FedBizOpps

The Office of Justice Services is soliciting two additional tribal court assessment contracts.

See the contracts here and here.

For Nevada:  https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0d7d924873f9aededc5f929ad6649f0c&tab=core&_cview=0
For Washington: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9c5fd9c5ec197d8981940aa16e03be6b&tab=core&_cview=0

Noojimo’iwewin: A VAWA and ICWA Training

Please join the Bay Mills Indian Community for this multi-disciplinary, tuition-free training geared toward child welfare and domestic violence advocates to implement effective service and advocacy strategies in cases involving child welfare, domestic violence, or both. Minnesota CLEs are available for this training.

This training will be in Brimley, Michigan on August 1-2, 2019. For more information, please see the Save the Date below or visit the website.

Noonjimoiwewin_ A VAWA and ICWA Training

Most Claims against Interior Arising from Lower Brule Sioux Loan Guarantee Debacle are Dismissed

Here are the materials in Great American Life Insurance Company v. United States Department of the Interior (S.D. Ohio):

1 Complaint

10 Interior Motion to Dismiss

10-2 IBIA Ruling

15 Response

17 Reply

18 Notice of Additional Authority

18-1 Summary of OIG Report

20 DCT Order

We previously posted on this case here.

Human Rights Watch previously published a report on the doings at Lower Brule, here.

Split Minnesota COA Rejects Environmental Impact Statement on Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Project

Here is the opinion in In re Applications of Enbridge Energy (Minn. Ct. App.):

Minnesota COA Opinion

Effort to Stop Cherokee Election Rejected

Here are the materials in Fleming v. Cherokee Nation (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

2-5 Motion for TRO

6 Cherokee Opposition

9 Cherokee Motion to Dismiss

12 Federal Motion to Dismiss

13 Plaintiffs’ Response

15 Federal Reply

17 DCT Order

Above the Law Report on the Ninth Circuit’s Order Asking BNSF to Clarify Portions of Its Briefing in Dispute with Swinomish

Here.

We posted the order on the case page here.

Erin Oliver named Assistant Vice President for Institutional Equity at Notre Dame

Erin Oliver graduated from Notre Dame in 2005 and Michigan State University College of Law in 2012. She is a member of the Indiana state bar and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Find the press release here.

“Erin brings extensive experience as a leader in the area of institutional equity and has proven expertise in managing harassment and discrimination issues in a university setting,” said Robert McQuade, vice president of Human Resources. “We are proud to welcome Erin. Her experience in serving in leadership roles in handling and providing guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and creating training sessions on ADA and serving as an ADA coordinator will also be an asset to Notre Dame.”

 

 

The Final Report on the Canadian Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Report here.

“Reclaiming Power and Place

The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. . The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.”

NYTs: “Canadian Inquiry Calls Killings of Indigenous Women Genocide”

Here.

NAICJA 2019 Awards Solicitation

See the Awards Solicitation Letter 2019 here. Details for voting can be found in the letter.

Nominations close at the end of the day on Friday, August 30, 2019.