Here is the opinion in State of New Mexico ex rel. State Engineer v. United States:
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Federal Court Allows US Employment Discrimination Suit to Proceed against South Dakota DSS
Here are the materials in United States v. South Dakota Department of Social Services (D.S.D.):
43 South Dakota Motion for Summary Judgment
46 US Motion for Summary Judgment
An excerpt:
The following additional undisputed material facts specifically relate to plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment. All of the following statistical data relates to the DSS Pine Ridge Office for the 2007 through 2013 time period, unless otherwise specified. For the 35 requisitions, Native American applicants submitted 213 (44.5%) complete applications and white applicants submitted 265 (55.5%) complete applications. (Docket 47 ¶ 42). One hundred eighty-six Native American applicants and 228 white applicants submitted complete applications and did not withdraw from the hiring process. Id. ¶ 45. DSS offered interviews to 117 (46.1%) Native American applicants and 137 (53.9%) white applicants. Id. ¶ 46. DSS conducted interviews with 90 Native Americans and 100 white applicants. Id. ¶ 47. DSS offered Specialist jobs to 22 interviewees, 20 of whom (90.9%) were white and only two of whom (9.1%) were Native American. Id. ¶ 48.
DSS offered to hire zero Native Americans in 2007 through 2010, and 2012, despite seeking to hire Specialists on 22 separate occasions. Id. ¶ 49. During 2007 through 2010, DSS offered to hire zero Native Americans while offering to hire 12 white applicants as Specialists. Id. ¶ 50. In 2011, DSS offered to hire one Specialist who was Native American and two white applicants as Specialists. Id. ¶ 51. In 2012, DSS offered to hire zero Native Americans while offering to hire three white applicants as Specialists. Id. ¶ 52. In 2013, DSS offered to hire one Specialist who was Native American and three Specialists who were white. Id. ¶ 53.
Federal Court Dismisses Navajo Nation’s Claims against Wells Fargo for Targeting Indians for Fake Accounts
Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. Wells Fargo & Co. (D. N.M.):
Complaint is here.
Ninth Circuit Orders Arbitration in Dispute Involving Tribe and Labor Union
Here is the unpublished opinion in Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians v. UNITE HERE International Union.
Briefs:
Oral argument video here.
Lower court materials here.
Prior cases here.
Federal Court Holds Nonmember Exhausted Tribal Remedies when Tribal Appellate Court Decided Jurisdiction Issues, but Not Merits
Here are the materials in Big Horn County Elec. Coop. v. Big Man (D. Mont.):
1-4 Absolooke Appeals Court Opinion Part 1
1-5 Absolooke Appeals Court Opinion Part 2
#MeToo in Indian Country: A Short and Incomplete Collection of News Stories
Articles selected based on google search at 9AM this morning — “metoo american Indians”
Indianz: National Congress of American Indians under #MeToo fire
ICT: NCAI Attorney John Dossett under fire after #MeToo allegations
Indianz: Prominent Indian Country attorney reassigned after #MeToo allegations
NPQ: Will #MeToo Movement Lead to Protections for American Indian Women?
Vice Impact: Native American Women Have Been Saying a Lot More Than #MeToo for Years
Jezebel: Native American Lit Community Warns of Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Sherman Alexie
NPR: ‘It Just Felt Very Wrong’: Sherman Alexie’s Accusers Go On The Record
Medium: Sherman Alexie and the Sexual Assault Legacy of Federal Native American Boarding Schools
NBC: Native American women speak out about sexual assault and violence
New Mexico News Port: Native Women Leaders Express #Me-Too Concerns
Bustle: These Women Running For Congress Won’t Let Native Americans Be Left Out Of #MeToo
Native Friends: THE SILENCE WITHIN: A NATIVE VOICE IN #METOO
The Nation: Confronting the ‘Native Harvey Weinsteins
OPB: Native American Women On Sherman Alexie: ‘The Silence Was Destructive’
California COA Affirms Attorney Fees Award against Tribe
California COA Allows Most State Law Claims against Indian Smokeshop under PL 280
Here is the opinion in People ex rel. Beccera v. Huber:
Indigenous Feminisms Symposium: Bad Indians, Stolen Children, and Journeys Home
Thursday, October 4, 2018 5-8pm MDT at the Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana. Visit the event page for more information or see the Indigenous Feminsms Symposium Flyer.
Save the date! OBA Indian Law Section: Conference on Indian Law
October 12, 2018 9-3:30pm
Topics include update of current laws, water rights, pracitce in courts of Indian offenses, Indian Child Welfare Act, full faith and credit, ethics.
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