Michigan Indian

Split Sixth Circuit Panel Rules in Favor of Sault Tribe in $74 Million Contract Dispute

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Here are the materials in Gatzaros v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians:

Gatzaros Opening Brief

Sault Tribe Brief

Gatzaros Reply Brief

CA6 Opinion

The parties have litigated in bankruptcy court, too — see here.

Michigan Tribal Judges Invited to MDTC “Meet the Judges” Event (Oct. 2, 2014)

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Here is a link to the event.

Registration form here.

Blast from the Past: 2009 MSU ILPC Report on the History of Michigan Tribal-State Relations

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Five years ago, we at MSU conducted a study of what became an oral history of modern Michigan tribal-state relations under a contract with the National Congress of American Indians. Our former students did all the work — Alicia Ivory, Adrea Korthase, and Sheena Oxendine. For whatever reason, we never published the paper on our occasional paper website. The students interviewed many of the major players in tribal-state relations from the 2000s and before, including John Wernet, Jim Bransky, and Kathryn Tierney on the 2007 inland consent decree; Mike Petoskey and Kathryn Tierney on Michigan Court Rule 2.615; and Bill Brooks and John Wernet on the Michigan tribal-state tax agreements.

Here it is in its full glory, “Tribal-State Relations: Michigan as a Case Study”:

Michigan Tribal-State Intergovernmental Relations

NLRB Reply to Saginaw Chippewa Response to Motion to Remand

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Here:

NLRB Reply in Support of Motion to Remand

Complete briefing here:

NLRB Motion to Remand

Sag Chip Motion to Hold Appeal in Abeyance

Sag Chip Opposition to NLRB Motion

Szotkowski Declaration

 

Briefs in Mackinac Tribe v. Jewell (Complaint for Federal Recognition)

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Here:

7-1 US Motion to Dismiss

10 Tribe Opposition

12 US Reply

Complaint is here.

NPR Segment Profiles Ojibwe.net

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NPR has “For Rare Languages, Social Media Provide New Hope” here.

An excerpt:

The creators and contributors of Ojibwe.net — a website that seeks to preserve Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native American language from Michigan — use Facebook in a similar manner.

Ojibwe.net contributor Margaret Noodin is an assistant professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The language has 8,000-10,000 speakers, she says. But most of the native speakers are over 70 years old, placing the language under threat.

“That’s the most dangerous thing. There are very few young kids that are growing up in a fluent environment,” Noodin says.

Sixth Circuit Orders NLRB to Reply to Little River Objections to Motion to Vacate and Remand

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Here:

2014-07-28 Order Requiring NLRB Reply

LRB’s opposition is here.

LTBB Chief Judge Allie Maldonado Selected for Women in the Law Honor

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Here is Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly’s “MiLW’s 2014 Women in the Law honorees announced.”

Michigan’s Response to Sault Tribe Renewed Motion to Dismiss

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Here are updated materials in State of Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (W.D. Mich.):

53-1 Michigan Motion to Revise DCT Order Dismissing Tribal Officials

55 Michigan Response to Motion to Dismiss

Sault Tribe’s motion is here.

Little River Band Response to NLRB Motion to Remand

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Here:

2014-07-17 LRBOI Opposition to NLRB Motion to Vacate and Remand with Exhibits A-G (2)

NLRB’s motion is here.