Author: Adrea Korthase

State of Oregon Warning (and Fight) Against Tribal Payday Lenders

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The consumer alert is here.

Story from KATU is here (thanks to J.B.). An excerpt:

This woman’s case – and thousands like it – is now at the center of a   legal battle at the highest levels of the U.S. Government –a story   that’s taken us from Portland, to the halls of Congress, to a dusty town   in Oklahoma – and deep into the pages of one of the murkiest chapters   in America’s history.  Millions of dollars hangs in the balance as the   rights of you, the consumer, are pitted against the rights of all  Native  Americans.

Their treaties with the United States are century-old binding  contracts upheld by numerous court decisions. But the issue of tribal  sovereignty is taking center stage in the fight to stop online loan  sharks.

Recent previous post here.

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians Appeals EPA Air Standard for Coal Plant to Ninth Circuit

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AP article via the Mercury News here.

Earthjustice press release is here and includes the petition.

Senator Harry Reid discussed the issue in a recent ICTMN interview here.

First Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha, Canonized

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ICT Article here.

CBS News video here.

Article (from earlier this month) about people preparing to travel to the Vatican here.

Previous post about the announcement here.

Amazing Eagle Pic from South Carolina

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Thanks to Priscilla Loeben!

Opposition Builds Against Plans for Northwest Coal Terminals

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The New York Times article here.

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians resolution here.

 

2012 (Oregon) Governor’s Summit on Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System

Adrea Korthase

Summit is November 1-2, 2012 at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, Oregon. Agenda, registration, and other information can be found here.

Washington State Board of Education Encourages Schools to Remove Native American Mascots

Adrea Korthase

Resolution is here.

Stories are here and here.

Chimney Rock Designated a National Monument

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Washington Post article is here and contains a links to reports and other information about the history of Chimney Rock.

ICT article is here.

Press release is here.

Is Prudential Standing Jurisdictional?

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The D. C. Circuit says yes. Last week’s article (on the blog Circuit Splits) is here. The article analyzes how the  D.C. Circuit decision Grocery Manufacturers Association v. E.P.A. creates a circuit split as to whether prudential standing is jurisdictional. The dissent in the case relies significantly on Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak.

 

Minnesota Wellness Court Story and Video

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Pioneer Press story is here. An excerpt

Excessive drinking cost the U.S. economy $223.5 billion in 2006, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2009, 10,839 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for roughly one-third of all traffic-related deaths in the U.S. that year.

Which brings me to Cass County District Judge John Smith and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court Associate Judge Korey Wahwassuck.

The jurists, from their upbringing and from handling cases, were long aware of the devastating impact of alcoholism on a good number of county residents, particularly on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.

They realized that business as usual — locking up DWI offenders only to see them show up in court again and again for another offense — was not doing anybody any good.

So six years ago, Smith, Wahwassuck, probation officials and others established a first-of-its-kind joint DWI “wellness court.” They weathered initial pushback and resolved overlapping jurisdictional issues involving child custody and other matters.