Update in Agua Caliente v. Mnuchin

Here are updated materials in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

26 US Opposition

26-1 Exhibit

27 Reply

Prior post here.

 

Ninth Circuit Materials in Crow Indian Tribe v. United States [Grizzly Bear Delisting]

Here:

Federal Opening Brief

Humane Society Opening Brief

Idaho Opening Brief

Montana Opening Brief

Safari Club Opening Brief

Sportsmen’s Alliance Opening Brief

Wyoming Farm Bureau Opening Brief

Wyoming Opening Brief

Crow Answer Brief

Northern Cheyenne Tribe Answer Brief

Wildearth Guardians Answer Brief

Alliance for the Wild Rockies Answer Brief

Federal Reply

Idaho Reply

Montana Reply Brief

Safari Club Reply

Sportsmen’s Alliance Reply

Wyoming Farm Bureau Reply

Wyoming Reply

Lower court materials here.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (5/6/2020)

Here:

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

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
Pasaye v. State of Nevada (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe v. Bernhardt (Recognition; Reservation Disestablishment)
Holtz v. Oneida Airport Hotel Corporation (Indian Civil Rights Act; Americans With Disabilities Act)
Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Administrative Procedure Act)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Department of the Interior (Trust Land Acquisition)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

  • Indigenous resilience.
  • Building adaptive capacity in tribal communities of the Missouri River Basin to manage drought and climate extremes: A case study from the Wind River Indian Reservation.

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

  • S.3608 – A bill to amend the CARES Act to provide flexibility in use of funds by States, Indian Tribes, and municipalities.
  • H.R.6700 – To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes.

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

  • U.S. Treasury to begin distributing virus relief money to tribes
  • 2010 census changed voting maps in San Juan Country, but fears of an undercount loom
  • Now, more than ever, we need tribes at the water negotiating table
  • Uniting online for missing Native women, girls
  • How Minnesotans can address homelessness among the state’s American Indians
  • For some Native college students, online classes could be a dealbreaker
  • Cafe brings Indigenous ‘comfort food’ to elders
  • Indigenous studies requirement is a ‘no brainer’
  • ‘We are a forgotten people’: Native candidate struggles to be heard amid COVID-19 pandemic
  • Court upholds death penalty for Navajo man on U.S. death row
  • Chuck Hoskin: Even during social distancing, Cherokee culture connects us

Recent American Indian Law Scholarship

Michalyn Steele, Indigenous Resilience, Arizona Law Review

Christine Zuni Cruz, The Indigenous Decade in Review, SMU Law Review Forum

Samuel Lazerwitz, Note, Sovereignty-Affirming Subdelegations: Recognizing the Executive’s Ability to Delegate Authority and Affirm Inherent Tribal Powers, Stanford Law Review

Jessica L. Garcia, Historical Trauma and American Indian/Alaska Native Youth Mental Health Development and Delinquency (PDF)

Kenneth N. Hansen, Uncivil Rights: The Abuse of Tribal Sovereignty and the Termination of American Indian Tribal Citizenship, IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Milan Kumar, American Indians and the Right to Vote: Why the Courts Are Not Enough, Boston College Law Review

Doug Kiel, Nation v. Municipality: Indigenous Land Recovery, Settler Resentment, and Taxation on the Oneida Reservation, NAIS: Native American and Indigenous Studies

Kent McNeil, The Louisiana Purchase: Indian and American Sovereignty in the Missouri Watershed, Western Historical Quarterly

Robert Miller, American Indian Sovereignty versus the United States, The Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies

News Profile of Cindi and Ed John [GTB Fishers]

Here is “Tribal fishers left waiting for federal aid,” from the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Democracy Now: “Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in U.S. with Limited Healthcare & Water”

Here.

Oklahoma AG Opinion on Legality of Recent Gaming Compacts [updated]

Here:

AG Opinion 2020-8 (W-7)

Update:

05 13 response memo to ag hunter

QuaranTICA: TICA/ILPC Webinar Series

TICASavetheDatePinned

Updated Materials in Agua Caliente v. Mnuchin [the one about getting any CARES Act money at all]

Here are updated materials Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):

2020-05-03 – Dkt 011 – First Amended Complaint

2020-05-03 – Dkt 012 – Amended Motion for TRO

2020-05-03 – Dkt 013 – Decl of Batton (Choctaw)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 014 – Decl of Greetham (Chickasaw)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 015 – Decl of Plata (Agua)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 016 – Decl of Miguel (Ak-Chin)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 017 – Decl of Hoskin (Cherokee)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 018 – Decl of James (Yurok)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 019 – Decl of De Los Angeles Declaration (Snoqualmie)

2020-05-03 – Dkt 020 – Decl of Ortiz (Arapaho)

Prior post here.