National Indian Law Library Bulletin (12/6/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 12/6/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

  • Human rights and the Paris Agreement’s implementation guidelines: Opportunities to develop a rights-based approach.
  • Tribal sovereign immunity and the need for congressional action.
  • Indigenous rights to water & environmental protection.
  • Killing the black snake: The Dakota Access Pipeline’s fate post-Sierra Club v. FERC.
  • Social contract: The distributive significance of a Native nation’s patent agreement with Allergan.
  • Patently absurd: Critiquing the USPTOS’s disparate treatment of tribal and state immunity in inter partes review.

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html

  • White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States (Fiduciary Duty: Trust Funds)
  • Tenorio v. High Hawk (Indian Civil Rights Act; Banishment; Sentencing)
  • Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (Gaming; Federal Recognition)
  • Cheykaychi v. Geisen (Indian Civil Rights Act)
  • Enrolled members of the Blackfeet Tribe v. Thedus Crowe (Tribal Water Rights – Compacts)
  • In Re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing (Trust Funds – Allocation)
  • BP America INC. v. Yerington Paiute Tribe (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies)
  • Pueblo of Jemez v. United States (Native American Oral Traditional Evidence; Hearsay)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html

  • In the Matter of Contested Case Hearing Re Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) for the Thirty Meter Telescope at the Mauna Kea Science Reserver, Ka’ohe Mauka, Hamakua, Hawai’i, TMK (Native Hawaiian Sacred Sites; Telescope)
  • People in Interest of M.V. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Juvenile Court Jurisdiction)
  • People in Interest of M.D. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Active Efforts; Indian Child Welfare Act – Placement)
  • Hopi Tribe v. Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership (Sacred Sites; Wastewater; Snowmaking)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Gallaher v. Colville Confederated Tribes

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature two articles on a case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature a notice of proposed finding against federal acknowledgement of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following were added:

  • H.Res.1159: Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
  • H.Res.1163: Recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.

SG Recommends Denial in Osage Wind and Ute Tribal Exhaustion Cases

Here is the government’s invitation brief in Harvey v. Ute Indian Tribe:

SG Brief [Ute]

Here is the government’s brief in the Osage Wind matter:

SG Brief [Osage]

SCOTUS Orders Additional Briefing in Murphy Case

Here is the order.

Background materials here.

Leasehold Sues BIA Over Trespass Finding @ Turtle Mountain

Here is the complaint in Grenier v. Dept. of Interior (D.N.D.):

complaint

IBIA decision here.

Update in Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. NIGC

Here are the new materials in Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (D.D.C.):

80 Amended Complaint

84-1 US Motion to Dismiss

87 Opposition

92 Reply in Support of 84

93 Fort Sill Motion to Compel

94 US Opposition

96 Reply in Support of 93

98 DCT Order Partially Granting 84

102 Fort Sill Motion to Complete Admin Record

103 Opposition

104 Reply in Support of 102

105 DCT Order on 102

Prior posts here.

Rincon Band Sues Larry Flynt over Illegal Gambling

Here is the complaint in Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians v. Flynt (Cal. Super.):

Complaint

Federal Court Dismisses ICRA Habeas Petition of Kewa Pueblo Prisoner No Longer Incarcerated

Here are the materials in Tenorio v. Hawk (D. Colo.):

1 Habeas Petition

10 Amended Petition

18 DCT Order

Wisconsin Tribes Sue Wisconsin over Taxation of Indian Lands

Here are the materials in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Walker (W.D. Wis.):

2018.11.30 – Docket 01 – Complaint

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-1 – Civil Cover Sheet

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-2 – Exhibit Index

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-3 – Exhibit A – Treaty with Chippewa

2018.11.30 – Docket 1-4 – Exhibit B – Sample Red Cliff Patent

Vice: “Native American Women Are Being Sold into the Sex Trade on Ships Along Lake Superior”

Here.

Interior Decision on Samish Fee to Trust Acquisition

Here:

2018-11-09-final-ftt-decision-reg-dir1.pdf

2018-11-09-attachment-1-to-ftt-dec-samish-carcieri-analysis.pdf