Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Update in Nambé Pueblo Housing Authority v. HUD

March 10, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the updated materials in Nambé Pueblo Housing Authority v. Department of Housing and Urban Development (D. Colo.):

56 Plaintiff Statement of Relief Requested

57 HUD Response

63 Plaintiff Reply

70 DCT Order

Here is an excerpt from the order:

the defendants shall restore to Plaintiff Nambe Pueblo Housing Entity all Indian Housing Block Grant funds that it has recaptured for twenty-three units located in housing projects known as NM99B040011 (Project 11) and Project NM99B040013 (Project 13)and one unit located in the housing project known as NM99B040017 (Project 17); the Defendants shall refrain from threatening recapture of funding associated with those units and shall not act upon any threatened recapture; that on or before April 15, 2014, Plaintiff Nambe Pueblo Housing Entity shall submit a proposed form of judgment, specifying the amounts to be paid to it and the asserted sources of the payment; that if Plaintiff Nambe Pueblo Housing Entity claims entitlement to payment for underfunding because HUD excluded those units from its FCAS in a particular year, the proposed form of judgment should include a separate itemization for those amounts, which may be submitted by May 15, 2014. An Appendix may be provided to explain the calculation of the amount owed and the record support for the claim. The Plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees and costs will be addressed after entry of judgment, by Judge Richard P. Matsch on 3/7/2014.

Prior post in this case is here.

LA Times Article about the Sorry State of Navajo Veterans Housing Situation

March 10, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Federal Court Dismisses Chukchansi Suit over Missing Bags of Money

March 10, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. Tan (E.D. Cal.):

13-1 Ayala Faction Motion to Dismiss

14 Lewis Faction Response to Order to Show Cause

28 DCT Order

Prior posts on this suit are here and here.

Big Lagoon Rancheria En Banc Petition

March 10, 2014March 7, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here:

Petition for Panel Rehearing

The panel materials are here.

Student Scholarship on Jurisdictional, Environmental, and Religious Considerations of Hydraulic Fracturing on Tribal Lands

March 9, 2014March 7, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

The BYU Law Review has published “The Tribes Must Regulate: Jurisdictional, Environmental, and Religious Considerations of Hydraulic Fracturing on Tribal Lands” (PDF).

9th Annual Crimes Against Children in Indian Country Conference — April 8-9, 2014

March 8, 2014March 7, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Profile of Seattle’s Urban Indians: “The Invisibles”

March 8, 2014March 6, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

An excerpt:

It can be lonely, and worse. And it isn’t getting better. According to information presented in the Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative three-year plan for 2012 to 2014, American Community Surveys over the last 20 years show that the poverty rate for Natives in Seattle has fluctuated, but only slightly. In 1990, 33 percent of Natives lived in poverty; in 2000, it was 29 percent; by 2009, it was back up to 30 percent. That’s higher than the poverty rate for any other ethnic group. Meanwhile, the poverty rate for white Seattleites has stayed steady at just 9 percent.

For urban Native kids, the stats can look even worse. According to the “Community Health Profile” for the Seattle Indian Health Board released in December 2011, in King County 46.6 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native children under age 6 lived below the poverty line between 2005 and 2009, compared to 13.2 percent of children in the general population.