New Student Scholarship on the Involuntary Sterilization of Native Women

Genesis M. Agosto has published “Involuntary Sterilization of Native American Women in the United States: A Legal Approach” in the Nebraska Law Review.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Video in Spokane Tribe v. Sulgrove/Dawn Mining

Briefs here.

Wyoming Federal District Court Orders Exhaustion

The District Court of Wyoming dismissed a claim against the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and First Nation Healthcare, requiring exhaustion of tribal court remedies. Here is the Order:

And here are the tribal briefs:

Washington Federal Court Orders Tribal Court Exhaustion in Sauk-Suiattle Dam Suit

Here are the materials in City of Seattle v. Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Court (W.D. Wash.):

Prior post here.

UCLA Castro-Huerta Event Tomorrow

Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma and the Attack on Tribal Sovereignty: Where Do We Go From Here?  Wednesday, July 6, 202210:00 am (PT)via ZoomRegister: HERE  The Supreme Court upended two hundred years of settled law regarding criminal jurisdiction in Indian country last week in Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma. In an opinion stemming from the McGirt case, the astonishing decision asserted that there is a presumption of state criminal jurisdiction that must be preempted in Indian country, undermining tribal sovereignty and threatening safety and security for Indian people. Join us for this webinar as we hear from the nation’s leading legal practitioners and scholars about how this case came to be and what we might expect in the wake of its holding.

Oklahoma Spent $10M to Win a Supreme Court Case

Here is “Oklahoma spent millions on a legal and PR campaign to paint reservations as ‘lawless dystopias’ and convince the Supreme Court to weaken tribal sovereignty, experts say.

L.A. Times Op/Ed on Castro-Huerta by Greg Ablavsky and Liz Reese

Here.

Campus of Stanford University

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe [sanctions order against tribe]

Here:

Jurrius Brief

Lower court materials here.