Texas Federal Court Dismisses Suit against Gila River Telecommunications Company

Here are the materials in CHR Solutions Inc. v. Gila River Telecommunications Inc. (S.D. Tex.):

Applications for PLSI 2024 are open

View the application, materials and important dates here. Application must be received by Friday, March 15, 2024Applicants who miss the deadline will be considered on a space-available basis.

54th Annual Native American Critical Issues Conference

54th Annual Native American Critical Issues Conference

February 29-March 2, 2024 

on-site at the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, MI

Join the Michigan Indian Education Council with co-hosts the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to celebrate and honor all our relations.

Register here

More information at miecconference.org. The 3-track conference is open to all educators and includes a student youth track. Topics include:

  • Pre-Conference Session hosted by Tribal Agriculture and Hemp Summit, Michigan State University Extension
  • Games that Save Our Ways
  • Eshkiniigijig (Adolescents); Anishinaabek “Coming of Age” Traditions and Protocol
  • Waganakising Odawak Community Co-designed Indigenous STEAM
  • Creating Community Through Culture in the Virtual Classroom
  • Building Allies with Ecological Kinship
  • Wenji-gikinoo’amaadiwin: The Reason is Education
  • and many more

AILC hosts annual Pre-Law Advisors Training

February 20-21, 2024
Albuquerque, NM

Registration is still open! Event agenda and details here. Travel Reimbursements & Waivers available for Tribal Education Departments and Tribal Colleges and Universities.

Topics Include:

  • The Need for Native Attorneys
  • Preparing Students for Law School
  • Resources and Best Practices for Advisors
  • Native Student Perspectives

This conference is for school personnel and tribal education department personnel who advise students on careers and higher education. This is not for prospective law students. 

Minnesota Federal Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction

Here are the relevant materials in United States v. Johnson (D. Minn.):

American Indian Law Journal — New Issue — Volume 12, Issue 1

Here:

Current Issue: Volume 12, Issue 1 (2023)

Articles

PDF

Seeking Higher Ground: Developing a Tribal Model Code for Disaster and Emergency Management in a Complex Jurisdictional Environment
Brian Candelaria

PDF

Reclaiming Sacred Homelands: Asserting Treaty Rights and the Path Towards Restoration of the Badger-Two Medicine
Sarah Greenberg

PDF

A New Cobell: The Need for a Continued Buy-Back Program
Liam C. Conrad

Note

PDF

Case Law on American Indians: October 2022 – August 2023
Thomas P. Schlosser

Eighth Circuit Materials in Bibeau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Here:

Additional briefs TK.

Agency decision here:

Give ‘em hell, Frank

Michigan COA Affirms Dismissal of Quiet Title Action Implicating Federal Trust Land Held for GTB, BMIC, and Sault Tribe

Here are the opinions in Nelson v. Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority:

Unpublished Opinion

Dissent

California Federal Court Dismisses State’s Effort to Shut Down Alturas Rancheria Cigarette Sales

Here are the materials in State of California v. Azuma Corp. (E.D. Cal.):