Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

N.C. SCT Cert Petition in State v. Nobles — State Criminal Jurisdiction over Cherokee Descendant

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Here:

nobles cert without appendix

Lower court materials here.

Eleventh Circuit Briefs in Miccosukee Tribe v. Morgan Stanley

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Here:

Miccosukee Opening Brief

Morgan Stanley Answer Brief

Miccosukee Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Summary Judgment Briefs in Cherokee Freedmen Matter

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Here are the filings (so far) in Cherokee Nation v. Nash (D.D.C.):

233 Cherokee Nation Brief

234 Federal Defendants – Expert Report in Support of Partial Summary Judgment

Exhibit 3 Federal Defendants Motion and Memo In Support – Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Opposition to Cherokee Motion

235-1 Cherokee Freedmen Brief

235-3 Exhibits

 

Federal Court Certifies Class in Osage Headrights Accounting Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Fletcher v. United States (N.D. Okla.):

1148 Motion to Certify Class

1154 US Response

1196 DCT Order Certifying Class

This case is on remand from the Tenth Circuit; post here.

“The Best Ad You’ll See This Superbowl Weekend”

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Here.

Plus an article on the “The Epic Battle to Save the Most Offensive Name in Professional Sports.“

2013 American Indian Labor Force Report

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Here.

Fall 2013 Issue of the American Indian Law Journal Available

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Here (PDF):

Asserting Treaty Rights to Harness the Wind on the Great Lakes Gerald Carr
An American Indian Supreme Court Eugene R. Fidell
The Utility of Amicus Briefs in the Supreme Court’s Indian Cases Matthew L.M. Fletcher
The unextinguished Militia Power of Indian Tribes Seth Fortin
Tribal Advocacy and the Art of Dam Removal: The Lower Elwha Klallam and the Elwha Dams Julia Guarino
Until Yesterday: Deterring and Healing the Cyclical Gender-Based Violence in Indian Country Samantha Ivette Morales
The Washington State Indian Child Welfare Act: Putting the Policy Back Into the Law William N. Smith and Richard T. Okrent
Native American Winters Doctrine and Stevens Treaty Water Rights: Recognition, Quantification, Management Rachael Paschal Osborn
Political Cooperation and Procedural (In)Justice: A Study of the Indian Reorganization Act Sam Thypin-Bermeo

 

Interior Updated Federally Recognized Tribes List

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Here.

ILOC Chair Troy Eid Op/Ed in Denver Post

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Here. An excerpt:

Yet there’s another massive PTSD tragedy in Colorado and across our country. It generates virtually zero public attention because it concerns what may be the most vulnerable group of our citizens: Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Because they’re exposed so frequently to violent crime, an astonishing one in four Native American juveniles currently suffers from PTSD.

That’s the same PTSD rate as returning veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Navajo Nation DOJ Seeks Human Services Attorney

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  SENIOR ATTORNEY POSITION

HUMAN SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT UNIT

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

January 28, 2014

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is seeking an energetic and motivated Senior Attorney, for its Human Services and Government Unit. The qualified applicant will provide legal advice and representation to various programs, departments and divisions of the Navajo Nation government, regarding a wide range of legal issues, including statutory and regulatory grounds for local authority, contract disputes and procurement issues, and intergovernmental relations.  Emphasis will be in the area of Health but could expand beyond that subject.

Current active state bar licensure in any state is required, with the expectation that within a year of hire, the applicant will obtain licensure in the Navajo Nation as well as one of the following states: Arizona, New Mexico or Utah. Preferred qualifications are current membership in good standing in the Arizona, New Mexico, or Utah State Bar Association and the Navajo Nation Bar Association.

Please direct applicant packets consisting of (1) Letter of Interest with current address, telephone numbers, and e-mail address; (2) Navajo Nation employment application; (3) resume; (4) recent legal writing sample; (5) copy of bar membership certificates; and (6) law school graduation documents to Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Attention: Kandis Martine, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Human Services and Government Unit, P.O. Box 2010, Window Rock, AZ 86515, and to the Navajo Nation Department of Personnel Management, P.O. Box 7080, Window Rock, Arizona, 86515.

Please visit http://www.dpm.navajo-nsn.gov/jobs.html to obtain a copy of the Navajo Nation employment application.  This is position number 202205 listed on the Navajo Nation’s Job Vacancy Announcement document.  Applications are currently being accepted.  For any questions, please contact Kandis Martine at 928/871-6935.  This position will be available the beginning of February 2014.