Here:
Agenda here.
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Federal Court Rejects EPA’s Effort to Dismiss Navajo Nation & State of Utah’s Suit over Gold King Mine Spill
Here are the materials in In re Gold King Mine Release in San Juan, County on August 5, 2015 (D.N.M.):
41 Harrison Western Construction MTD
61 Navajo Nation Response to 44
67 Navajo Nation Response to 42 and 52
133 EPA Reply in Support of 114
Prior post here.
Gov. Whitmer Appoints Wenona Singel as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Office of the Governor
Here:
March 1, 2019
Gov. Whitmer Appoints Wenona Singel as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Office of the Governor
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed longtime educator and activist, Wenona Singel, as the deputy legal counsel to the Office of the Governor. Singel is the first American Indian to hold this position in Michigan.
Her position of deputy legal counsel includes serving as the advisor to the Governor on tribal affairs. While serving in this role, she will work to strengthen the government-to-government relationship between Michigan’s twelve federally-recognized tribes and the State of Michigan.
“I’m thrilled to work with Wenona on strengthening our relationships with Michigan tribes,” said Whitmer. “As a first step, I directed each state department to develop a tribal consultation policy.”
Before her appointment, Wenona Singel was an associate professor at Michigan State University College of Law and Associate Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, and she received a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Previously, she served as a board member of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation following a presidential appointment by President Barack Obama with Senate confirmation. Wenona is an enrolled citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and a member of the American Law Institute, and she has two children with her husband, Matthew Fletcher.
The appointment is not subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
National Indian Law Library Bulletin (2/28/2019)
Here:
The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/28/19.
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2018-2019update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed on 2/14/19 in:
Wilson v. Horton’s Towing, et al. (Exhaustion of Tribal Court Remedies)
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
- Trespass and vandalism or protecting that which is holy? The missing piece of religious liberty land-use claims.
- Presidential permitting for pipelines: Constitutionality and reviewability.
- The Dakota Access Pipeline and the destruction of cultural heritage: Applying the crime against humanity of persecution before the ICC.
- Bridging the jurisdictional void: Cross-deputization agreements in Indian Country.
- Immunity inconsistency at the patent and trademark office: A case study for sovereign immunity in administrative adjudications.
- International indigenous economic law.
- A tiered approach to rights in traditional knowledge.
- International indigenous economic law.
- Dawn of a new day? The evolving relationship between the convention on biological diversity and international human rights law.
- The fallacy of defensive protection for traditional knowledge.
- Why is traditional knowledge different form all other intellectual property?
- New dialogues, new pathways: Reframing the debate on intellectual property and traditional knowledge.
- Traditional knowledge and genetic resources: Observing legal protection through the lens of historical geography and human rights.
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
In re Greektown Holdings, LLC (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Bankruptcy)
Stanko v. Oglala Sioux Tribe (Exhaustion of Tribal Court Remedies)
Energy Transfer Equity, LP v. Greenpeace International (Oil Pipeline; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2019.html
Long v. Snoqualmie Gaming Commission (Land into Trust; Gaming)
The People ex rel. Becerra v. Huber (Jurisdiction)
Matter of S.R. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Application of)
In re. L.D. v. M.J. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Tribal Intervention)
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about the State of Alaska seeking to takeover subsistence management.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following were added:
H.R.1416: To protect the legal production, purchase, and possession of marijuana by Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
H.R.1351: To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime, and for other purposes.
S.582: To amend the duties of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to ensure FinCEN works with tribal law enforcement agencies, protects against all forms of terrorism, and focuses on virtual currencies.
Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2019.html
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, published a notice of the deadline for submitting completed applications to begin participation in the Tribal Self-Governance Program in fiscal year 2020 or calendar year 2020.
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Trust Land Acquisition Docs
Here are the materials in Crawford-Hall v. United States (C.D. Cal.):
Prior post here.
Split Sixth Circuit Panel Confirms Tribal Immunity in Bankruptcy Act Proceedings
Here is the opinion in In re Greektown Holdings LLC.
Briefs:
Lower court materials and prior posts here.
Federal Court Rejects Yakama Nation Jurisdictional Claims against Local Governments
Here are the materials in Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. City of Toppenish (E.D. Wash.):
California Appellate Court Holds State Taxes Imposed on Tribal Member Not Preempted
Here are the materials in People ex rel. Becerra v. Huber (Cal. Ct. App.):
appellant-supplemental-brief.pdf
Washington Appellate Court Holds Tribal Gaming Commission Immune from Suit
Here are the materials in Long v. Snoqualmie Gaming Commission (Wash. Ct. App.):
Wilson v. Horton’s Towing Cert Petition [Montana; Exhaustion; Civil Forfeiture]
Here:
Questions presented:
1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by non Native Americans for violation of tribal drug laws while on tribal land?
2. If so, does the Tribe have authority to seize a motor vehicle off reservation if it has probable cause to believe that the automobile previously contained illegal drugs while on tribal lands?
Lower court materials here.
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