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Webinar Title:
Administering Justice in Tribal Courts During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rapid Response Webinar Series – Domestic Violence Issues (including Emergency Protective Orders)

Date & Time: Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 1:00 pm-2:30 PM MST (90) minutes.
Webinar Narrative: The National American Indian Court Judges Association presents a webinar virtual panel & discussion on domestic violence issues and tribal court responses issuing emergency protective orders and court hearings. Join and listen to Judge Shannon Prescott, Judge Joseph Wiseman, and Ms. Dawn R. Stover, discuss handling of domestic violence cases and court orders.
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tt06TP0nQsmP3khQlqwZqg
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Panelists:
Hon. Shannon Prescott, District Judge, Muscogee Creek Nation

Hon. Joseph Wiseman, Chief Justice, Round Valley Indian Tribes, Tule River Indian Tribe

Dawn R. Stover, Executive Director, Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence

Moderator: Nikki Borchardt Campbell, NAICJA Executive Director

Bay Mills Indian Community Continues Fight Against Line 5-Petition to Intervene in MI Public Service Commission Proceedings

May 12, 2020May 14, 2020Kate Fort

BayMills_EnbridgeLine5_Release

2020-05-11 U-20763 Petition to Intevene by Bay Mills (Cover ltr+POS)

2020-05-13 U-20763 Comments of Bay Mills Indian Community + Attachments A-F (cover ltr +POS)

Morning Ireland: “Navajo Nation thanks Ireland for Covid 19 donations”

May 12, 2020May 13, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, featuring Navajo AG Doreen McPaul.

You can visit the Navajo donation page here nndoh.org/donate.html.

FB Page here: https://www.facebook.com/Navajo-Nation-Covid-19-Relief-Fund-105664894478899/

Original thank you video: https://www.facebook.com/105664894478899/videos/282938079772471/

NYTs: “Tribal Nations Face Most Severe Crisis in Decades as the Coronavirus Closes Casinos”

May 12, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Federal Court Finds Treasury Delay in Disbursing CARES Act Funds Not Egregious Enough to Merit an Order to Disburse Immediately

May 12, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

29 DCT Order

Prior posts here.

Federal Court Decision on FOIA Request for Miwok Tribe Membership Records

May 12, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Reyes v. Dept. of the Interior (S.D. Cal.):

1 Complaint

29-1 US Motion for Summary J

32 Opposition

35 Reply

43 DCT Order

Recommended Podcast: Constituting Indigenous Law with John Borrows: Episode 5 RAVEN (De)Briefs

May 12, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

From the site:

Immerse yourself in the profoundly poetic worldview and philosophy of Canada Research Chair and RAVEN legal advisory panel member John Borrows. His discourse is richly adorned with the shapeshifting sounds of Jeremy Dutcher, a classically trained musician who takes 100 year old wax cylinder recordings of his Wolastoq ancestors, and sets them to soaring strings and vocals.