Tenth Circuit Briefs in Civil Rights Complaint against Navajo Courts and Navajo Nation

Here are the materials:

Chavez Complaint

DCT Order Dismissing Chavez Complaint

Chavez Opening Brief

Navajo Appellee Brief

Idaho Law School Indian Law Conference on Tribal Courts

Looks like a great program!

Agenda here.

Federal Court Dismisses Casino Slip and Fall, Citing Tribal Court Exhaustion Doctrine

Here are the materials in Girmai v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians (S.D. Cal.):

Rincon Band Removal Notice

Exhibit 1 — State Ct Complaint

Rincon Band Motion to Dismiss

DCT Order Dismissing Girmai Complaint

Update in Grand Canyon Skywalk Controversy

New materials in the developer’s effort to avoid the tribe’s move to using eminent domain to end the controversy:

GCSD Complaint 2-16-12

GCSD Motion for TRO

GCSD Emergency Request for Service

Tribal Court Order 2-17

GCS Tribal Court Opposition

Additional news coverage here.

ICT: Tribal Judges Revive National Tribal Justice Resource Center

Courtesy Gina Jackson/ National Council of Family and Juvenile Court Judges
The National American Indian Court Judges Association recently reestablished the National Tribal Justice Resource Center in Boulder, Colorado. They are, from left, back row: Judges Winona Tanner, Cheryl Fairbanks, Susan Wells, Peggy Bird, and Winifred Thomas. Second row: Judges Gary Smith, Rusty Swan, Julie Yarlott, Darrell Dowry, and James Shepperd; First row: Judges Kevin Briscoe, Jill Tompkins, and Richard Blake.

Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/15/tribal-judges-revive-national-tribal-justice-resource-center-97699 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/15/tribal-judges-revive-national-tribal-justice-resource-center-97699#ixzz1mZ2Nks6y

Two New Tribal Court Opinions from Turtle Mountain and Mille Lacs

The first, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians v. Williams, involves a facial challenge to the tribal exclusion ordinance:

williams appeal decision

The second, Davis v. Poitra, consolidated with Malaterre v. Belcourt School Dist. No. 7, involves tribal court jurisdiction over claims brought against the school district:

Davis v. Belcourt School District

Briefs in Merrill v. Altman (S.D. ICWA Case Previously Posted)

We posted the South Dakota Supreme Court’s opinion from December here.

Here are the briefs:

Merrill Opening Brief

Altman Brief

Merrill Reply

Updated Version of Tulalip Justice System Study

We previously posted the study here.

Here is the updated study:

Justice in Indian Country- A Case Study of the Tulalip Tribes

Reply Brief in Kroner v. Oneida

Here.

Employment Suit Complaint in Cherokee Tribal Court

Here, via Pechanga.