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Michigan Indian
Little Traverse Bay Bands Odawa Special/Assistant Prosecutor Posting
SPECIAL/ASSISTANT TRIBAL PROSECUTOR POSITION (PDF)
Waganakising Odawak, known in English as Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, is a nation of citizens with inherent sovereignty and right to self-governance. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (“LTBB”) is a federally recognized Indian Tribe under Public Law 103-324, and is a party to numerous Treaties with the United States, the most recent of which are the Treaty of Washington of March 28, 1836 (7 Stat. 491) and the Treaty of Detroit of 1855 (11 Stat. 621).
PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND: The purpose of this posting is to invite proposals from persons interested in providing services as a Special / Assistant Tribal Prosecutor
QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be an attorney in good standing licensed to practice law in LTBB Tribal Court and any State in the United States. Indian Tribal Preference laws apply to this position.
PERIOD OF PREFORMANCE: Two year appointment to handle cases that involve a conflict of interest for Tribes current Prosecutor, or a vacancy in the Prosecutor position during the Two- year appointment.
COMPENSATION: As negotiated
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Each application should include a letter of interest, letter of reference, a resume and proof of member in state bar association (Copy of Bar Membership or Certificate of Good Standing) Applications are accepted by email Chairman@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov , fax 231-242-1411 or Mail to: Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Attn. Tribal Chairman’s Office, 7500 Odawa Circle, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Michigan Files Cert Petition against Sault Tribe in Lansing Casino Controversy
Here are the petition materials in Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians:
Lower court materials here.
Michigan Tech Dissertation on Tribal-State Fishery Co-Management
Here.
Preface
Goals and objectives
The research goals were to assess and describe characteristics of a multi-cultural fishery co-management arrangement of state and tribal organizations in Michigan in order to provide information and recommendations to enhance the institutional
relationship. Information was collected through interview data and quantitative analysis of agency work plans of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the State of Michigan.
Objectives Included:
1. Determine extent of agency understanding for each other’s management priorities and knowledge systems used for guiding fishery management decisions and how they may influence views on the value of science in fishery management, and
suggest strategies for navigating multi-cultural institution building (Chapter 2).
2. Present how different participant values and perspectives shape priorities of biological assessments and restoration activities, identify and assess common and exclusive priorities and develop recommendations for collaboration (Chapter 3).
3. Describes how agency participants value collaboration, what barriers exist for successful collaboration and how an ideal relationship could be formed and function (Chapter 4).
IPR: Fletcher Waits for Bay Mills
Here.
Nothing that you didn’t already know from Kate’s post Tuesday.
An excerpt:
He says the result could be that tribes think twice about investing money off the reservation.
“You can’t put it in your mattress,” he says. “But perhaps into overseas banks or something to that effect.”
Fletcher says it’s just one possible outcome. The court could also write a more limited decision. Fletcher says the least-likely outcome would be for the court to rule in favor of the Bay Mills Indian Community, which argues it is immune from lawsuit in this instance.
Black Ash Basket — EAB Conference 2014
Black Ash Basket- EAB Conference 2014
“Sustaining Traditions”
WHEN: October 30th, 2014 – THURSDAY
8:30am – 5:00pm EAB/Black Ash Conference
6:00pm – 9:00pm Basket Making, Working with Logs
WHERE: BEST WESTERN PLUS Hotel and Conference Center
6820 S. Cedar Street
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone: 517-694-8123
Toll Free: 800-528-1902
***A block of rooms has been set aside and can be reserved by calling the hotel directly for $88.50 per night plus tax. Please mention for this rate: Ash Conference
(This does not include breakfast)
*Reservations can be made beginning April 30th, 2014
thru September 30th, 2014.
TRAVEL: The Capital City Airport is located in Lansing, Michigan and the hotel has shuttle transportation that can be arranged by calling the hotel 48 hours in advance. There are also Taxis available, but the hotel shuttle is complimentary.
Easy access off of I-96 for those driving in.
PARKING: There is plenty of free parking onsite.
DINING: There is a restaurant and lounge onsite, and a Wendys, and Burger King within .10 of a mile. There are also other eateries such as Applebees within one mile.
REGISTRATION: You can register by printing out the registration form and sending back with check or money order to: Kelly Church PO Box 118 Hopkins, MI 49328
Registration DEADLINE: September 30th, 2014
Ugh! No Bay Mills Decision Again This Week
No news again. Not sure what that means, but likely it means the Court is fractured. But then again, they usually are so that conclusion isn’t helpful.
SCOTUSblog data tells us that Justices Ginsburg and Kagan have not yet written for the December sitting, which is when the Court heard the Bay Mills argument. Usually, to balance workload, each Justice is assigned one opinion per sitting. But the Court heard 11 arguments in December, so at least two Justices will have two assignments. Justice Scalia, we know after today, has written twice for December, so we can say with some limited certainty that he will not be the author of the majority opinion in Bay Mills. In other words, it could be anyone.
I’m hoping for Justice Kagan (see my commentary on the argument). Her questions at oral argument suggested a narrow, statute-based view of the matter, though I am doubtful she would find in favor of the tribe. Justice Ginsburg dissented in Kiowa, and her opinion would likely go against the tribe in this one, too. The question there is how far she would go.
But it’s very possible neither Kagan nor Ginsburg write, which means that anyone could.
Skull Repatriated to Grand Traverse Band
Sixth Circuit Affirms D.V. Convictions of Saginaw Chippewa Member
Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Pego.
We posted the indictment and a procedural matter on the blog.
New Book: Meg Noodin’s “Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature”
From the MSU Press Website:
Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature combines literary criticism, sociolinguistics, native studies, and poetics to introduce an Anishinaabe way of reading.
Although nationally specific, the book speaks to a broad audience by demonstrating an indigenous literary methodology. Investigating the language itself, its place of origin, its sound and structure, and its current usage provides new critical connections between North American fiction, Native American literatures, and Anishinaabe narrative. The four Anishinaabe authors discussed in the book, Louise Erdrich, Jim Northrup, Basil Johnston, and Gerald Vizenor, share an ethnic heritage but are connected more clearly by a culture of tales, songs, and beliefs. Each of them has heard, studied, and written in Anishinaabemowin, making their heritage language a part of the backdrop and sometimes the medium, of their work. All of them reference the power and influence of the Great Lakes region and the Anishinaabeakiing, and they connect the landscape to the original language. As they reconstruct and deconstruct the aadizookaan, the traditional tales of Nanabozho and other mythic figures, they grapple with the legacy of cultural genocide and write toward a future that places ancient beliefs in the center of the cultural horizon.
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