Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

International Uranium Film Festival Begins

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Here:

Nov 6 2013-IUFF PRESS RELEASE

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Challenge to Navajo Labor Jurisdiction over Window Rock Unified School District

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Here are the briefs in Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves:

Reeves Opening Brief

Navajo Nation Labor Commission Opening Brief

Navajo Nation Supreme Court Amicus Brief

Window Rock Answer Brief

Navajo Nation Labor Commission Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

D.C. Circuit Amicus Brief on Impact of Climate Change on Native Nations

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Here is the brief of the National Congress of American Indians, authored by Elizabeth Kronk Warner, in Alec L. v. McCarthy:

NCAI Amicus Brief

NYTs on Origins of Washington’s Football Team Name and Logo

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Here.

NIGC and Interior Opinions on Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

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Here:

Aquinnah Land Opinion 10-25-13 copy

2013.08.23 – Aquinnah Settlement Act Interpretation (signed)-2 copy

Tribal Court Rejects Effort to Stop Automatic Disenrollment of Nooksack Members in Violation of Court Order

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Here are the new materials in Lomeli v. Kelly (Nooksack Tribal Court):

Lomeli v Kelly Motion for Order Re Contempt

Lomeli v Kelly Defendants’ Opposition to Motion for Order to Show Cause RE Contempt

Lomeli v Kelly Motion for Contempt Reply

Lomeli v Kelly Order Denying Motion for Order to Show Cause

Apparently, four Nooksacks have been automatically disenrolled, since August, in violation of a Stipulation and Order in Lomeli providing that nobody would be disenrolled until all of the hearings were concluded.

MSU Indigenous Graduate Student Collective Panel — November 19, 2013

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Here:

IGSC November 19th Panel Flyer - Final version

10th Annual Haudenosaunee Conference Pics

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Joseph Flies Away, Carrie Garrow, and Wenona Singel

Joseph Carrie and WS

Book seller stand

Books

Nice day in Syracuse

Syracuse

Oregon COA Affirms Governor’s Authority to Enter into Indian Gaming Compacts

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dewberry v. Kitzhaber (Or. App.):

Oregon COA Opinion

Appellants Opening Brief

Respondents Joint Answer Brief

Tribal Amicus Brief

Appellants Reply Brief

An excerpt:

In summary, the Oregon legislature authorized the Governor to enter into agreements with tribes to ensure that the state does not infringe on tribal rights under federal laws, such as IGRA. The trial court correctly concluded that the Governor acted lawfully under ORS 190.110 in negotiating and entering into the tribal-state compact with the Tribes.

New Mexico COA Holds State Not Obligated to Defend Tribal Officer who Unlawfully Arrested Someone at Pojoaque Pueblo

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Here is the opinion in Loya v. Gutierrez (N.M. App.).

An excerpt:

In this case, the issue before us is whether the County of Santa Fe (the County) has a duty to defend or indemnify a tribal police officer who, while exercising his authority as a commissioned County sheriff’s deputy, unlawfully arrested a non-Indian person within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo of Pojoaque (the Pueblo). The district court concluded  that the County did not have a duty to defend and/or indemnify Officer Glen Gutierrez because he was not a “public employee” or “law enforcement officer” of a “governmental entity” as those terms are defined by the New Mexico Tort Claims Act (the TCA), NMSA 1978, §§ 41-4-1 to -30 (1976, as amended through 2013). See § 41-4-3. We agree with the district court and affirm.