Bureau of Indian Education Solicit Applicants for Director

Link to USAJobs announcement here.

Closing date is July 8, 2016.

NHBP Seek Board of Director for Development Company

Download solicitation here.

Statements of interest/resumes should be sent no later than August 5, 2016.

Colville Tribes Chairman, James L. Boyd, Walks On

Download press release here.

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Seek Deputy AG and Prosecutor

Download deputy attorney general announcement here.

Download tribal prosecutor announcement here.

If you are interested, please send resume / application to:

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Attn: Personnel Department
P.O. Box 368
Macy, NE 68039
(402) 837-5391 / telephone
(402) 837-4394 / facsimile

Indigenous Peoples’ Journal Call for Submissions

The Indigenous Peoples’ Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance (IPJLCR) is accepting submissions for Volume 4. Submissions are being accepted until Wednesday, August 31, 2016.

IPJLCR is a law journal at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law that is interdisciplinary in nature, consisting of academic articles, legal commentary, poetry, songs, stories, and artwork. We are soliciting scholarly articles and student comments written about legal issues important to Indigenous communities and Native People in the United States and throughout the world, as well as works by artists that relate to or comment on legal issues. We also seek works on issues or aspects of life in Native communities that are impacted by law, whether tribal law or the laws of nation-states.

Email Submissions to: ipjlcr@lawnet.ucla.edu

Requirements: Each submission should be sent as one Microsoft Word file with Bluebook formatted citations (20th ed. 2015). Brief bios/resumes are required, as well as 12 pt Times New Roman typed font, paginated, and should include: your name, address, phone number, and email address in the header of the first page.

Navajo Nation Washington Office Vacancy

Link to job announcement (PDF) here.

Link to apply here.

The closing date for the legislative affairs associate is this Friday, June 24.

U.S. Forest Service Tribal Relations Specialist

Download outreach notice here.

2017 Summer Associate – Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP

Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson, & Perry LLP is a national law firm dedicated to representing Native American interests in a wide range of endeavors – including trial and appellate litigation, federal Indian law, tribal law, Indian self-determination and self-governance matters, transportation and infrastructure, natural resources, and economic development, among others.

They are currently recruiting incoming 2L students for 2017 summer associate positions.  Interested applicants should send the following to Will Stephens, Partner, at wstephens@sonosky.com (please also copy kwray@sonosky.com):

  • Cover letter;
  • Resume;
  • Transcript; and
  • Writing sample (a writing sample relevant to our practice area is preferred, but not necessary).

Interested applicants should send this information no later than Wednesday, August 31, 2016.  More detail about the firm is available at http://www.sonosky.com.

Business Development Board Director Position with Forest County Potawatomi

Download job announcement here.

W.D. Washington Grants Summary Judgment to Squaxin Island

Download orders and documents in the matter of USA, et al v. State of Washington, et al:

Doc. 21234 – Squaxin Island Tribe’s Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 21235 – Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment

Doc. 21324 – Order Denying Nisqually’s Motion For Summary Judgment And Granting Squaxin’s Motion For Summary Judgment