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Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Stockbridge-Munsee Community v. Wisconsin. (Gaming; Statute of Limitation; Sovereign Immunity)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

A tribal counsel’s guide to corporate compliance.
Lobbying as a strategy for tribal resilience.
The reports of our death are greatly exaggerated–reflections on the resilience of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York.
Changing family courts to help heal and build resilient families.
Sovereign Resilience: Reviving private-sector economic institutions in Indian Country.
Cultivating professional identity and resilience through the study of federal Indian law.
Establishing paternity under the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Uncounseled tribal court convictions as predicate offenses under United States v. Bryant.
Building Indian Country’s future through food, agriculture, infrastructure, and economic development in the 2018 Farm Bill.
Food localization: Empowering community food systems through the Farm Bill.
Sovereign immunity for rent: How the commodification of Tribal sovereign immunity reflects the failures of the U.S. patent system.
The fight over Columbia Basin salmon spills and the future of the Lower Snake River Dams.
The hybrid nature of the property clause: Implications for judicial review of National Monument reductions.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Education section, we feature articles about groups working for accurate depiction of Native American history in schools.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2019.html
We feature a notice of the Fish and Wildlife Service seeking public comment on rule revisions pertaining to the religious use of federally protected bird feathers.

Legislation Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

S.2438: Not Invisible Act of 2019
S.2459: To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes.
S.1232: A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide funds to States and Indian Tribes for the purpose of promoting economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried out before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes.

NIGC Affirms Approval of Ponca Tribe’s Gaming Ordinance on Remand from Federal Court

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in In re: Gaming Ordinance of Ponca Tribe of Nebraska:

Revised Amendment to FDO – Ponca NE

The earlier federal court materials are here.

Minnesota Public Radio: “And now this message from Save Lake Calhoun” AKA Bde Maka Ska

May 2, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Prior post here.

Second Circuit Briefs in Oneida Indian Nation v. Dept. of Interior

May 2, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

NY Oneida Appellant Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Lower court materials here.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in United States v. Uintah Valley Shoshone Tribe

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Appellant Brief

US Brief

Appellant Response Brief

Lower court materials here.

Seventh Circuit Affirms Stockbridge-Munsee v. Wisconsin/Ho-Chunk Nation

May 1, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Stockbridge-Munsee Community v. State of Wisconsin.

Briefs here.

Interior Starts Process to Undo Eagle Act Regulations to Allow Non-Indians to Access Eagle Feathers

May 1, 2019Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the notice:

2019-04-30 FR

An excerpt:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received a petition for rulemaking, which asks the Service to revise the existing rules pertaining to the religious use of federally protected bird feathers. The petition is being published pursuant to the terms of a settlement agreement entered into in 2016 by the United States with McAllen Grace Brethren Church and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Any changes to existing rules will be subject to a public comment period, and tribal consultation consistent with Executive Order 13175 and the Department of the Interior Policy on Consultation with Indian Tribes. The Service seeks comments on the petition.