Ninth Circuit Decides Acres Bonusing, Inc. v. Marston

Here is the opinion:

Briefs here.

Indian Law News Coverage (11/3/2021)

TNR: “Indian Country’s Right to Say No

PolitiFact: “Understanding the battle over the Indian Child Welfare Act

Mvskoke Media: “Tribes defend reservations amid continued attacks

Tulsa World: “Cherokee Nation attorney general disputes state’s claim that McGirt ruling has caused ‘chaos’

NYTs [Kevin Maillard]: “Fry Bread Is Beloved, but Also Divisive

Indian Law News Coverage (10/29/2021)

AP: For tribes, ‘good fire’ a key to restoring nature and people

NYTs: Forced Relocation Left Native Americans More Exposed to Climate Threats, Data Show

YaleEnvironment360: Why Protecting Tribal Rights Is Key to Fighting Climate Change

NYTs: He Unleashed a California Massacre. Should This School Be Named for Him?

LitHub: An Illustrated Tour of Some of North America’s Beloved, Diverse Indie Bookstores

RED PLANET BOOKS & COMICS
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

North Dakota District Court Orders Eviction of Tribal Member from Indian Housing Authority Located on Fee Lands

Here is the opinion in Trenton Indian Housing Authority v. Poitra (N.D. Dist. Ct.):

District Court Decision

Ninth Circuit Decides Shingle Springs v. Caballero

Here is the unpublished opinion in Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians v. Caballero.

Briefs:

Indian Law Issues in the News (10/25/2021)

Detroit News: First lady Jill Biden visits Saginaw Chippewa center to discuss youth mental health

Arizona Capitol Times: Ducey gives tribe $30M for water rights

NYTs: Can This Tribe of ‘Salmon People’ Pull Off One More Win?

WaPo (April article): Canada’s Supreme Court says some Native Americans who are not Canadian citizens can hunt in British Columbia

Grist: EPA finally has an action plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for US tribes

AP: Oklahoma court adds Quapaw Nation to those covered by McGirt ruling

Curbed: A Lenape Tribe Finally Wrests Its Sacred Site Back from Developers

AZ Central: Indigenous peoples seek greater voice and more influence at COP26 climate conference

NYTs: How Is ‘Dune’ So Prescient About Climate Change? Thank This Native American Tribe.

KTAR: Apaches ask appeals court to oppose transfer of Arizona land

The Hill: Human rights panel will hear case claiming US regulators violated Navajo tribe’s rights: report

Tulsa World: Tulsa, Owasso join state in seeking to overturn McGirt ruling

Great Lakes Now: Enbridge temporarily stops Michigan pipeline due to protests

NYTs: Film Club: ‘A Conversation With Native Americans on Race’

Salt Lake Tribune: Survivors see a link between Indigenous boarding schools’ harsh discipline and later domestic violence

Keloland: South Dakota ACLU says Dept. of Education may have violated federal and constitutional law by removing elements of Native American culture and history from draft of state social studies standards

Michigan Tribes in the News (10/20/21)

Toward Freedom: Photo Essay: Indigenous Struggle Against Enbridge Lines 3 and 5

UP Matters: Providing “Hope Not Handcuffs” at the Bay Mills Police Department

UP Matters: Bay Mills President Whitney Gravelle shares the impact of intergenerational trauma on addiction

UP Matters: Preventing addiction using a cultural approach in Native communities

Peninsula Press: Indigenous groups demand shut down of Michigan pipeline

Deadline Detroit: Reporting On Indian Boarding School Is Painfully Personal For Michigan Journalist

MLive: Dozens of Michigan schools still use Native American slurs, imagery

Indian Law Issues in the News (10/20/21)

Native News Online: Washington Tribe Waits to Resume Whaling

Tribal Business News: Puyallup Tribe inks deal with Amazon for massive sorting center on tribal land

Tampa Bay Times: Florida officials and Tribe win Round 1 in legal fight over sports betting

Times Standard: Humboldt County supes OK deal between Child Welfare Services, Hoopa Valley Tribe

The Spokesman-Review: Homesteading family’s lasting legacy realized in agreement to return nearly 10,000 acres of habitat to Colville Tribes in conservation deal

NYTs: In Minneapolis, a Thriving Center for Indigenous Art: The eight-block American Indian Cultural Corridor celebrates Native American art and commerce.

Williston Herald: MHA Nation family’s oil spill suit dismissed after discovery sanctions limited damages to $1

Indian Law Issues in the News (10/19/2021)

Lansing State Journal: Anishinaabemowin class aims to save Michigan’s first language

NPR: The National Park Service could soon have its first Native American director

Charles F. Sams III

HCN: How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service: The Umatilla leader would be the first Native person in charge of the agency, which has a thorny history with tribes

WaPo: The nomination of Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service is already changing history

Casino.org: US Supreme Court to Hear Texas Tribal Gaming Case, Could Impact Claims in Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts

Times Higher Education: US universities ponder massive debt to Native Americans: In year since land-grant institutions learned they were funded by theft, serious conversations have barely begun

SCOTUSblog: Court adds two cases on Native American law and issues two opinions granting police officers qualified immunity

KLCC: Ancient Native American forest practices demonstrated in burn near Eugene

Green Entrepreneur: Native Americans Jump Way Ahead in Selling Legal Cannabis