Turtle Talk

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2020-2021update.html
A petition for certiorari was filed in one case on 5/28/21:

Phillips, et al. v. Oneida Indian Nation (Indian Taxation)

A petition for certiorari was denied in one case on 6/7/21:

Seneca County v. Cayuga Indian Nation of New York (Indian Taxation; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2021.html

Ohlsen v. United States (FTCA)
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians v. Crosby (RICO Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html

In re N.R. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2021.html

In defense of the Indian Commerce Clause.
The time is now for the IACHR to address climate action as a human right: Indigenous communities can lead (again).
Unqualified? Investing in qualified opportunity zones on reservations.
Beyond a sliver of a full moon: Acknowledging and abolishing white bias to restore safety and sovereignty to Indian Country.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

Lakota victory: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe celebrates denial of Noem’s fireworks fiasco
Cherokee Nation files 1,000th case in tribal court since McGirt ruling
ND activists: Lack of tribal inclusion in redistricting runs deep
Tackling tribal connectivity: NAU scientist Vigil-Hayes developing broadband solutions for rural areas
NCAI weighs in on discovery of remains of 215 children at Indian residential school in Canada
Pipeline workers are scaring Indigenous elders away from their own lands
Native American mascots could be banned from Colorado schools by October
IU works with Native American tribes on new measures to strengthen partnership
Wyoming tribes take over full ownership of oil and gas field
Native Americans most likely to die from police shootings, families who lost loved ones weigh in
Two-spirit pride stories

Ninth Circuit Partially Vacates Assault Conviction of Domestic Violence Victim at Navajo

June 14, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Charley.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

US brief

An excerpt:

The panel affirmed Seraphina Charley’s conviction on one count of making false statements to a government official, vacated her convictions on two counts of assault within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and remanded for a new trial on the assault counts and for resentencing on the false-statements count.
The convictions stem from an incident with Charley’s boyfriend, Merle Begay, whom Charley hit in the head with a piece of rebar after, she claimed, he attacked her while he was drunk.