Author: Sarah M Donnelly

Federal Agents Raid Menominee Tribe

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U.S. News report here.

Search warrant and affidavits (PDF) here.

The Tribe is being accused of growing hemp plants with too much THC in them, but the Tribe says they were upfront to the Feds about seedlings they received for industrial hemp research:

Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon is working with the Menominee tribe and blasted the raid as a “waste of resources” that “is exacerbated by the fact that the Tribe had agreed to act itself to destroy individual strains of the hemp crop that the Tribe and the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed were problematic.”

“This misallocation of federal resources is exactly what the [2013] Cole and [2014] Wilkinson Memos were designed to prevent,” he said, referring to the Justice Department memos allowing states and tribes, respectively, to regulate marijuana.

The Menominee Tribe legalized marijuana back in August, but the government has not yet enacted regulations concerning its sale and production.

Additional Amicus Briefs in Dollar General Supporting Mississippi Choctaw

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Here:

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center Brief

Amicus Brief from the States of Mississippi, Washington, Oregon, North Dakota, New Mexico and Colorado

Initial Amicus Briefs posted here.

We’re posting all materials here.

Alaskan Tribal Consortium Seeks Family Services Director

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Link to job announcement here.

The Association of Village Council Presidents includes 56 Alaska Native Villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.  The position is out of Bethel, AK.

NIGC Internship Announcement

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Details about the Summer 2016 internship program can be found here.

Moapa Paiute Settlement Closes Coal Power Plant

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Materials in The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians v. Nevada Power:

No. 114 – Order Granting Joint Motion to Approve Settlement

The settlement includes $4.3 million to the Tribe and requires defendants to shutdown the last Reid Gardner Plant by 2018.  Four power stations had been running since the 60s to power the Las Vegas Valley, but were considered the dirtiest in the country and fined heavily by regulators for spewing coal ash dust.  The last working plant is next to the Tribe’s reservation.

Mississippi Choctaw Merits Brief

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Materials in the matter of Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians:

No. 13-1496 Brief for Respondents

BIA RFP to Indian Enterprises on Tribal Court Assessments

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As a courtesy notice, the below Request for Proposals are available on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Please note, they are advertised as 100% Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise Set-aside in accordance with the Buy Indian Act.

  • RFQ No. A16PS00001, closes 11/6/2015, OJS District II Tribal Court Assessments
  • RFQ No. A16PS00002, closes 11/6/2015, CFR Tribal Court Assessments

NIGC Accepting Applications for Auditor

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National Indian Gaming Commission

Job Title: Auditor
Job Announcement Number:  NIGC-8000-16-KH-001(EX)
Salary Range: $62,686.00 to $81,493.00 / Per Year
Open Period:  Thursday, October 8, 2015 to Thursday, October 22, 2015

Duties

  • Performs audits of class II and class III gaming operation to ensure compliance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), the regulation of the NIGC, and the provisions of the tribal gaming ordinance/resolution.
  • Serves as the NIGC’s representative with tribal government with respect to gaming matters
  • Provides training and technical assistance to tribal governments, tribal regulatory authorities, gaming operation personnel and contract managers to ensure compliance with the IGRA and NIGC regulations.
  • Conducts audits to investigate known or alleged violations of the IGRA and NIGC regulations, prepares reports and testifies in administrative hearings or other proceedings as designated by the Commission to hear such matters.
  • Coordinates with responsible management officials; and evaluates the validity of tentative findings and recommendations that have been identified.

How to Apply

Your complete application, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. To apply on-line, you must complete and submit an application by accessing the USAJOBS website at www.usajobs.gov. To begin, click the Apply Online button near the bottom of this screen and follow the prompts to register into your USAJOBS account, answer the questions, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at www.usajobs.gov and click on “Application Status.” Click on the position title, and then select Apply Online to continue.  For details, go to this link:  https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/418042500.

Pueblo of Pojoaque v. New Mexico Preliminary Injunction Order (Gaming Dispute)

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Previous filings posted here.

31 Memorandum Opinion and Order

32 Preliminary Injunction