Here are the materials in Bishop Paiute Tribe v. Inyo County (E.D. Cal.):
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Permissive Intervention by Saginaw Chippewa in Bay Mills v. Snyder
Federal Court Enjoins Cherokee Nation Tribal Court Suit against Opioid Companies
Here is the order in McKesson Corp. v. Hembree (N.D. Okla.):
An excerpt:
Oklahoma is among the states with the highest number of opioid prescriptions per one hundred people and has a high overdose death rate. Tribal communities have been tragically affected, as have other communities in Oklahoma. Numerous cities, counties and states throughout the country, including the state of Oklahoma, have filed lawsuits against various opioid manufactures, pharmaceutical distributors, and other businesses allegedly responsible for the proliferation of opioid drugs. This proceeding concerns a lawsuit by the Cherokee Nation against a number of opioid distributors and pharmacies. However, the question before the Court is not the merits of the Cherokee Nation’s lawsuit but rather the boundaries of tribal court jurisdiction. The Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation has filed suit not in state court but in the tribal district court of the Cherokee Nation. Do the tribal courts of the Cherokee Nation have jurisdiction over this particular action? The Court finds they do not.
Briefs here.
Univ. of Arizona IPLP Spring 2018 Events
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IPLP’s Spring 2018 Events at University of Arizona
Here are upcoming events hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program at the James E. Rogers College of Law. All IPLP speaker series events are free and open to the public. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to law-iplp@email.arizona.edu.
Food Sovereignty and International Political Economy
January 10, 12:15-1:15 PM
Ares Auditorium, Room 164
1201 E. Speedway
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Join the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program for a presentation by Michael Fakhri, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Food Resiliency Project at the University of Oregon, School of Law. Professor Fakhri will discuss how the food sovereignty movement has been a powerful force that, over the past several decades, has changed international trade institutions, property rights, and human rights law.
Indian Civil Rights Advocacy and Litigation
February 22, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
IPLP graduate Gabe Galanda (’00) is Partner and Founder of Galanda Broadman, PLLC, a leading law firm specializing in complex litigation, bet-the-company business matters, and regulatory disputes for tribal governments, enterprises, and citizens. Gabe specializes in defending tribes and Indian-owned enterprises against legal attack by local, state, and federal government and private parties; advocating for tribal members in disenrollment or civil rights defense; and representing tribal plaintiffs and defendants in catastrophic personal injury lawsuits.
Human & Civil Rights Advocacy at the Water Protector Legal Collective
March 19, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
IPLP graduate Terry Janis (’89), will discuss his work as executive director of the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), the on-the-ground legal team for the ceremonial resistance camps at Standing Rock. Terry (Oglala Lakota) has worked extensively on Native American and international indigenous education and human rights issues. Working through organizations such as WPLC, University of Arizona, Indian Law Resource Center, and Northern Arizona University, Janis has consistently combined education and law to work with Indian leaders and students to advocate for indigenous rights.
Coalition Building in Federal Policy and Law Making
March 29, 12:15-1:15 PM
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
IPLP graduate Akilah Kinnison (JD ’12, LLM ’13) is an Associate at Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, a leading law firm in the practice of federal Indian law. Akilah works alongside IPLP alumni Katie Klass and Joshua Proper in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. At the firm, Akilah’s practice areas include health care and education, cultural and environmental resource protection, tribal gaming, and international repatriation. She assists the firm with coalition building and legal advocacy around these issues.
Beyond a Zero-Sum Federal Trust Responsibility
April 12, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Rountree Hall, Room 204
1145 N Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
Monte Mills is Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana. Monte will discuss his recent article on the federal government’s trust responsibility in the context of tribal energy development and how lessons from that policy arena could reshape the intersection of natural resource development and indigenous cultural preservation.
Sioux Tribes Sue Opioid Companies
Here is the complaint captioned Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Purdue Pharma LP (D.S.D.):
Federal Claims Court Dismisses Pre-2011 White Mountain Apach Trust Breach Claims
Here are the materials in White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States (Fed. Cl.):
D.C. Circuit Briefs in Ho-Chunk Inc. v. Sessions
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Navajo Tribal Court Jurisdiction & Wampanoag Gaming Matters; Issues CVSG in Crow Hunting Case
The Court denied cert in Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves (cert materials here); Massachusetts v. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (cert petition here); and Red Bear v. SESDAC (lower court decision here).
The Court called for the views of the Solicitor General in Herrera v. Wyoming (cert stage materials here).
WSJ: “Trump Nominee to Lead Indian Health Services Faces Claims of Misrepresentation”
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NARF: “Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Not Gone, Just Gone Underground”
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January 4, 2018 (Boulder, CO) – Last night, the President dissolved the ironically named Election Integrity Commission. This misguided effort was tasked with fruitlessly searching for evidence of voter fraud, which study after study shows is so rare that it’s nearly nonexistent. The Commission was a solution in search of a problem. It also was beset by ongoing problems, such as being sued by its own members for failing to share critical information.
Given this, it was no surprise that the Commission was disbanded, but, make no mistake, this is no victory for voting rights advocates. This change simply removes the Commission’s dangerous work from public scrutiny. The original Commission fell under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and was required to make certain information public. (This was the basis of several of the lawsuits.) Now, however, the Commission’s press office announced it will turn its findings and work over to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This move means the fruitless work of searching for nonexistent voter fraud will continue under the protective rules of DHS and, more importantly, it is now the DHS that will issue any recommendations. So the Commission’s work continues, only now you won’t know what they are up to. NARF Staff Attorney Natalie Landreth promises, “NARF will be closely following the DHS work on ‘voter fraud,’ which inevitably will turn into recommendations for voter suppression.”
Protecting the voting rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives is one of NARF’s core areas of advocacy. We currently represent Native Americans in North Dakota that have been disenfranchised by North Dakota’s discriminatory voter ID laws. NARF also leads the Native American Voting Rights Coalition, a large group of organizations and individuals working together to protect voting rights across the country.
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