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Marjorie Tallchief Walks On
Virginia Executive Order on Tribal Consultation
Va. Order Gives Tribes More Power Over State Permits
By Clark Mindock, Law 360
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Further Reading:
Gov. Northam’s Press Release: https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/all-releases/2021/november/headline-911335-en.html
Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/18/virginia-indian-tribes-northam-consultation/
Law360 (attached; it’s behind a paywall): https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/1441920/va-order-gives-tribes-more-power-over-state-permits
Indianz.comhttps://www.indianz.com/News/2021/11/18/virginia-governor-adopts-formal-tribal-consultation-policy/
Virginia Mercury: https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/northam-orders-state-to-consult-with-tribal-nations-when-considering-permits/
First Native American Appointed to MN Court of Appeals
Gov. Walz appoints Sarah Wheelock to fill vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals
Bench & Bar of Minnesota | Minnesota State Bar Association
By Claire Lancaster
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Minnesota Governor Appoints Meskwaki Tribal Citizen Sarah Wheelock to Serve on State’s Court of Appeals
Native News Online
By Native News Online Staff
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News Coverage of Indian Law Matters (9/27/2021)
Leelanau Ticker: “Leading The Way In Vaccinations, Grand Traverse Band Still Aims Higher“
Grist: “Montana tribe finalizes historic $1.9 billion water rights settlement“
WaPo: “Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model.”
Cherokee Phoenix: “Oklahoma organizations, foster families react to developments in Supreme Court’s review of Indian Child Welfare Act“
NYTs: “She Bought Her Dream Home. Then a ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Changed the Locks.”
AP: “Tribe wins major step toward resuming whaling off Washington“
News Coverage of Indian Law Issues (9/24/2021)
Tulsa World: “Native American Voting Rights Act needed to protect our sacred right to vote” [Chuck Hoskin]
Seattle Times: “Swinomish tribal members say steelhead net pens violate fishing rights, add their voice to state Supreme Court case”
CNN: “Fossilized footprints show humans made it to North America much earlier than first thought”
NARF: “Experts Sound Alarm On Line 5 Oil Pipeline Tunnel Climate Impacts”
High Country News: “6 things you should know about the 2021 Native American Voting Rights Act”
News Coverage of Indian Law Matters (9/22/21)
News Coverage of Indian Law Matters (9/15/2021)
This Land, season 2, episode 5: “Pro Bono”
Iowa Public Radio: “In ‘This Land,’ A Custody Trial Over Native Children Heads To The Supreme Court”
KNBA: “‘This Land’ podcast unravels complexity of child welfare in Indian Country in its second season”
DeSmog: “Indigenous Resistance Instrumental in Stopping High-Profile Fossil Fuel Projects, Says Report”
Cherokee Phoenix: “NSU Constitution Day webinar to examine Indigenous Nations’ influence in shaping U.S. Constitution”
Wild Rivers Outpost: “Raymond Mattz, Whose U.S. Supreme Court Win Reaffirmed Yurok Rights to the Klamath River, Dies At 79”
Wenatchee World: “‘Little victims everywhere’: Pathways to justice”
Area Man Appointed Assistant Secretary
Traverse City Record-Eagle: “Bay Mills man tapped for Department of Interior post”
Radio News Network: “Upper Peninsula Man Sworn In As Assistant U.S. Interior Secretary”

News Coverage of Indian Law Issues (9/7/2021)
WaPo: “For Navajo, crowded homes have always
been a lifeline. The pandemic threatens that.”
NYTs: “For Tribal Members in Oklahoma, Medicaid Expansion Improves Access to Specialty Care”
WBUR: “The Klamath River Water Crisis And Its Lessons On Climate Change”
Daily Kos: “Texas Abortion Clinics In Native American Reservations?”
NBC News: “How Texas abortion law is undermining Native American women’s reproductive justice”
The 74: “Boarding School History Underpins Court Ruling on Native Education”

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