Here:
PBS Visionaries Documentary on American Law Institute [featuring Indian Law in part]
Here:
ALI Restatement
Walk in Support of Safety for Native Women During Dollar General Oral Arguments
A Call to Action!
Walk in Support of Safety for Native Women on December 7!
On December 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Dollar General case. The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) and the Monument Quilt Project will join together in front of the Supreme Court carrying quilt squares of the Monument Quilt.
“NIWRC and the Monument Quilt Project will walk in support of safety for Native women and sovereignty of Indian nations,” said Cherrah Giles, Board President, NIWRC. “We ask everyone to join our effort to oppose Dollar General. Non-Indian corporations and sex predators must be held accountable. Race should not be a license to prey on Native women and children.”
“We invite those concerned about justice and safety of Native women to create a quilt square to share their support for justice and stories of survival,” said Rebecca Nagle, Co-director of FORCE Monument Quilt Project. “Contribute your quilt square to the growing Monument Quilt. Let us walk together on December 7 and call on the Supreme Court for justice for Native women and children.”
***Mail your quilt square by December 1, 2015, to:
FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, Shame on Dollar General Campaign
2315 Homewood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218
Please add a note stating the quilt square is being made to support Native women in the ”Dollar General case.”
Link to the full announcement here
Directions on how to make the quilt square here
Update on Restatement of the Law of American Indians
From the American Law Institute:
Matthew Fletcher Presents Indian Law Restatement
Matthew Fletcher, Reporter on the Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians, and Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, recently presented on the Restatement and why it matters to everyday practitioners, at the Spokane County Bar Association’s Sixth Annual Indian Law Conference. The first chapter of the Restatement was presented to the membership for approval on May 19. Sections one through nine of the Restatement were approved. The sections include topics focusing on Indian tribes, federal-tribal relationship, American-Indian Treaty Law, federal legislation, and breach of trust claims.
American Law Institute Q&A with Fletcher
ALI Announcement on the Restatement, Third, The Law of American Indians
Here.
An excerpt:
The Restatement Third, The Law of American Indians, aims to cement a set of generally agreed-upon foundational principles that could shape further developments in the field. Topics to be considered include federal/tribal relations, state/tribal relations, tribal jurisdiction and authority, and Indian Country business law. Matthew L. M. Fletcher of Michigan State University College of Law has been appointed Reporter for the project. Wenona T. Singel, also of Michigan State, and Kaighn Smith, Jr., of Drummond Woodsum in Portland, ME, will serve as Associate Reporters. View the lists of project participants.
Anyone with a serious interest in being a part of this project should apply for membership with the ALI. The next deadline is Jan. 15, 2013.
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