U. Chi. Law Review Podcast on the Murphy/McGirt Cases

Here is “Briefly 3.10 – Is Half of Oklahoma Tribal Land?”

From the site:

This is Briefly, a production of the University of Chicago Law Review. Today we are discussing two cases pending before the Supreme Court, which will determine whether roughly half of the land in Oklahoma is actually an Indian Reservation . We’re joined by Elizabeth Reese, a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, and Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law. Music from bensound.com.

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to BLM Approval of Winter Exploration in Arctic Petroleum Reserve

Here are the materials in Native Village of Nuiqsut v. BLM (D. Alaska):

5 Amended Complaint

27 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary J

30 Federal Response

31 ConocoPhillips Response

33 Reply

46 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Tribal Member’s Property Claims against Fond du Lac Ojibwe

Here are the materials in Begay Dobbs v. Fond Du Lac Reservation Business Committee (D. Minn.):

19 Amended Complaint + Exhibits

23 Motion to Dismiss

32 Opposition

35 Reply

39 Magistrate Report

43 Objections

44 DCT Order

Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance Call for Papers

The Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance
(IPJLCR) is accepting submissions for Volume 7, slated to be published in
Winter 2021. Submissions are being accepted until March 1st, 2020.
IPJLCR is a law journal at the University of California Los Angeles
School of Law that is interdisciplinary in nature, consisting of scholarly
articles, legal commentary, poetry, songs, stories, and artwork. We are
soliciting scholarly articles and student comments written about legal issues
important to Indigenous communities 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.

IPJLCR is committed to Native issues, federal Indian law, and tribal
law. Past issues include: writings by Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Naomi Lanoi
Leleto, Robert J. Miller, Robert Alan Hershey, and Geneva E. B. Thompson,
an essay by Joy Harjo on resistance, poetry by Sara Littlecrow-Russel,
Mahealani Kamauu, Lydia Locklear, Tekpatl Tonalyohlotl Kuauhtzin, and
Shawna Shandiin Sunrise, and artwork by Elizabeth Whipple and Nadema
Agard Winyan Luta Red Woman, as well as photography by Anna
Tsouhlarakis, Cathy Hewitt and Rob Wilson, .

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 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.

Call for Submissions Winter 2021

Eighth Circuit Decides Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation v. Wilkinson II

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Briefs:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply

Prior posts here.

Federal Court Strikes Ban on Chinook Federal Acknowledgment Petition, Violates APA

Here are the materials in Chinook Indian Nation v. Bernhardt (W.D. Wash.), formerly Chinook Indian Nation v. Zinke:

93-us-motion-for-partial-summary-judgment.pdf

97-chinook-response.pdf

99-us-reply.pdf

101-chinook-motion-for-partial-summary-j-1.pdf

102-chinook-motion-for-partial-summary-j-2.pdf

108-us-response-to-101.pdf

109-us-response-to-102.pdf

112-dct-order.pdf

Prior posts here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Cases Involving Nottawaseppi Huron Band Potawatomi, Chippewa-Cree, and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes

Here is today’s order list.

The Court denied cert in Sequoia Capital Operations LLC v. Gingras; Spurr v. Pope; and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe v. Texas.

Chicago Tribune: “On the largest freshwater island in the world, Lake Huron’s Native Americans warn of the fragility of water”

Here.

Federal Court Allows Class Action against Tribal Sovereign Lending of Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake to Proceed

Here are the materials so far in Hengle v. Asner (E.D. Va.):

54 Amended Complaint

58 Asner Motion to Compel

60 Asner Motion to Dismiss

63 Tribal Officials Motion to Compel

65 Tribal Officials Motion to Dismiss

76 Tribe Amicus Brief

95 Response to 76

96 Response to 63

97 Response to 58

98 Response to 65

99 Response to 60

102 Amicus Brief of Tribal Amici Curiae

103 Reply in Support of 58

104 Reply in Support of 60

105 Reply in Support of 63

106 Reply in Support of 65

107 Response to 102

109 DCT Order

Federal Circuit Affirms Rejection of Pro Se Property Owner’s Claims against US re: Lake Quinault

Here are the materials in Landreth v. United States:

unpublished opinion

Appellant Brief

US Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.