Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

#MeToo in Indian Country: A Short and Incomplete Collection of News Stories

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Articles selected based on google search at 9AM this morning — “metoo american Indians”

Indianz: National Congress of American Indians under #MeToo fire

ICT: NCAI Attorney John Dossett under fire after #MeToo allegations

Indianz: Prominent Indian Country attorney reassigned after #MeToo allegations

NPQ: Will #MeToo Movement Lead to Protections for American Indian Women?

Vice Impact: Native American Women Have Been Saying a Lot More Than #MeToo for Years

Jezebel: Native American Lit Community Warns of Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Sherman Alexie 

NPR: ‘It Just Felt Very Wrong’: Sherman Alexie’s Accusers Go On The Record

Medium: Sherman Alexie and the Sexual Assault Legacy of Federal Native American Boarding Schools

NBC: Native American women speak out about sexual assault and violence

New Mexico News Port: Native Women Leaders Express #Me-Too Concerns

HCN: Where #Metoo meets #MMIW

Bustle: These Women Running For Congress Won’t Let Native Americans Be Left Out Of #MeToo

Native Friends: THE SILENCE WITHIN: A NATIVE VOICE IN #METOO

The Nation: Confronting the ‘Native Harvey Weinsteins

OPB: Native American Women On Sherman Alexie: ‘The Silence Was Destructive’

TIME: The Silence Breakers

Yes!: Why Reading Sherman Alexie Was Never Enough

New Scholarship by Jeanette Wolfley on Indian Tribes and the Energy Industry

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Jeanette Wolfley has published “Embracing Engagement: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Industry and Tribal Nations on Projects Affecting Tribal Rights and Off-Reservation Lands” in the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law.

 

California COA Affirms Attorney Fees Award against Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Findleton v. Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians:

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Prior posts here.

California COA Allows Most State Law Claims against Indian Smokeshop under PL 280

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in People ex rel. Beccera v. Huber:

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The Guardian: “A 124-year-old statue reviled by Native Americans – and how it came down”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Gerlach

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Split Eighth Circuit Stays Lower Court Order Favoring Indian Voting Rights

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Brakebill v Jaeger:

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Briefs here.

TeenVogue: “The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Expires September 30, Leaving Indigenous Women Especially Vulnerable”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

LTBB Judge Profiled in New Book on Judging

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Judges discover strength in pivotal decisions” from the National Catholic Reporter.

The article reviews the new book, “Tough Cases: Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decisions They’ve Ever Made.”

 

DOJ Justice Manual — Indian Country Provisions

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Earlier this week the Department of Justice replaced the US Attorneys’ Manual with the new Justice Manual. [Miigwetch to Chris Chaney for the tip.]

Here:

Indian Jurisdiction
Indian Country—Introduction Criminal Resource Manual at 674
Investigative Jurisdiction Criminal Resource Manual at 675
MOU re Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act Criminal Resource Manual at 676
Indian Country Defined Criminal Resource Manual at 677
The General Crimes Act—18 U.S.C. § 1152 Criminal Resource Manual at 678
The Major Crimes Act—18 U.S.C. § 1153 Criminal Resource Manual at 679
Lesser Included Offenses Under 18 U.S.C. § 1153 Criminal Resource Manual at 680
Indian Jurisdiction—Tribal Options Criminal Resource Manual at 681
Successive Prosecutions Criminal Resource Manual at 682
“Victimless Crimes” Criminal Resource Manual at 683
Memorandum for Benjamin R. Civiletti Re Jurisdiction Over “Victimless” Crimes Committed by Non-indians on Indian Reservations Criminal Resource Manual at 684
Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction Over Offenses by Non-Indians Against Indians Criminal Resource Manual at 685
Who is an “Indian”? Criminal Resource Manual at 686
Tribal Court Jurisdiction Criminal Resource Manual at 687
State Jurisdiction Criminal Resource Manual at 688
Jurisdictional Summary Criminal Resource Manual at 689
Embezzlement and Theft from Tribal Organization Criminal Resource Manual at 690
Indian Gaming Criminal Resource Manual at 691