Civil Rights Suit against Mille Lacs Ojibwe Police Dismissed

Here are the materials in Gilliam v. Roach (D. Minn.):

1 Complaint

17 Motion to Dismiss

22 Response

26 Reply

28 Magistrate Report

32 DCT Order

Bloomberg News Profile of McGirt Argument

Here is “Gorsuch Gets Moment as Decider in Case Evoking Trail of Tears.”

The briefs are here.

Split Washington SCT Holds Title Insurance Co. Must Defend Non-Indian Property Owners from Indian Treaty Rights Claims

Here are the materials in Robbins v. Mason County Title Insurance Co.:

Opinion

Mason County Title Opening Brief [COA]

Robbins Opening Brief [COA]

Robbins Reply Brief [COA]

Mason County Title Petition for Review

Robbins Answer to Petition for Review

Mason County Title Supplemental Brief

Update in Agua Caliente v. Mnuchin

Here are updated materials in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

26 US Opposition

26-1 Exhibit

27 Reply

Prior post here.

 

Ninth Circuit Materials in Crow Indian Tribe v. United States [Grizzly Bear Delisting]

Here:

Federal Opening Brief

Humane Society Opening Brief

Idaho Opening Brief

Montana Opening Brief

Safari Club Opening Brief

Sportsmen’s Alliance Opening Brief

Wyoming Farm Bureau Opening Brief

Wyoming Opening Brief

Crow Answer Brief

Northern Cheyenne Tribe Answer Brief

Wildearth Guardians Answer Brief

Alliance for the Wild Rockies Answer Brief

Federal Reply

Idaho Reply

Montana Reply Brief

Safari Club Reply

Sportsmen’s Alliance Reply

Wyoming Farm Bureau Reply

Wyoming Reply

Lower court materials here.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (5/6/2020)

Here:

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
Pasaye v. State of Nevada (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. Bernhardt (Recognition; Reservation Disestablishment)
Holtz v. Oneida Airport Hotel Corporation (Indian Civil Rights Act; Americans With Disabilities Act)
Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Administrative Procedure Act)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Department of the Interior (Trust Land Acquisition)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

  • Indigenous resilience.
  • Building adaptive capacity in tribal communities of the Missouri River Basin to manage drought and climate extremes: A case study from the Wind River Indian Reservation.

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

  • S.3608 – A bill to amend the CARES Act to provide flexibility in use of funds by States, Indian Tribes, and municipalities.
  • H.R.6700 – To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

  • U.S. Treasury to begin distributing virus relief money to tribes
  • 2010 census changed voting maps in San Juan Country, but fears of an undercount loom
  • Now, more than ever, we need tribes at the water negotiating table
  • Uniting online for missing Native women, girls
  • How Minnesotans can address homelessness among the state’s American Indians
  • For some Native college students, online classes could be a dealbreaker
  • Cafe brings Indigenous ‘comfort food’ to elders
  • Indigenous studies requirement is a ‘no brainer’
  • ‘We are a forgotten people’: Native candidate struggles to be heard amid COVID-19 pandemic
  • Court upholds death penalty for Navajo man on U.S. death row
  • Chuck Hoskin: Even during social distancing, Cherokee culture connects us

Oklahoma AG Opinion on Legality of Recent Gaming Compacts [updated]

Here:

AG Opinion 2020-8 (W-7)

Update:

05 13 response memo to ag hunter

QuaranTICA: TICA/ILPC Webinar Series

TICASavetheDatePinned

Updated Materials in Agua Caliente v. Mnuchin [the one about getting any CARES Act money at all]

Here are updated materials Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

2020-05-03 – Dkt 011 – First Amended Complaint

2020-05-03 – Dkt 012 – Amended Motion for TRO

2020-05-03 – Dkt 013 – Decl of Batton (Choctaw)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 014 – Decl of Greetham (Chickasaw)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 015 – Decl of Plata (Agua)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 016 – Decl of Miguel (Ak-Chin)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 017 – Decl of Hoskin (Cherokee)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 018 – Decl of James (Yurok)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 019 – Decl of De Los Angeles Declaration (Snoqualmie)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 020 – Decl of Ortiz (Arapaho)

Prior post here.

Update in Mashpee v. Bernhardt — Briefing Ordered on Withdrawal of M-Opinion M-37029 [updated]

Here are the updated materials in Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):

50 Interior Opposition

51 Littlefield Opposition

53 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Update:

54 Mashpee Brief

55 Littlefield Brief

56 Interior Brief

57 Mashpee Reply

58-1 USET Amicus Brief

60 Mashpee Brief

61 Littlefield Response

62 Federal Brief

63 Federal Response

65-1 Congressional Amicus Brief