News

News Coverage of the Disestablishment of the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

HuffPo. [with link to Trump’s bigoted testimony against the tribe in 1993]

Mashpee Enterprise.

Boston Globe.

MassLive.

NYTs Coverage of Standing Rock Decision

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case.“

The opinion is here.

Vox Profile of COVID-19 in Indian Country

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “The coronavirus is exacerbating vulnerabilities Native communities already face.”

Profile of Wisconsin Law Students Forrest Gauthier and Lorenzo Gudino

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

AP: “Tribes take measures to slow spread of new coronavirus”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here. An excerpt:

“Tribes are really just big families in a lot of ways,” said Matthew Fletcher, a law professor at Michigan State University. “The threats to your family are something you’re going to take seriously.”

NYTs Obituary for Chuck Trimble

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Charles Trimble, Advocate for Native American Rights, Dies at 84.”

NPR: “Tribes in Michigan struggle with decision to shut down casinos for coronavirus”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

NBC News Profile: “Native American tribes brace for coronavirus: ‘It’s going to be a test’”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Michigan Radio: “Michigan tribal governments prep for coronavirus — brace for impact on casinos and workers”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.