Michigan Radio: Healing Through Activism, Campaign Draws Attention MMIWG2S

MMIWG2S work in the Great Lakes.  Check out the radio interview and article here.

Second Circuit Affirms Cuyuga Nation Immunity from County Taxes even under Immovable Property Exception

Here are the materials in Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Seneca County, New York:

CA2 Opinion

Seneca County Brief

Cayuga Tribe Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Cherokee Habeas Petitioner’s Claim under McGirt Dismissed as Time-Barred

Here are the materials in Berry v. Bragg (N.D. Okla.):

9 Motion to Dismiss

14 Response

16 Reply

22 DCT Order

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Oneida Election

Here are the materials in Debraska v. Oneida Business Committee (E.D. Wis.):

1 Complaint

2 Motion for TRO

11 Motion to Dismiss

13 DCt Order

Alaska Native Corps Cert Petition on CARES Act

Here is the petition in Alaska Native Village Corporations Assn. v. Mnuchin:

Alaska Native Corps Cert Petition

Questions presented:

Whether ANCs are “Indian tribes” under ISDEAA and therefore are eligible for emergency-relief funds under Title V of the CARES Act.

Lower court materials here.

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians’ Muskegon Co. Casino Project EIS Available

Here.

Flandreau Santee Sioux Prevails at Trial on State Tax of Non-Indian Gaming Contractors

Here are the materials in Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Terwilliger (D.S.D.):

176 State Post Trial Brief

177 Tribe Post Trial Brief

186 Opinion and Order

On remand from the Eighth Circuit here.

NYU 25th annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society

NYU School of Law and our Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law invite you to the 25th annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society. Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law and Associate Director for Policy at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, will virtually present, “Race, Evidence, and Police Violence: Seeking 2020 Vision” on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. 

Register here.

WSJ: “Michigan Group Says Archaeological Findings Enough to Halt Enbridge Tunnel Project”

Here.

Seventh Circuit Rejects Fired Oneida Employee’s Civil Rights Claims

Here are the materials in Holtz v. Oneida Airport Hotel Corp.:

Per Curiam Opinion

Holtz Brief

Oneida Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.