Author: Sarah M Donnelly

Cert Petition in Trust Accounting Claim for Sand Creek Descendants

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Download petition for a Writ of Certiorari here.

Questions presented:

Whether a treaty promise to pay reparations to a group of Native Americans in the form and amount that is “best adapted to the respected wants and conditions of” said group of Native Americans, and subsequent appropriation of funds by Congress to pay such reparations, create a fiduciary relationship between the United States and said group of Native Americans.

Whether the Administrative Procedures Act waives the United States’ immunity from suit for accounting claims regarding trust mismanagement that begun before the enactment of the Act.

Whether a set of Appropriations Acts by Congress that defer the accrual of trust mismanagement claims against the United States operates as a waiver of the United States’ immunity from suit.

Previous posts in re Flute v. U.S. here.

D. Conn. Dismisses MGM’s Action Against State for Tribal Gaming Act

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Here are the materials in MGM Resorts International Global Gaming Development, LLC v. Malloy et al, 15-cv-01182 (Jun. 23, 2016):

Doc. 35 – First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

Doc. 44-1 – Memorandum of Law In Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint

Doc. 47 – MGM’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint

Doc. 48 – Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint

Doc. 55 – Ruling on Motion to Dismiss

MGM filed its leave to appeal that day.

Link to previous coverage of original complaint here.

Copies of Red Rock Testimony Dispatched to D.C. Officials

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Links to coverage:

Red Rock Stories: Thirty-Four Writers Donate Their Work to Red Rock Testimony to Speak for Utah’s Public Lands and Advocate for Bears Ears

The Salt Lake Tribune: Bears Ears Book Will be Sent to Members of Congress

The New York Times: Can Poets Save the Parks?

NIGC Vacancy: Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Coordinator

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Link to USAJobs announcement here.

Seattle Law Looks for Asst. Director of Alaska Program in Anchorage

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Link to job announcement here.

Bureau of Indian Education Solicit Applicants for Director

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Link to USAJobs announcement here.

Closing date is July 8, 2016.

NHBP Seek Board of Director for Development Company

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Download solicitation here.

Statements of interest/resumes should be sent no later than August 5, 2016.

Colville Tribes Chairman, James L. Boyd, Walks On

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Download press release here.

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Seek Deputy AG and Prosecutor

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Download deputy attorney general announcement here.

Download tribal prosecutor announcement here.

If you are interested, please send resume / application to:

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Attn: Personnel Department
P.O. Box 368
Macy, NE 68039
(402) 837-5391 / telephone
(402) 837-4394 / facsimile

Indigenous Peoples’ Journal Call for Submissions

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The Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance (IPJLCR) is accepting submissions for Volume 4. Submissions are being accepted until Wednesday, August 31, 2016.

IPJLCR is a law journal at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law that is interdisciplinary in nature, consisting of academic articles, legal commentary, poetry, songs, stories, and artwork. We are soliciting scholarly articles and student comments written about legal issues important to Indigenous communities and Native People in the United States and throughout the world, as well as works by artists that relate to or comment on legal issues. We also seek works on issues or aspects of life in Native communities that are impacted by law, whether tribal law or the laws of nation-states.

Email Submissions to: ipjlcr@lawnet.ucla.edu

Requirements: Each submission should be sent as one Microsoft Word file with Bluebook formatted citations (20th ed. 2015). Brief bios/resumes are required, as well as 12 pt Times New Roman typed font, paginated, and should include: your name, address, phone number, and email address in the header of the first page.