Alaska Federal Court Rejects Effort to Attack Alaska Tribal Nations’ Federal Acknowledgment + Sovereign Immunity [Eklutna Gaming Operations]

Here are the materials in Holl v. Avery (D. Alaska):

7 Amended Complaint

13 Tribe Motion to Dismiss

26 Opposition

29 Federal Response

33 Reply ISO 13

35 DCT Order

Washington Federal Court Confirms Off-Res Trust Land is Indian Country

Here are materials from United States v. Parisien (E.D. Wash.):

1 Indictment

75 Motion to Dismiss

84 Response

88 Reply

93 DCT Order

Tulsa and Creek Nation Reach Settlement, Stitt Objects (of course)

Here are the new materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Tulsa (N.D. Okla.):

127 Stitt Motion to Intervene

130 Freedmen Motion to Intervene

149 Joint Motion to Approve Settlement

Agreement

150 Tulsa Response to 127 and 130

152 MCN Response to 127 and 130 

D.C. Circuit Briefs in California Miwok Tribe v. Burgum

Here:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in Alaska v. US [subsistence fishing]

Here are the briefs (that I choose to post because the others are ridiculous):

Alaska Opening Brief

AFN Brief  

AVCP Brief

Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Brief

US Answer Brief

Alaska Reply 

Blast from the Past: Sen. McCarren’s Bill to Repeal the Indian Commerce Clause

The same Termination-era Congressional leader that brought us the McCarren Amendment also attempted to repeal the Indian Commerce Clause. Here is a file that includes the 1951 and 1953 bills (also the Cohen memoranda mentioned below):

Felix Cohen helpfully pointed out that this silly idea had no chance of passing:

It’s still likely that Congress would possess “plenary power” over Indian affairs even in the absence of the Commerce Clause power, see Kagama. Discuss.

D.C. Federal Court Transfers Eklutna Gaming Case to Alaska Federal Court

Here are the new materials in State of Alaska v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

16 Tribe Motion to Transfer

25 Alaska Opposition

26 Reply

33 DCT Order

Complaint here.

So ready for Young Guns III.

Washington State Supreme Court / Minority and Justice Symposium: “TÁĆELŚW̱ SIÁM: A Call to Justice for Indigenous Peoples”

Here:

Ninth Circuit Rejects Collateral Attack on Jamul Land Use, Affirms Sanctions for Rule 11 Violation

Here are the materials in Rosales v. Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

CA9 Memorandum