The second annual! A great opportunity for all of the attorneys who represent tribes in ICWA cases to get together and share information and develop relationships.
Michigan Indian
Indigenous Peoples Day 2015 @ MSU
Allie Maldonado — 2015 Unsung Hero Award — Michigan State Bar
Michigan State Bar Indian Law Section Meeting
John Petoskey received the Tecumseh Award
Section officers Judge Tanya Wanageshik, Liz Cook, and Scott Ryder
Meeting audience members included a significant Michigan State contingent
IBIA Opinion Rejecting Grand Traverse County’s Challenge to GTB Trust Land Acquisition
Grand Traverse County Loses IBIA Appeal Challenging GTB Trust Acquisition
Here is “County Loses Trust Appeal.“
Sixth Circuit Denies En Banc Petition in Soaring Eagle Casino Resort v. NLRB
Michigan Public Radio on Anishinaabemowin and the Boarding Schools
Here.
Deleta Gasco Smith works for the Little Traverse Bay Band. She attended Holy Childhood for three years of elementary school.
“When we were in the school we were actually completely forbidden to speak the language, and if we were caught, the punishment was swift and it was severe,” Gasco Smith says.Gasco Smith’s father was fluent in Anishinaabemowin, but he was careful not to teach his daughter the language. Gasco Smith says her Dad went to the same boarding school and knew she would be beaten for speaking Anishinaabemowin.
Saginaw Chippewa Disenrollments News
Sixth Circuit Denies En Banc Petition in NLRB v. Little River Tribal Govt; Saginaw Chippewa En Banc Petition Remains Pending
Here is the order (Judge McKeague dissents):
CA6 Order Denying Rehearing En Banc
En banc materials in both cases here.
Turtle Talk 
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