Federal Court Decision on FOIA Request for Miwok Tribe Membership Records

Here are the materials in Reyes v. Dept. of the Interior (S.D. Cal.):

1 Complaint

29-1 US Motion for Summary J

32 Opposition

35 Reply

43 DCT Order

Recommended Podcast: Constituting Indigenous Law with John Borrows: Episode 5 RAVEN (De)Briefs

Here.

From the site:

Immerse yourself in the profoundly poetic worldview and philosophy of Canada Research Chair and RAVEN legal advisory panel member John Borrows. His discourse is richly adorned with the shapeshifting sounds of Jeremy Dutcher, a classically trained musician who takes 100 year old wax cylinder recordings of his Wolastoq ancestors, and sets them to soaring strings and vocals. 

Ninth Circuit Finds No Navajo Jurisdiction over Off-Rez Insurer

Here is the unpublished opinion in Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. McPaul.

Briefs here.

C-SPAN Link to McGirt Oral Argument

Here.

SCOTUSBlog Preview of McGirt Argument with Bob Anderson

Here.

McGirt background materials here.

Update on South Dakota Road Closure Dispute

Here are the leading primary source docs so far:

BIA Road Closure Guidance

5-8-20 Correspondence from Governor Noem to Chairman Frazier

5-8-20 Correspondence from Governor Noem to President Bear Runner

CRST Letter to Gov. Noem

Noem Letter to White House

NPR: “Small tribes seal borders, push testing to keep out virus”

Here.

Paul Spruhan on COVID, Navajo, and Legal Responses

Here is “COVID-19 and Indian Country: A Legal Dispatch from the Navajo Nation,” from the Northwestern University Law Review blog.

Rebecca Nagle Repudiating Oklahoma’s Factual Claims in McGirt/Murphy

Here is “Oklahoma’s Suspect Argument in Front of the Supreme Court — The state claims that affirming a reservation in eastern Oklahoma could lead to thousands of state criminal convictions being thrown out. But that argument doesn’t seem to be based on facts” from the Atlantic.

The briefs are here.

Civil Rights Suit against Mille Lacs Ojibwe Police Dismissed

Here are the materials in Gilliam v. Roach (D. Minn.):

1 Complaint

17 Motion to Dismiss

22 Response

26 Reply

28 Magistrate Report

32 DCT Order