Here are the materials in Griffith v. Caney Valley Public Schools (N.D. Okla.):
Education
Save the Date: 4th Annual Tribal Lands Conference
Link to announcement here.
Registration open for the University of Arizona College of Law’s 2-day conference in January.
Save the Date: N. Scott Momaday at U-M
The Inaugural Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. Lecture
in Native American Studies
An Evening with N. Scott
Momaday
Friday, March 11, 2016
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Michigan League Ballroom
Reception to follow lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Native American scholar, and poet N. Scott Momaday has been hailed as “the dean of American Indian writers” by the New York Times. He crafts — in language and imagery — majestic landscapes of a sacred culture.
Named a UNESCO Artist for Peace and Oklahoma’s poet laureate, he was also a recipient of the 2007 National Medal of Arts, presented by President George W. Bush. Momaday was the first Native American to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, House Made of Dawn, widely considered to be the start of the Native American Renaissance. His most recent volume, Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems, was released in 2011.
His other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the “Mondello,” Italy’s highest literary honor. His works include The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Names: A Memoir, The Ancient Child, and a new collection, Three Plays, which celebrates Kiowa history and culture. He was featured in the Ken Burns documentary, The West, that showcased his masterful retelling of Kiowa history and mythology.
For more information, contact Scott Lyons, Director of Native
American Studies at U-M (lyonssr@umich.edu).
Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. (1931-2012) was an historian and a leading scholar in the field of Native American studies. The author of many influential books, including The White Man’s Indian: Images of the American Indian from Columbus to the Present (1978), Berkhofer taught at Michigan from 1973-1991. This annual lecture on Native American Studies honors his work and legacy.
Guardian Series on America’s Poorest Towns Includes Gila River
Link to article here.
New University of North Dakota Nickname!
They’re the Flickertails Fighting Hawks.
Here is “After Decades of Hand-Wringing, U. of North Dakota Has a New Nickname.”
Menominee Tribe Files Complaint Against DEA and DOJ
Doc. 1 – Complaint for Declaratory Judgment
Previous post concerning raid on the Menominee Indian Reservation here.
The Menominee Tribe is seeking a court decision on whether the Tribe’s college can grow hemp under its own law and under the Agricultural Act of 2014 (the current Farm Bill).
“Native American culture feels effects of boarding schools decades after system closed”
Here, from the Grand Traverse Record-Eagle.
Fletcher on the Growing Market for Indian Lawyering
From the Tribal College Journal, “The Growing Market for Indian Lawyering,” posted on SSRN.
Tribal College Journal Feature Stories on Federal Indian Law
Here (unfortunately behind a paywall):
The Growing Market for Indian Lawyering
By Matthew L.M. Fletcher
American Indians are sorely underrepresented in the legal profession. But there is a greater need for more Native attorneys now than ever. By offering lay advocate, paralegal, or pre-law programs, TCUs can make a major difference. 
Producing a Tribal Citizenry Literate in Law and Jurisprudence
By Stephen Wall
As the most legislated people in America, tribal citizens can benefit immensely from a legal education offered from a critical and culturally specific perspective. And tribal colleges are ideally suited for the task.
Teaching Indian Law and Creating Agents of Change
By Christopher M. Harrington
Teaching tribal college students about Indian law and policy can be an emotional and challenging endeavor. The process, however, can galvanize and empower them to work for change in their own communities and in Indian Country as a whole.
Designing and Teaching an Introduction to Federal Indian Law
By Wynema Morris
There are a variety of factors that should be considered when designing the curriculum for a course on Indian law. Students should learn to read for content, interpret legal language and symbols, and gain an understanding of who makes, implements, and interprets the law.
NIGC Internship Announcement
Details about the Summer 2016 internship program can be found here.
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