Profile of “Huy” — Tribal Nonprofit Partners with Wash. DOC to Provide Services to Prisoners

Here.

Ninth Circuit Affirms Conviction for Destroying Nez Perce Pictographs

Here is the unpublished opinion n United States v. Bernal.

News coverage and pics here.

Sacred Object Returned to Hopi after “Shameful” Paris Auction

One of the attorneys who tried unsuccessfully to stop the Paris auction purchased one of the sacred objects and has returned it to the tribe. Excerpt from the article:

M. Servan-Schreiber then bought one katsina at the auction to return it to the Hopi. He said, ‘It is my way of telling the Hopi that we only lost a battle and not the war. I am convinced that in the future, those who believe that not everything should be up for sale will prevail. In the meantime, the Hopi will not have lost everything since two of these sacred objects* have been saved from being sold.’

According to notes at the bottom of the article, another item was purchased by a family with the intent to return it to the tribe by the end of the year.

Article here.

Previous coverage of the attempts to stop the Paris Auction here.

Miller v. Spirit Grove Cemetery: Suit over Ownership of Tribal Member Headstone on Now-Private Land

Here are the materials:

Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

Plaintiffs’ Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Memorandum in Support Thereof

Defendants’ Reply In Support of Summary Judgment

Entered Order Denying Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

Casey Report on Mille Lacs Ojibwe Child Welfare Programs

Here.

Pending Lipan Apache Members Challenge to Eagle Acts

Here is the opening Fifth Circuit brief in Mc Allen Grace Brethren Church v. Dept. of Interior:

Opening Brief

Update (8/11/13): Interior Appellee Brief

No lower court opinion is available, but here is the cross-motions motion for summary judgment below:

Interior Motion for Summary J

Mc Allen Grace Motion

N.Y. Mets Event for American Indian Community House Turns into Debacle — Hosting Atlanta Braves the Same Day

Yet another reason to eradicate racism from sports….

Here.

Indian Arts and Crafts Act Issue with Lone Ranger Designer?

Here.

Indians and the Fourth of July

They usually ask us to be in the parade…

Yakama Indians Fourth of July 1894

Yakama Indians in 1894

Taos Pueblo -- Madrid Fourth of July 1930 Float

Pueblo Indians 1930

New York Indians Fourth of July

New York City Indians (n.d.) — it’s getting bad, but the worst is yet to come….

Sonoma Indians 2009

“Sonoma Indians” 2009. And even worse….

Cleveland Indians

The “abandoned” Cleveland Indians commemorative ballcap (2013)

NYTs: “When Cars Assume Ethnic Identities”

Here.

Slide show here.