Here is the order in Stimson Lumber Co. v. Coeur d’Alene Tribe (D. Idaho):
Prior post here.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Contract Claims against Battle Mountain Band
Here are the materials in Platform 10 LLC v. Battle Mountain Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada:
[no other briefs filed]
Lower court materials here.
2022 Info. on the G. William Rice Scholarship
Tenth Circuit Rules against Cherokee Companies in Employee Poaching Suit
Here are the materials in LS3 Inc. v. Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs LLC:
National Native Children’s Trauma Center Essays
The NNCTC is publishing a series of essays on Native child welfare, ICWA, and boarding schools. They are all available here.
In the most recent, Patrice Kunesh reflects on her own family history during this time of boarding school listening sessions and investigation by the federal government.
In January 1888, the year before North Dakota would become a state, their middle daughter Josephine, my great-aunt, was born on Battle Creek in Dakota Territory. When she was nine years old, Josephine was sent to Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, where she was trained in domestic skills. Upon her graduation in 1909 at the age of twenty-one, her mother Nellie presented her with a beaded valise, a small suitcase, depicting the 1863 Battle of Whitestone Hill on one side and the Lakota’s last buffalo hunt in 1882, two momentous losses of life and livelihood for the Lakota people that Nellie had witnessed.
Recent UCCJEA Cases Involving Tribal Courts
There has been a small spate of Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act cases this year involving family law cases and tribal courts. In most states, tribes are considered “states” for the purposes of determining a child’s “home state” jurisdiction. These are generally (but not always) non-ICWA cases like parental custody and child support. These kind of cases seem rare to practitioners, but nationally there’s a fair number of them (and will continue to be the kind of reasoning tribal and state judges will need to engage in to as more and more cases arise in this subject area).
McGrathBressette (Michigan, child custody v. child protection)
MontanaLDC (Montana, child custody)
NevadaBlount (Nevada, third party custody)
(And yes, I have a pile of ICWA cases to share with you that have built up in the last month or so.)
Washington COA Rejects Cowlitz Members’ Aboriginal Fishing Rights Claim
Here are the materials in Simmons v. State of Washington:
D.C. Federal Court Rules in Favor of Small Business Admin. in Dispute with Corp. Claiming to be Owned by Recognized Tribe
Here are the materials in GTEC Industries Inc. v. Guzman (D.D.C.):
Alan Parker Walks On
Obit here. PLSI Class of 1969.
Alan Parker was a big deal — his footprint on Indian affairs is massive. Before I get into his interesting career, I’m going to paste here the nice profile UCLA did of him last year:
Continue readingA citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribal Nation, Alan R. Parker attended St Thomas Seminary where he earned a B.A. in Classical Philosophy in 1965. He subsequently attended UCLA School of Law, in Los Angeles, California, where he received a Juris Doctor degree in 1972. Prior to attending Law School, he served as 1st Lt. in the Signal Corp in the US Army from 1965 1968. He was awarded a Bronze Star medal for Out-standing Leadership Service under combat conditions in Vietnam.
Montana SCT Rules Against US in Case Where BIA Police Officer Sexually Assaulted Tribal Member
This means that the United States is potentially liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Let the settlement negotiations proceed.
Opinion in L.B. v. United States:
Argued by April Youpee-Roll in her first argument. She kicked some serious onze in this one.
Briefs:
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