Here are the materials in Matyascik v. Arctic Slope Native Ass’n (D. Alaska):
Research
Eighth Circuit Decides Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. v. Burr]
Here.
Excerpt:
A dispute over the practice of flaring natural gas from oil wells fuels the legal controversy in this case: the scope of Native American tribal court authority over nonmembers. Several members of the MHA Nation sued numerous non-tribal oil and gas companies in MHA tribal court. Those companies operate oil wells on lands within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation that have been allotted to individual tribe members but are held in trust by the federal government. The tribe members alleged the companies owed royalties from wastefully-flared gas. Some of these companies unsuccessfully contested the tribal court’s jurisdiction over them in tribal court. Then they initiated this action in federal court to enjoin the tribal court plaintiffs and tribal court judicial officials. The district court issued a preliminary injunction, and the tribal court plaintiffs and officials separately appealed. We affirm the injunction because we conclude suits over oil and gas leases on allotted trust lands are governed by federal law, not tribal law, and the tribal court lacks jurisdiction over the nonmember oil and gas companies.
Briefs here.
MSUTODAY: “MSU Receives $2.5M for Less Commonly Taught Languages”
“For hundreds of years, generations of Indigenous people in communities throughout the Great Lakes have fought for the preservation of Anishinaabemowin,” said Gordon Henry, professor of English and co-PI on the project who is affiliated with the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program at MSU and an enrolled member of the White Earth Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota. “It’s important for people in knowing their culture to try to live their language, to have it as a living way of communicating in a community, and that’s what a lot of tribes are trying to have happen again.” Read more.
Tohono O’Odham Nation Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Border Wall Matter
Here is the brief in Trump v. Sierra Club:
Arizona COA Briefs in Appeal on State Process on Non-Indian in Indian Country
Here are the briefs in Singer v. Palmer:
I admit it. Slow Indian law news day.
Friday Job Announcements—Postponed this Week!
Out of the office for a training this week! Check back next week for a current list of job announcements.
Eight Circuit Affirms Conviction of Habitual D.V. Offender
Here is the opinion in United States v. Oka.
New York Oneida Prevails in Property Dispute involving Reservation Lands
Here are the materials in Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips (N.D. N.Y.):
32-1-oneida-motion-for-judgment.pdf
Prior post here.
Yurok Tribe Sues Bureau of Reclamation over Klamath River Flows
Here is the complaint in Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (N.D. Cal.):
Link for Live-Stream for Noojimo’iwewin: A VAWA and ICWA Training
Here are the links for the live-stream for Noojimo’iwewin: A VAWA and ICWA Training taking place at Bay Mills Indian Community in Brimley, Michigan. Speakers from across Indian Country will discuss topics such as violence against Two-Spirit individuals and men, child welfare and domestic violence, VAWA, ICWA, and more.
The training will run from 8:30-5pm on Thursday, August 1 and 8:30-12pm on Friday, August 2. This live-stream is absolutely free! For details on the agenda, please visit the website here: https://www.twgtrainings.com/vawaicwatraining.
Day 1: https://vimeo.com/350957467
Day 2: https://vimeo.com/351278001
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