Webcast: The Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Sept. 13-14, 2017)

The Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

13–14 September 2017 ● Boulder, Colorado

Webcast will be live from 9 am to 4pm on 13 September 

Mountain Daylight Time (UTC -6)

http://www.colorado.edu/law/live

 

Other event information here, including registration for the in-person event https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/uncategorized/2017/08/10th-anniversary-of-the-undrip-at-u-colorado-law-school/

Here:

Webcast UN

Federal Court Rejects Chemehuevi Tribe Effort to Stop County Interference with Tribal Police

Here are the materials in Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. McMahon (C.D. Cal.):

57 Defendants Motion

61-1 Tribe Motion

62 Defendants Response

64 Tribe Motion

68 Defendants Reply

71 Tribe Reply

84 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Materials in Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe (U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 09-1 — second go around, I think?)

Here:

Four Tribes’ Brief

Hoh Tribe Brief

Makah Brief

Makah Reply

Quinault and Quileute Brief

Six Tribes’ Brief

State Brief

State Reply

Oral argument video here.

Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation Proclamation — Possibly the Largest Reservation Proclamation (by acreage) Ever

Here is the Federal Register notice:

Federal Register Notice 2017-18854

Arizona Court of Appeals Briefs in Hopi Tribe v. City of Flagstaff

Here:

Hopi Opening Brief

Flagstaff Brief

Hopi Reply

Prior posts here.

Federal Court Dismisses Federal Recognition Bid by Group of Mdewakanton Sioux Indians 

Here is the opinion in Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of Minnesota v. Zinke (D.D.C.).

Briefs previously posted here.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (8/31/2017)

Here:

The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 8/31/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Washington v. U.S. (Fishing Rights) on 8/17/17.
Petition for certiorari was filed in Alaska v. Ross (Climate Change – Threatened Species) on 7/23/17.
Petition for certiorari was filed in Town of Vernon v. U.S. (Land into Trust; Commerce Clause) on 6/23/17.

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Economic Development section, we feature an article about tribal taxation of oil drillers. The Environment & Energy section includes a story about challenges to protect Pacific salmon habitat.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Civil Jurisdiction)
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation v. Lawrence (Civil Jurisdiction)
Coeur D’alene Tribe v. Hawks (Civil Jurisdiction)
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. United States Department of the Interior (Gaming)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
State of Utah, In the Interest of P.F. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Expert Testimony)
In re Detmer/Beaudry (Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
The following articles were added:
A collective memory of injustice: Reclaiming Hawai’i’s Crown Lands Trust in response to Judge James S. Burns.
Sullying the scholar’s craft: An essay and criticism of Judge James S. Burn’s Crown Lands Trust article.
Ninth Circuit applies Winters doctrine to groundwater.
Back to the future: How the holding of Shelby County v. Holder has been a reality for South Dakota Native Americans since 1975.
Bystander no more? Improving the federal response to sexual violence in Indian country.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
We feature a final interim rule of the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, on migratory bird hunting regulations on certain federal Indian reservations for the 2017-18 season.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bill was added:
H.R.3657: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones and markers for the graves of spouses and children of veterans who are buried in tribal cemeteries.

Washington State Anti-Indian Group Invites British White Supremacist to Speak in Spokane

From Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, here.

Federal Court Dismisses Effort to Shut Down Indian Casino Project Allegedly Built on Indian Cemetery

Here are the materials in Rosales v. Dutschke (E.D. Cal.):

62-1 Tribally Related Defendants Motion to Dismiss

63-1 Federal Defendants Motion to Dismiss

74 Response to Federal Motion

75 Response to Tribal Motion

80 Federal Reply

84 Tribal Reply

98 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Construction Contractor’s Section 1983 Action against Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

Here are the materials in Forsythe v. Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (D. Nev.):

17 Tribe Motion to Dismiss

19 Wood Rodgers Inc Motion to Dismiss

24 Response to Tribe Motion

25 Response to Wood Rodgers Inc

27 Tribe Reply

28 Wood Rodgers Reply

38 DCT Order