Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Native American Bar Association hereby urges all states to include or maintain Indian law on their respective bar examinations, especially those states with large Indian populations such as Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Connecticut, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida.

Patricia McGeshick Walks On

April 13, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Patrick S. O’Donnell’s “North American Indian Law: A Basic Bibliography” Version 2B

April 13, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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California Indian Law Association Files FOIA Suit over SG’s Confession of Error over Tee-Hit-Ton and Sandoval Cases

April 13, 2015April 14, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here is the complaint in California Indian Law Association v. Dept. of Justice (D. D.C.):

2015-04-10 ECF 1 complaint

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On April 8, 2011, at the 36th Annual Indian Law Conference of the Federal Bar Association, in New Mexico, a video recording was presented to all attendees consisting of a speech by Neal Katyal in his capacity as the Acting Solicitor General of the United States (“ASG”) (hereinafter, “Katyal Speech”). The Katyal Speech involved an apology or confession of error for misrepresentations by the OSG to the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Sandoval, 231 U.S. 28 (1913), and Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States, 348 U.S. 272 (1955), and background regarding United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation, 131 S. Ct. 1723 (2011), and United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation, 131 S. Ct. 2313 (2011), which were both then pending before the Supreme Court.

Update:

For a limited time you can download the video of the presentation here.

National NABA Issues Resolution Declaring Lawyers Assisting Tribal Disenrollment without Due Process are in Violation of the Ethical Rules

April 13, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

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WHEREAS, Native Americans’ right of tribal citizenship is being increasingly divested or restricted without equal protection at law or due process of law, or any effective remedy for the violation of such rights, most commonly through a tribal process known as “disenrollment.”

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Native American Bar Association hereby denounces any divestment or restriction of the American indigenous right of tribal citizenship, without equal protection at law or due process of law or an effective remedy for the violation of such rights.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Native American Bar Association hereby declares that it is immoral and unethical for any lawyer to advocate for or contribute to the divestment or restriction of the American indigenous right of tribal citizenship, without equal protection at law or due process of law or an effective remedy for the violation of such rights.