Stay Pending Appeal Denied in Coeur d’Alene Gaming Dispute

Here are the new materials in State of Idaho v. Coeur d’Alene Tribe (D. Idaho):

42-1 Motion to Stay Pending Appeal

48 Response

50 Reply

57 DCT Order

Prior posts here, here, and here.

Utah Navajo Trust Fund Breach of Trust Suit May Proceed without United States

Here are the materials in Benally v. Herbert (D. Utah):

2 Complaint

20 Utah Joinder Motion

22 Benally Opposition

23 Utah Reply

26 Benally Surreply

32 DCT Order

Late Morning NITA Panels

Leslie Cushman (on the left)

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Dale White and Wade Blackmon

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National Intertribal Tax Alliance Meeting

Fletcher presented “Rights without Remedies” as the keynote.

Conference attendees

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Chairman Mazzetti and Mary Mashunkashey

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First panel — Kelly Croman, Sharon Swepston, Mary Streitz, and Skip Durocher

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New Scholarship on Impacts of Excepting Alaska Natives from Federal Indian Law

Here is Samuel Gottstein’s “An Era Of Continued Neglect: Assessing the Impact of Congressional Exemptions for Alaska Natives,” published in the Boston College Law Review.

The abstract:

Although Native Americans in the contiguous United States have benefited from recent congressional reforms, Alaska Native communities were largely ignored. Despite the widely acknowledged crisis of sexual assault and domestic violence in rural Alaska Native communities, Congress has explicitly exempted Alaska from legislation that would otherwise give people in these communities the ability to protect themselves. Although public outcry has prompted pending legislation in Congress to repeal some of these exemptions, such as the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act, even that legislation does not go far enough to achieve a permanent and effective solution to what is a life-or-death problem for many Alaska Natives. This Note argues that Congress and the State of Alaska should expand Alaska Native tribal sovereignty to give Alaska Native communities the ability to stem the tide of this epidemic.

NCJFCJ Tribal Judicial Leadership Group Meeting

Judges Mike Jackson and Mike Petoskey

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Judges Amy Pellman and Joe Plumer

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The brilliant Anishinaabekwe Victoria Sweet, and Judges Raquel Montoya-Lewis and Darrell Dowty

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Judges Mike Petoskey and Willie Johnson

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And many more!

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HowlRound: Livestreaming Sliver of a Full Moon by Cherokee playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle—Sun, Sept 21

Here.

Most Vern Traversie Civil Rights/Hate Crimes Claims against Rapid City Regional Hospital Survive Summary Judgment Stage

Here are the materials in Traversie v. Rapid City Regional Hospital Inc. (D. S.D.):

38 Regional Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment

39 Brief in Support of Regional Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment

53 Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment

60 Regional Defendants’ Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion for Summary Judgment

63 Order

Prior posts here and here.

NLRB Reaffirms Its Jurisdiction over Little River Band on Remand

Here:

LRB Motion to Expedite

Board Decision

 

California Indian Law Association – 14th Annual Conference — October 16-17, 2014

California Indian Law Association – 14th Annual Conference

October 16-17, 2014

Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Calif.

Register Here: http://www.calindianlaw.org/2014-conference-registration.html

Discounted Room Block at Pechanga Resort available

Call 1-888-732-4264, and say you’re part of the Cal. Indian Law Association meeting.

Thursday, Oct. 16

6:00 PM: Welcome Dinner & Gala

Friday, Oct. 17

8:30 – 5:00 PM: Annual Conference (California MCLE Credits Available)

California Water Law

Rebecca Chapman, Owner, Chapman Law Firm

April Day, Associate, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Colin Hampson, Attorney, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP

Heather Whiteman Runs Him, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund

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