Joint Interior and Justice Report on Missing and Murdered

Here:

Aspen Decker

Ninth Circuit Rejects Native Religious Claims in Oak Flat Land Swap Dispute

Here is the opinion in Apache Stronghold v. United States.

Links to briefs and other materials here.

March 14 Virtual Event – Lessons Learned: Healing to Wellness

Lessons Learned: Healing to Wellness
March 14, 2024 on Zoom Webinar
11-3pm ET | 10-2pm CT | 9-1pm MT | 8-12pm PT | 7-11am AKT

Registration now open at https://www.tjstraining.com/

We in the legal profession need to look at alternatives to incarceration and probation, which can have negative impacts on individuals. We instead need to provide independent, traditional, and cultural remedies as alternatives and shift our focus toward healing communities. Join us as we discuss the intrinsic value of Healing to Wellness Courts and their community-specific services, stories, and funding.

Below times are listed in ET:

11:00-11:20am Introduction; Review of Penobscot’s Healing to Wellness Conference

11:20-12:30pm Session 1: Service Providers

12:45-1:45pm Session 2: Success Stories

2:00-2:30pm Session 3: Federal Funding, Where To Find It

2:30-3:00pm Closing Thoughts & Lessons Learned

NNALSA Public Service in Indian Country Panel

Christina Lucero, Danna Jackson, Kyle Nayback, Doreen McPaul, Josette Monette, and Brock Flynn

Resource Extraction Company Sues MHA Nation over Appointment of Third Arbitrator in Dispute over Trust Land Lease

Here is the complaint in Spotted Hawk Development LLC v. Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (D.N.D.):

Brookings Survey Report Lists Missing and Murdered as Indian Country Highest Election Year Priority

Gabriel R. Sanchez, A-dae Romero-Briones, and Raymond Foxworth have published “Murdered and missing women is the top issue facing Native American communities heading into the 2024 elections.

Gotta say that gender divide on Missing and Murdered is pretty fucked up — economic development is more important to Native men? WTH???

Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Prevails over Wisconsin DNR in Administrative Proceeding re: Allowing Septage on Fee Land in Rez

Here is the decision — In the Matter of the September 29, 2022, Approval of Howard Bros. Inc.’s Application of Septage on the Plummer 7 Lot, in the Town of Lac du Flambeau, County of Vilas, State of Wisconsin:

I had a tchwunk case once, too.

Washington Federal Court Rejects Cultural Resources Damages Claim under CERCLA

Here are new materials in Pakootas v. Teck Caminco (E.D. Wash.):

West Flagler v. Haaland Cert Petition

Here:

Questions presented:

1. Whether IGRA authorizes the approval of a compact that purports to allow for an online sports gambling monopoly throughout the state and off Indian lands.

2. Whether an IGRA compact violates the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act if it provides for internet sports betting that is unlawful where many of the bets are placed.

3. Whether the Secretary’s approval of a tribalstate compact violates equal protection principles where it provides a specific tribe with a monopoly on online sports gaming off tribal lands, while state law makes that conduct a felony for everyone else.

Lower court materials here.

Littlefield v. DOI Cert Petition

Here:

Questions presented:

Whether the decision of the court of appeals conflicts with Carcieri?

Lower court materials here.