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Tonasket v. Sargent Cert Opposition Brief:

July 2, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Tonasket v Sargent Cert Opp

The petition is here.

Effort to Remove State Fishing Controversy Involving Shinnecock Member to Federal Court Fails

July 2, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the materials in People v. Smith (E.D. N.Y.):

DCT Order Granting Remand

Smith Notice of Removal

NY Motion for Remand

Michigan COA Holds that ICWA is Inapplicable to Mackinaw Band Ottawa and Chippewa Members

July 2, 2013July 1, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion:

In re Thibeault

Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FTCA Complaint Alleging Abuse of Indian Juvenile Detainee

July 1, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Runs After v. United States:

Runs After Brief

Lower court materials here.

Oglala Sioux Tribe Supplemental Brief in Light of Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

July 1, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the new pleading in Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Van Hunnik (D. S.D.):

OST13(NoticeOfSupplementalAuthority)

BIA-OJS Training Announcement: Tribal Court Trial Advocacy Training Program (July 2013)

July 1, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Training Announcement Reno Nevada 2013

Justice Alito Partially Grants Adoptive Couple Application to Expedite Mandate

July 1, 2013July 2, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

The order is here. Here is SCOTUSblog’s coverage. The mandate remanding back to the South Carolina courts goes into effect July 5 (I think).

Addie Rolnick & Kim Pearson on the Baby Veronica Decision

July 1, 2013July 3, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Addie Rolnick and Kim Pearson been posting extensively on the Baby Veronica case at Prawfsblawg. They’re doing a four-parter:

Here is post 1.

Here is Part 2.

Here is Part 3.

Here is Part 4.

And, inexplicably, here is Part 5 (authored solely by Kim).

New Scholarship: “The Academic Achievement of American Indians”

June 30, 2013June 28, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Stefanie Fischer and Christiana Stoddard will published “The Academic Achievement of American Indians” in Economics of Education Review.

Here is the abstract:

The academic achievement of American Indians has not been extensively studied. Using NAEP supplements, we find that the average achievement relative to white students resembles other disadvantaged groups. However, there are several differences. Family characteristics explain two times as much of the raw gap as for blacks. School factors also account for a larger portion of the gap than for blacks or Hispanics. The distribution is also strikingly different: low performing American Indian students have a substantially larger gap than high performing students. Finally, racial self-identification is more strongly related to achievement, especially as American Indian students age.

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