Federal Court Dismisses IFP Complaint against Salt River Police

Here are the materials in Phillips v. Salt River Police Dept. (D. Ariz.):

13 2d Amended Complaint

21 DCT Order Dismissing 2d Amended Complaint

Organized Village of Saxman Sues Interior over Subsistence Rights

Here is the complaint in Organized Village of Saxman v. Towarak (D. Alaska):

Complaint

An excerpt:

This action seeks declaratory and injunctive relief under section 807 of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), 16 U.S.C. § 3117, to prevent the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture from implementing a 2007 final rule that administratively grouped the rural community of Saxman with the nonrural cvcommunity of Ketchikan. Only residents of communities identified by the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) as rural are eligible for ANILCA’s subsistence priority. 50 C.F.R. 100.5 § (2013). By grouping Saxman with Ketchikan, the 2007 final rule removes Saxman’s rural status and effectively eliminates Saxman’s priority for subsistence uses set forth in ANILCA section 804, 16 U.S.C. § 3114, thus denying Saxman’s members continued access to the subsistence resources they depend on as a mainstay of their livelihood in violation of section 811 of ANILCA, 16 U.S.C. § 3121, and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 553, 706(2)(a),(d).

Correspondence between DOJ and Alaska AG re: Tribal Court Protection Orders

In his letter to Alaska Attorney General Mike Geraghty, AAG Tony West notes that the State of Alaska is legally obligated under federal law to honor tribal-court protection orders, regardless of whether those orders were previously registered or filed in State court. He further offers assistance to bring the State into compliance with Federal law.

Here is that correspondence:

6-26-14 Letter from Alaska Attorney General to Associate Attorney General Tony West

Letter from AAG West to AG Geraghty (July 28 2014)

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Public Defender Job Posting

Here:

Sisseton PD Posting

Briefs in Cherokee Nation Challenge to Interior’s Decision to Acquire Trust Land for United Keetoowah Band

Here are the updated materials in Cherokee Nation v. Jewell (N.D. Okla.):

132 Cherokee Nation Brief

135 Interior Response

136 UKB Response

139 Cherokee Nation Reply

News coverage of the oral argument is here.

Prior posts on this case here, here, and here.

NPR Segment Profiles Ojibwe.net

NPR has “For Rare Languages, Social Media Provide New Hope” here.

An excerpt:

The creators and contributors of Ojibwe.net — a website that seeks to preserve Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native American language from Michigan — use Facebook in a similar manner.

Ojibwe.net contributor Margaret Noodin is an assistant professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The language has 8,000-10,000 speakers, she says. But most of the native speakers are over 70 years old, placing the language under threat.

“That’s the most dangerous thing. There are very few young kids that are growing up in a fluent environment,” Noodin says.

Sixth Circuit Orders NLRB to Reply to Little River Objections to Motion to Vacate and Remand

Here:

2014-07-28 Order Requiring NLRB Reply

LRB’s opposition is here.

News Profile of Tribal Marriage Equality Initiatives

Here is “These Native-American Tribes Are Pioneering Marriage Equality:The Puyallup Tribe is the latest to join a growing list of Native-American tribes legalizing same-sex marriage, many in states that have banned it.”

LTBB Chief Judge Allie Maldonado Selected for Women in the Law Honor

Here is Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly’s “MiLW’s 2014 Women in the Law honorees announced.”

Second Circuit Briefs in US v. Thomas (Former Mashantucket Pequot Chair)

Here:

Thomas Opening Brief

US Brief

Thomas Reply Brief TK

Lower court materials here.