Witness List and Written Testimony in July 23 SCIA Hearing on Indian Gaming

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Witnesses:

The Honorable Paul A. Gosar
Representative-United States House of Representatives

The Honorable Raul M. Grijalva
Representative-United States House of Representatives

Panel 1

The Honorable Kevin Washburn
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs-United States Department of the Interior
View Testimony

Mr. Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri
Vice Chairman-National Indian Gaming Commission
View Testimony

Ms. Anne-Marie Fennell
Director-Natural Resources and Environment-United States Government Accountability Office
View Testimony

Panel 2

The Honorable A.T. Stafne
Representative-United States House of Representatives
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The Honorable Michell Hicks
Principal Chief-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
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Mr. Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.
Chairman-National Indian Gaming Association
View Testimony

Panel 3

The Honorable Diane Enos
Chairman-Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
View Testimony

The Honorable Ned Norris, Jr.
Chairman-Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona
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The Honorable Jerry Weiers
Mayor-City of Glendale
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Shadow Report on the Texas-Mexico Wall to U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Race Discrimination

Here:

Shadow Report February 2014

Texas-Mexico border wall request-FINAL SUBMISSION

USA1March2013

Yakama Office of Legal Counsel Seeks Director

Job Posting – Director of Yakama Nation Office of Legal Counsel

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation is seeking a Director for the Office of Legal Counsel to serve as the lead counsel to the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, the Yakama Nation government as a whole, including all departments and programs, and the Yakama Nation enterprises. 

To APPLY for the Director Position within the Yakama Nation Office of Legal Counsel, interested applicants should submit an updated Resume, Cover letter, 5-7 page written sample, Transcripts, applicable State Bar Number, and listing of References. Interested applicants must submit above listed materials, including Yakama Nation Human Resources Job Application, to the Yakama Nation ATTN: Human Resources with a courtesy electronic copy sent to jobs@yakamanation-olc.org.  See the attached Job Listing Announcement.  

Here:

2014-127 Director -Office of Legal Counsel

 

NLRB Reply to Saginaw Chippewa Response to Motion to Remand

Here:

NLRB Reply in Support of Motion to Remand

Complete briefing here:

NLRB Motion to Remand

Sag Chip Motion to Hold Appeal in Abeyance

Sag Chip Opposition to NLRB Motion

Szotkowski Declaration

 

Briefs in Mackinac Tribe v. Jewell (Complaint for Federal Recognition)

Here:

7-1 US Motion to Dismiss

10 Tribe Opposition

12 US Reply

Complaint is here.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Jemez Pueblo Land Claim

Here:

Pueblo of Jemez Opening Brief

NCAI and AAIA Amicus Brief

AIO and ALTF Amicus Brief

US Answer Brief

Jemez Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Alaska SCT Briefs in Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Council v. Wheeler

Here:

Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Council Opening Brief

Wheeler Response Brief

Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Council Reply

Here are the questions presented (from the opening brief):

1. Whether, in light of this Court’s prior precedents, particularly State v. Native Village of Tanana, 249 P.3d 734 (Alaska 2011), a Superior Court may try a custody action in a matter involving an Alaska Native child without adhering to the requirements of Alaska’s Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (“UCCJEA”), AS 25.30.300, et seq., when a tribal court has previously entered an initial determination regarding the child.
2. Whether the Superior Court erred in interpreting Alaska’s UCCJEA, AS 25.30.300, et. seq., as excluding tribal courts within the meaning of “court” in AS 25.30.909(6) and erred in failing to register the Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Court custody order, in light of the Court’s prior precedents, particularly State v. Native Village of Tanana, 249 P.3d 734 (Alaska 2011).
3. Whether the Superior Court erred in concluding that it had “at least concurrent jurisdiction over the issue of Jacob’s custody,” and proceeded to enter an initial child custody determination without giving comity to or contacting the Asa‘carsarmiut Tribal Court and requesting that the Asa‘carsarmiut Tribal Court determine that it no longer had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction or, alternatively, establishing that the Superior Court “would be a more convenient forum.”
4. Whether, if it is found that the Superior Court properly had jurisdiction to modify the Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Court order pursuant to AS 25.30.320, the Superior Court erred by failing to enter an Order Modifying Custody that stated its authority to modify the Asa‘carsarmiut Tribal Court order as well as its findings regarding a *3 substantial change of circumstances, pursuant to AS 25.20.110 rather than a Final Custody Decree and Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.
5. Whether, in light of the Court’s prior precedent, particularly John v. Baker, 982 P.2d 738 (Alaska 1999), a Superior Court may try a custody action in a matter involving an Alaska Native child without engaging in a comity analysis when a tribal court had previously entered a custody order regarding the child.

 

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Hopland Band of Pomo Indians v. Jewell (ISDEAA Law Enforcement Funding)

Here:

Hopland Band Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Hopland Reply Brief

Lower court materials here:

21 Tribal Motion for Summary J

32 US Motion for Summary J

32-1 Cruzan Declaration

34 Tribal Response

38 US Reply

55 DCT Order

We posted on this case here and here.

Opening Ninth Circuit Brief in Yakama/King Mountain Tax Dispute with US

Here is the opening brief in Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau:

Yakama Opening Brief

Lower court materials in King Mountain Tobacco Co. v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (E.D. Wash.) are here.

Indigenous Law Journal Fall 2014 Call for Submissions

Here:

Call For Submissions-Fall 2014 doc form