here is the abstract:
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center are collaborating with Wisconsin’s tribes and county child welfare agencies to improve outcomes for Indian children by systemically implementing the Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA). This groundbreaking collaboration will increase practitioners’ understanding of the requirements of WICWA and the need for those requirements, enhance communication and coordination between all stakeholders responsible for the welfare of Indian children in Wisconsin; it is designed to effect the systemic integration of the philosophical underpinnings of WICWA.
Sixth Circuit Briefs in Kelsey v. Pope
Buena Vista Rancheria Cert Opposition Brief
Here:
Buena Vista Rancheria Opposition
The United States has waived its right to respond.
The cert petition is here.
Michigan State NALSA Event — Sunny Dooley
The crowd
The cooks — the Menefees
Hungry law students
Tamera Begay, the hostess
The event
Spokane Tribe Chief of Police Job Posting
Federal Circuit Briefs in Shinnecock Indian Nation v. United States
Justice Cavanagh and Chief Judge Petoskey to be Presented with Nelson Mandela Peacemaking Award
Here (PDF):
Updated Materials in Michigan v. Sault Tribe — State Seeks to Sue Tribal Officials
Here are the materials in State of Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (W.D. Mich.):
55 State Response to Motion to Dismiss
58 Soo Tribe Response to Motion for Relief
63 DCT Order to Adjourn and Reschedule Oral Argument
Sixth Circuit materials are here.
D.C. Bar Assoc. Panel on Hobby Lobby and American Indian Religious Freedom
Religious Freedoms of Native Americans Following the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision
Date & Time: Thursday, November 13, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
CLE Credit: No
Event Description
“[T]he religious practices of the American Indian . . . are an integral part of their culture, tradition and heritage, such practices forming the basis of Indian identity and value systems.” 42 U.S.C. § 1996. As such, religious practice is the cornerstone of Native culture and has held Native communities together for centuries. Walter Echo- Hawk, Native Worship in American Prisons, 19.4 CULTURAL SURVIVAL Q. (Winter 1995). The federal government regulates the use of bald eagle parts and religious practices while incarcerated. The panel will explore the exercise of Native American religious practices after the Supreme Court’s decision in Hobby Lobby.
The panelists will discuss the tensions between the federal government’s efforts to accommodate tribal religion and the dissatisfaction of the tribal community, recent case law developments and whether the federal government is providing the least restrictive means in furtherance of protecting eagles and maintaining prisons.
This evening program is sponsored by the Indian Law Committee of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section, in cosponsorship with the Native American Bar Association-DC. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Location
Greenberg Traurig
2101 L Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington DC 20037
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Contact Information
Email: SectionsEvents@dcbar.org
Phone: 202-626-3463
Fax: 202-824-1877
Speakers
- Professor Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Arizona State University
- Professor Kathryn Kovacs, Rutgers University
- Joel Williams, Native American Rights Fund
- Andrew Mergen, Department of Justice, Acting Chief Appellate Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division (Moderator)
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