Tribal NLRB Background Materials

Here are the materials relevant to Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Government v. NLRB.

Supreme Court cert stage briefs

Little River Petition and Appendix COMBINED

USET Amicus Brief

Final CO-UMUT Amicus Cert Petition – Saginaw Chippewa and LRB

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

CNIGA Amicus

NCAI Amicus

Michigan Amicus Brief

US Cert Opposition

Little River Reply

Sixth Circuit En Banc Stage Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Briefs in U.S. v. Washington Subproceeding 11-02 (Lummi v. S’Klallam Tribes & Tulalip)

Here are the materials in United States v. Washington (subproceeding 11-02):

Lummi Nation Brief

Tulalip Tribes Answer Brief

Port Gamble and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribes Brief

Lower Elwha Brief

Lummi Reply

Suquamish Tribe Brief

Oral argument video here.

ILPC Presentation at the Jackson, MI Community Forum on Land Treaties

MSU ILPC & Indian Law Clinic students presented at the Jackson Community Forum: Impact of Land Treaties.

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As a side note–this event, hosted at the Jackson District Library and open to the public, was very well attended. The questions we received were all thoughtful, curious, and kind. Our students did well and felt welcomed. This event came out of a project volunteers in the city did around the 200 anniversary of 1815 survey of Michigan–which happened because of the Treaty of Detroit. Instead of ending there, the organizers decided they needed to know more about treaties and how they work today. Because the event went so well, the librarians are planning to have more events on other issues involving Native communities in Michigan.

New on the TT Bookshelf: John Low’s New Book on the Pokagon Band and the City of Chicago

Low Book

John Low has published “Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago” with Michigan State University Press (book page here).

From the website:

Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has been a part of Chicago since its founding. In very public expressions of indigeneity, they have refused to hide in plain sight or assimilate. Instead, throughout the city’s history, the Pokagon Potawatomi Indians have openly and aggressively expressed their refusal to be marginalized or forgotten—and in doing so, they have contributed to the fabric and history of the city.

Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago examines the ways some Pokagon Potawatomi tribal members have maintained a distinct Native identity, their rejection of assimilation into the mainstream, and their desire for inclusion in the larger contemporary society without forfeiting their “Indianness.” Mindful that contact is never a one-way street, Low also examines the ways in which experiences in Chicago have influenced the Pokagon Potawatomi. Imprints continues the recent scholarship on the urban Indian experience before as well as after World War II.

Contempt Citation in Squaxin Island Indian Tribe v. Gold Coast Oyster LLC

Here are the materials in United States v. Washington (W.D. Wash.) (subproceeding 89-3-10):

20 Squaxin Petn for Order to Show Cause

27 Response

32 Reply

2016-02-16 Order

Earlier proceedings in this matter are here.

 

Oregonian Examines Burns Paiute Tribe’s Right to Malheur Refuge

Link to article here.

GTB Testimony before Mich. House Natural Resources Committee on Commercial Net Pen Aquaculture

Here:

GTB HB 5255 testimony

Michigan Tribes Oppose Net Pen Aquaculture

Here.

Yakama Nation Largely Prevails in CERCLA Suit with US

Here are the materials in Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. United States of America (D. Or.):

20 Yakama Motion for Summary J

21-1 Memorandum in Support

25 US Response

27 US Motion for Summary J

31 Yakama Reply

33 Magistrate Report

41 DCT Order

Minnesota Public Radio: Original intent? History, language blur Minnesota Indian treaty disputes

Link to article here.