Alexander Tallchief Skibine has posted his testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Opinion on Indian Gaming: What Is at Stake for Tribes?. It is available on SSRN.
Legislation
Testimony in House Resources Committee Hearing on Tribal Empowerment Act (This is about Alaskan oil, right?)
Here:
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3973 Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:00 PM
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE AFFAIRS 1324 Longworth House Office Building Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:00 p.m.
- Watch the Archived Hearing Webcast
- Press Release – Indian and Alaska Natives Support Plan to Increase Energy Production, Job Creation, on Tribal Lands (2/15/2012)
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 3973 (Young-AK), To facilitate the development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands, and for other purposes.
OPENING STATEMENT:
The Honorable Paul GosarActing Committee Chairman
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY: Continue reading
State of Washington Legislature Considers Retrocession Bill
AP Story in the Seattle Times
SCIA: Internet Gaming Panel Prepared Testimony
Here:
Panel # 1
The Honorable Robert Odawi Porter
President
Seneca Nation of Indians, Salamanca, NY
Panel # 2
Mr. Kevin K. Washburn
Dean, School of Law Administration
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Mr. I. Nelson Rose
Senior Professor
Whittier Law School, Encino, CA
Mr. Alex Skibine
Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Panel # 3
Mr. Patrick Fleming
Litigation Support Director
Poker Players Alliance, Washington, DC
Mr. Glenn Feldman
Attorney
Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, Phoenix, AZ
National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act’s Threat to Tribal Land
The bill’s (H.R. 1505) purpose is “To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes.” Information on (and link to) the bill can be found here.
ICT has an article by Montana Senator John Tester here, which discusses the threat to tribal land in Montana, including sacred sites.
House Passes Bill to Provide the Quileute Tribe with Higher Ground
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that provides the Quileute Tribe an additional 785 acres of land, including land currently part of the Olympic National Park. Presumably the two key purposes of the bill are to (1) help get the Tribe out of tsunami and flood zones (most if not all of the Tribe’s current land is low-lying coastal land), and (2) secure a waiver from the Tribe regarding some long standing land claims the Tribe has.
Local news story here.
Legislation here.
Prepared Statements in House Indian Affairs Subcommittee Meeting on Tribal Empowerment Act
OPENING STATEMENT:
The Honorable Don Young
Chairman
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Donald “Del” Laverdure
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC
Panel II
The Honorable Robert Porter
President
Seneca Nation of Indians
Salamanca, NY
The Honorable W. Ron Allen
Tribal Chairman, CEO
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Sequim, WA
The Honorable Walter Dasheno
Governor
Santa Clara Pueblo
Espanola, NM
Robert T. Coulter
Executive Director
Indian Law Resource Center
Helena, MT
Dean Kevin Washburn on the DOJ Internet Gaming Memo
Here is the link from SSRN, and the abstract:
The recent opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel has created a lot of activity after years of uncertainty about the legality of Internet gaming in the United States. Internet gaming poses a threat of unknown magnitude to brick and mortar casinos, including Indian casinos. Because internet activities are difficult to regulate across state boundaries and national uniformity is likely to be more effective and more efficient than multiple state regulatory structures, Congress should federalize the regulation of Internet gaming. Congress should, however, consider the important role that Indian gaming has had in lifting the socioeconomic status of Indian people and improving the self-governance and self-sufficiency of Indian nations. Congress must insure that Indian tribes have an equal opportunity to be part of the future of Interney gaming.
Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize VAWA (with SAVE Native Women Act)
Here is the text.
Here is a section by section summary.
MSU Indigenous Law and Policy Center Statement on TLOA to the Indian Law and Order Commission
Here. A snippet:
Boozhoo!
To the Honorable Troy A. Eid, Chairman of the Indian Law and Order Commission, and Jeff Davis, Executive Director of the Commission, and the rest of Commission members, we offer greetings and a chi-miigwetch for the opportunity to offer our views on the Tribal Law and Order Act (the Act or TLOA), Pub. L. 111-211, Title II, July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2263, and the future of Indian country criminal law and jurisdiction.
As you know, Mr. Chairman, our 8th Annual Indigenous Law and Policy Conference, held on October 28-29, 2011 in East Lansing, MI, was titled, “Beyond the Tribal Law and Order Act: Can (Should) Congress Enact an Oliphant Fix?” We invited a wide segment of speakers, including members of the Indian Law and Order Commission, federal government officials, tribal court and elected government officials, and American Indian law scholars to discuss the ongoing issues with the Tribal Law and Order Act and Indian country criminal law and jurisdiction. Much of our commentary here is guided by the knowledgeable, profound, and wise statements and opinions expressed in that conference.
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