Cert Opposition Brief in Seneca County v. Cayuga Tax Case

Here:

Brief in Opposition

The petition is here.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Nooksack Disenrollees’ RICO Suit

Here is the unpublished opinion in Rabang v. Kelly.

Briefs here.

Federal Court Dismisses Tribal Police Officer Suit against Moapa Band

Here are the materials in Dutchover v. Moapa Band of Paiute Indians (D. Nev.):

8 Amended Complaint

28 Motion to Dismiss

37 Response

42 Reply

53 DCT Order

“A Howl: A Comics Collection of Wolves, Werewolves, and Rougarou” Kickstarter Campaign Begins Today

Here.

Bay Mills Indian Community Brings Contested Case against Line 5 Tunnel Proposal

Here.

Trickster 10th Anniversary Edition Releases May 3, 2021

This 10th Anniversary Edition includes a new trickster tale (by Fletcher) and storytelling guides.

Available from Chicago Review Press here. Also ask for it at your local independent bookstore. My faves are Birchbark Books, Schuler Books, Horizon Books, and Brilliant Books.

Ninth Circuit Restores Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Trust Breach Suit

Here is the opinion in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior. Briefs here.

An excerpt:

Moreover, neither Morongo nor Gros Ventre nor Jicarilla involved claims to vindicate Winters rights, which provide the foundation of the Nation’s claim here. Unlike the plaintiffs in those cases, the Nation, in pointing to its reserved water rights, has identified specific treaty, statutory, and regulatory provisions that impose fiduciary obligations on Federal Appellees—namely, those provisions of the Nation’s various treaties and related statutes and executive orders that establish the Navajo Reservation and, under the long-established Winters doctrine, give rise to implied water rights to make the reservation viable.

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We hold in particular that, under Winters, Federal Appellees have a duty to protect the Nation’s water supply that arises, in part, from specific provisions in the 1868 Treaty that contemplated farming by the members of the Reservation.

Secretarial Order 3400: “Delegation of Authority for Non-Gaming Off-Reservation Fee-to-Trust Acquisitions”

Here.

Arizona COA Holds Federal Law Preempts State Taxes on Trust Land Improvements Regardless of Ownership

Here is the opinion in South Point Energy Center v. Arizona Dept. of Revenue.

Prior post here.

Pojoaque Pueblo Sues over State Court Assertion of Jurisdiction re: Casino Slip and Fall

Here is the complaint and associated materials in Pueblo of Pojoaque v. Wilson (D.N.M.):

1 Complaint

1-4 District Court Order