Morning Sessions at Native Children Exposed to Violence Hearing #2

Diane Enos, chair of Salt River

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Assistant Secretary Washburn

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Associate Attorney General Tony West

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Overview panel — Addie Rolnick, Carole Goldberg, Theresa Pouley

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Tribal Leaders Panel — Gov. Gregory Mendoza, Gila River, and Chairman Ned Norris Jr.

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Our hosts: Delbert Ray Jr. and Diane Enos

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Phil Katzen to Speak at Seattle Law School about Boldt Decision — Feb. 18, 2014

Here (PDF):

Boldt Decision at 40- U.S. V Washington.Flyer

New Scholarship on How Shelby County v. Holder Affects Indian Country Voting Rights

Ryan D. Dreveskracht has published “Enfranchising Native Americans After Shelby County v. Holder: Congress’s Duty to Act“ in the National Lawyers Guild Review.

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Hearing on ILOC Report — Feb. 12, 2014

Here. It starts at 2:30 eastern. The witness list is here:

February 12 SCIA Witness List

The report is here.

Update to Report on Religious Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples

Here:

UPDATE TO SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 JOINT SUBMISSION TO THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

The original report is here.

Second DOJ Violence against Indian Children Taskforce Hearing

Press release here (PDF):

February 11 in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, Ariz.

WASHINGTON – The Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on  American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence will hold its second of four public hearings in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, Ariz., 8:30 a.m. MST, February 11, 2014.

The advisory committee, which includes tribal members and national experts in American Indian studies, child health and trauma, victim services and child welfare will use information gathered during four public hearings to produce a final report of policy recommendations for the Attorney General in late 2014.

The Committee held its first hearing Dec. 9 in Bismarck, N.D. Two additional hearings will be held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Anchorage, Alaska.

For more information on the advisory committee, upcoming hearings, the full list of members, how to register for the event and how to provide written testimony, please visit: justice.gov/defendingchildhood.

WHO: Associate Attorney General Tony West
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Administrator Robert L. Listenbee
Members of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence
WHAT: Public hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General’s Task
Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence
WHERE: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Talking Stick Hotel
9800 East Bend Road
Scottsdale, Ariz. 85256
WHEN: Tuesday, February 11
8:30 a.m. MST
NOTE: All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as driver’s

1491s in Michigan: February 20-23, 2014

Here:

1491s Flyer

And here:

1491s Flyer 2

And here (too cold for this pose…):

1491s Flyer 3

WaPo Article on VAWA Tribal Pilot Projects

Here.

Updates to Various Nooksack Disenrollment Cases

Here are the new materials in St. Germain v. Kelly — the Christmas TRO:

St Germain v Kelly Denial Order on Motion for Order to Show Cause Re Contempt

St Germain v Kelly Motion for Order to Show Cause Re Contempt

St. Germain v Kelly Declaration of Agripina Smith

St Germain v Kelly Declaration of Leah Zapata

St. Germain v Kelly Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion of Order to Show Cause Re Contempt

Here are the new materials in Adams v. Kelly I:

Adams v Kelli I Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

Adams v Kelly I Motion to Dismiss

Adams v Kelly I Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

Adams v Kelly I Reply to Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion to Dismiss

Here are the new materials in Adams v. Kelly II — MLK removal of two council members:

Adams v Kelly II Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary InjunctionWrit of Mandamus

Adams v Kelly II Councilperson Michelle Roberts Declaration

Adams v Kelly II Declaration of Chairman Robert Kelly Jr

Adams v Kelly II Motion for Preliminary Injunction-Writ of Mandamus

Adams v Kelly II Reply Re Motion for Preliminary Injunction-Writ of Mandamus

Adams v Kelly II Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction – Writ of Mandamus

And an order in Lomeli v. Kelly:

Lomeli v Kelly Order Denying Motion for Order to Show Cause Re- Contempt

Ninth Circuit Rejects FTCA/Bivens Claims against Federal & Tribal Officers

Here is the unpublished opinion in Dupris v. McDonald.

An excerpt:

In 2006, Jesse Dupris and Jeremy Reed (the “Plaintiffs”) were arrested on tribal charges for assaults they did not commit. In 2008, they commenced this action against the members of the federal Task Force that arrested them and the United States under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2671-2680. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and Plaintiffs have appealed. We affirm, concluding that: (1) the Plaintiffs’ claims against two members of the Task Force are barred by the applicable statute of limitations; (2) the remaining individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity; and (3) the United States is immune from liability under the FTCA pursuant to the discretionary function exception.

Briefs and lower court materials here.