Here:
Panel materials here.
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
National Indian Law Bulletin (9/21/2017)
Here:
The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 9/21/17.
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren (Tribal Sovereign Immunity) on 9/11/17.
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 9/22/17.
News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Tribal Government section, we feature an article regarding a possible tribal carbon tax initiative.
U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
United States v. Osage Wind, LLC (Mining Leases; Wind Turbines)
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe v. McFarland (Bankruptcy – Fraudulent Transfers)
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation v. Porrino (State Recognition of Tribes)
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Gerlach (Indian Gaming; State Taxation)
State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Scott Ranch LLC (Tribal Water Rights Adjudication)
Sharp Image Gaming INC. v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Indian Gaming – Collateral Agreements)
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
We feature a notice of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, proclaiming certain lands as reservation for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe of Washington.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.3354: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.
H.R.3744: Tribal Recognition Act of 2017.
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature these articles:
Sacrifice zones in the green energy economy: The “new” climate refugees.
Rights without remedies.
Tenth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Hydraulic Fracking Rule as Unripe
Here is the opinion in State of Wyoming v. Zinke.
“ND Judges Trying to End Program Allowing Out-of-State Lawyer to Represent Water Protectors” UPDATE: Notice of Comment – Petition to Terminate the Special Provision of Legal Services
American Indian Law Journal: Call for Submissions to Spring 2018 Issue
The American Indian Law Journal, published by the Seattle University School of Law, serves as a vital online resource providing high quality articles on issues relevant to Indian law practitioners and scholars across the country. The American Indian Law Journal accepts articles and abstracts on Indian Law for consideration from students, practitioners, tribal members, and law school faculty members.
The American Indian Law Journal is currently
accepting submissions for potential publication
in the spring 2018 issues.
Submission Deadline:
Spring issue January 15, 2018
Article submissions are accepted through Scholastica, BePress, and AILJ@seattleu.edu. The editing process for publication begins soon after these deadlines for each respective issue. The American Indian Law Journal respectfully requests that authors please use footnotes rather than endnotes. All footnotes must conform to the 20th edition of The Bluebook.
For more information or to submit an article, please contact Tracey Cook-Lee, Content Editor, AILJ@seattleu.edu.
Montana SCT Holds Water Rights Associated with Former Crow Allotment but Now Held by Others are Not Part of Tribal Water Right
New Book: “Claiming Turtle Mountain’s Constitution: The History, Legacy, and Future of a Tribal Nation’s Founding Documents” by Keith Richotte
Claiming Turtle Mountain’s Constitution: The History, Legacy, and Future of a Tribal Nation’s Founding Documents
By Keith Richotte Jr.
In an auditorium in Belcourt, North Dakota, on a chilly October day in 1932, Robert Bruce and his fellow tribal citizens held the political fate of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in their hands. Bruce, and the others, had been asked to adopt a tribal constitution, but he was unhappy with the document, as it limited tribal governmental authority. However, white authorities told the tribal nation that the proposed constitution was a necessary step in bringing a lawsuit against the federal government over a long-standing land dispute. Bruce’s choice, and the choice of his fellow citizens, has shaped tribal governance on the reservation ever since that fateful day.
In this book, Keith Richotte Jr. offers a critical examination of one tribal nation’s decision to adopt a constitution. By asking why the citizens of Turtle Mountain voted to adopt the document despite perceived flaws, he confronts assumptions about how tribal constitutions came to be, reexamines the status of tribal governments in the present, and offers a fresh set of questions as we look to the future of governance in Native America and beyond.
For more information and to read an excerpt, visit the book page.
Federal Court Dismisses Pro Se Attack on Oglala Sioux Tribe (over a traffic ticket)
Here are the materials in Stanko v. Oglala Sioux Tribe (D.S.D.):
Federal Court Dismisses Pro Se Action against Interior and Stockbridge-Munsee
Here are the materials in Bruette v. Secretary of the Interior (E.D. Wis.):
Schaghticoke Suit against Connecticut to Proceed
Here are the materials in Schagticoke Tribal Nation v. State of Connecticut:
The complaint is here.
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