Here:
2014-07-03 Washburn Letter to Norris re Trust Decision
This is on remand from the Ninth Circuit’s mandate.
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Tribal News Profile of Tulalip Judge Gary Bass
Here is “Leaving a legacy: Judge Gary Bass discusses his career
at Tulalip Tribal Court”:
An excerpt:
Honorable Judge Gary Bass, a Colville tribal citizen, has been a staple at the Tulalip Tribal Court for over a decade. He has witnessed the growth in staff, programs, and the selection of the court as one of three chosen as a pilot project to exercise special criminal jurisdiction as authorized by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 over non-Indians regarding domestic violence.
Recently Judge Bass received a lifetime achievement award from the Northwest Indian Bar Association in recognition for his long-term work in Indian country. The award recognizes his 49 years of law practice and work with Native communities. See-Yaht-Sub was able to sit down with Judge Bass and discuss his work in Indian country and his retirement from Tulalip Tribal Court at the end of this year.
Federal Circuit Briefs in Hopi Tribe v. United States
Judge Voluck Op-Ed on Alaska Native Tribal First Response to Violence
Judge David Voluck has published an op-ed “Peace in the home and the tribal first response to violence” in two versions: (1) the Alaska Daily News; and (2) the Alaska Dispatch.
The Author’s Note at the end of the Dispatch version is helpful:
Author’s note: For people interested in learning more about safety and justice in Alaska Native communities, please see Indian Law Order & Order Commission Report to Congress and U.S. President: Roadmap to a Safer Native America; Chapter 2 “The Time for Reforming Justice for Alaska Natives: The Time is Now.” ;U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian / Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence: Alaska Hearings June 12, 2014. “Joint Statement on Eliminating Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls.” Alaska Natives Commission final report, 1994. Alaska Commission on Rural Governance and Empowerment: Final Report to the Governor (1999).
New York Appellate Division Refuses to Disturb Injunction in Chukchansi Leadership Dispute
Here is the opinion in Wells Fargo Bank NA v. Chukchansi Economic Development
Authority (N.Y. A.D.):
An excerpt:
Appellants contend that defendants-respondents Nancy Ayala, Karen Wynn, Charles Sargosa, and Tracy Brechbuehl (the Ayala faction or the individual Ayala defendants) do not enjoy sovereign immunity because their actions were illegal and not performed in an official capacity. However, to decide whether the Ayala faction’s actions were illegal, a court would have to determine whether the Ayala faction was the legitimate Tribal Council; this it may not do (see Sac & Fox, 340 F3d at 767).
Briefs:
Federal Court Dismisses Illegal Gambling Indictments at St. Regis Mohawk
Here are the materials in United States v. Laughing (N.D. N.Y.):
Big Horn General Stream Adjudication Symposium — Sept. 10-12, 2014
Angelique EagleWoman Reflections on Being a Law Professor
Angelique EagleWoman has posted “Balancing between Two Worlds: A Dakota Woman’s Reflections on Being a Law Professor,” forthcoming in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice, on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
There were many paths I considered as a young woman and none of them included becoming a law professor. My journey to my present life as a Dakota woman law professor is about balancing between the worlds I travel back and forth in. There is my tribal world , where I feel replenished and part of an on-going community experience stretching back to time immemorial. I feel that I am part of an unfolding history of endurance, strong Native women, and a participant in sustaining our traditional Native ways. On the other hand, there is the non-Indian world, where I often feel that I am a long-term visitor balancing in a foreign political and historical system, serving as a translator from the tribal traditional and historical world . As a law professor, I also serve as a translator between both the U.S. legal world and the tribal world of values embodied in tribal laws and norms.
In this article, I will discuss how I have balanced between these two worlds and found my way as a Dakota woman and law professor. The first sections of the article will describe my educational experiences, my sense of responsibility to my people, and my entry into the legal academy. In describing my experiences, it should be very apparent that I did not follow the usual trodden path to joining the legal academy. Rather, as a typical Dakota woman, I questioned academia as stemming from western civilization, struggled to assert my viewpoint as a tribal person, and dealt with real life experiences along the way. In the second section of the article, I offer my personal insights to my colleagues and those interested in joining the legal academy. This section reflects on the voices that resonated with me from the masterful and courageous work, Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. The final section concludes with my sense of commitment to continue balancing between two worlds to offer an example to the future generations of tribal peoples seeking legal educations and the fulfillment this brings.
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