Here:
NYTs: “Covid-19 Devastated Many Communities. But Not Cherokee Nation.”
Here:
Native America Calling Show on Oliphant
Audio archived here.
Materials in Seminole Tribe Contract Breach suit against Energy Company
Here are the materials so far in Evans Energy Partners LLC v. Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. (M.D. Fla.):
1-3 Tribal Court Final Judgment
Update (9/20/21):
Materials in Buena Vista Rancheria Tax Suit against Amador County
Here are the materials so far in Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. Amador County (E.D. Cal.):
10 Motion to Dismiss Forum Non Convenienz
Prior post here.
U. Wisconsin Law School 2021 Coming Together of Peoples Conference — March 12, 2021
Register for 51st Annual Critical Issues Conference March 11-13
The 51st Annual Native American Critical Issues Conference hosted by the Michigan Indian Education Council
More information at miec.org/conference
March 11-13, 2021, 9-12:30pm ET on Zoom
click here to REGISTER
Download the agenda at glance here.
Download the save the date flyer here.
Session Topics
- Cultural Uses of Fire
- Indigenous Foraging, Cooking, and Eating
- Fire Ring in the Mackinac Straits
- Ishkode: The Language of Fire
- Fired Up: Activism in Indian Country, Past and Present
- Tri-Lateral Indian Education Panel
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Panel
- Rematriation and Pedagogical Reform in K-12 Systems
- Treaty Rights and Water Habitat
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Country Keynote
- Native American Student Organizations Meet and Greet: Our College Experience
- Graduate School 101
- Native Scholar Network Summit Keynote
- Decolonizing NASO
- and more!
Registration
Click here to register for $150 on Eventbrite and receive access to the password protected Participant Portal. The Participant Portal at miec.org contains the Zoom links needed to gain access to the conference.
More information and registration at miec.org/conference
Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation Background Materials
Here are the merits briefs:
Brief of Alaska Native Village Corporation Association Inc.
Brief of the Confederated Chehalis Tribes
Alaska Native Village Corporation Association Reply
Post-Argument Letters:
2021.04.23 Chehalis Letter to USSC Clerk of the Court
2021-4-22 ANCs response letter
Confederated Tribes Letter Re Oral Argument Correction 4 20 21 [Ute Tribe/Patterson firm]
Amicus Briefs Supporting Petitioners:
Amicus Brief of Alaska Congressional Delegation
Amicus Brief of Assn of Alaska Housing Authorities
Amicus Brief of Cook Inlet Region Inc.
Amicus Brief of the Alaska Federation of Natives
Amicus Brief of the State of Alaska
Amicus Briefs Supporting Respondents:
Amicus Brief of Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
Amicus Brief of Tribal Organizations
Cert Stage Briefs
Mnuchin v Chehalis Cert Petition
Alaska Native Corps Cert Petition
Members of Congress Amicus Brief
D.C. Circuit materials:
Alaska Federation of Natives Amicus Brief
Cook Inlet Region Amicus Brief
District Court materials:
2021 Pipeline to Law Initiative Program Announced!
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WaPo: “The Jeep Cherokee is not a tribute to Indians. Change the name.”
By Angela Riley, Sonia Katyal, and Rachel Lim, here.
See also, the commentary in the Detroit Free Press featuring Stacy Leeds et al.
Sho-Ban Tribes Bring CERCLA Complaint against Polluter
Here is the complaint in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. P4 Production LLC (D. Idaho):
Turtle Talk 
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