The Federal Trust Responsibility Now Extends to All Americans

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From The Onion, here is “Congress Sets Aside $1,200 In Trust For Each American Until They Prove They’re Responsible Enough To Handle It.”

MLive: “Historic Michigan tribal burial ground threatened by coastal erosion”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Federal Court Dismisses FTCA/Section 1983 Claim against Feds for Actions of Fort Peck Tribal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Leachman v. United States (D. Mont.):

1-complaint-7Download
1-1-tribal-coa-decisionDownload
4-us-motion-to-dismissDownload
8-responseDownload
9-replyDownload
10-dct-orderDownload

Kalispel Tribe Sues Manufacturers over PFAS

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Kalispel Tribe v. 3M (E.D. Wash.):

1-complaint-6.pdf

Michigan Radio: “Tribes face COVID-19 with limited test kits, remote staff, lost revenue”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

State of Washington Bill to Authorize Tax Compacting with Tribes

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

High Country News Special Report on Land Grant Universities the Expropriated Indian Lands

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Land-grab universities: Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system.”

L.A. Times: “Why are some Native Americans fighting efforts to decriminalize peyote?”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Nooksack Update

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the papers in State v. Rabang (Whatcom Sup. Ct.), where, in companion cases, four Nooksack 306 disenrollees successfully asserted Treaty fishing rights under U.S. v. Washington:

2-4-20-crrlj-8.3c-motion-to-dismiss-1Download
2-4-20-crrlj-8.3c-motion-to-dismiss-2Download
2-4-20-crrlj-8.3c-motion-to-dismiss-3Download
2-4-20-crrlj-8.3c-motion-to-dismissDownload
2-20-20-supplement-to-crrlj-8.3c-motion-to-dismissDownload
2-20-20-supplement-to-crrjl-8.3c-motion-to-dismissDownload
2-20-20-supplement-to-crrlj-8.3c-motion-dismissDownload
2-20-20-supplement-to-crrlj-8.3c-motion-to-dismiss-1Download
3-4-20-order-of-dismissal-1Download
3-4-20-order-of-dismissal-2Download
3-4-20-order-of-dismissal-3Download
3-4-20-order-of-dismissalDownload

Here are the latest papers in Doucette v. Bernhardt (W.D. Wash.), where the federal court denied Plaintiffs’ Rule 62.1 post-judgment motion; Plaintiffs have appealed to the Ninth Circuit:

50.-3-2-20-defendants-memorandum-of-points-and-authorities-in-opposition-to-plaintiffs-motion-for-indicative-rulingDownload
52.-3-13-20-reply-in-support-of-plaintiffs-motion-for-indicative-rulingDownload
53.-3-20-20-minute-orderDownload
54.-3-23-20-plaintiffs-notice-of-appealDownload

Here are the latest papers in Adams v. Dodge (W.D. Wash.), where a Lummi citizen who relinquished her Nooksack membership is seeking a federal writ of habeas corpus in challenge to her detention by the Nooksack Tribal Court:

35-0.-3-3-20-report-and-recommendationDownload
36.-3-12-20-petitioners-motion-for-reconsideration-or-objections-to-magistrates-report-and-recommendationDownload
38.-3-20-20-respondents-response-to-petitioners-objections-to-magistrate-judges-report-and-recommendationsDownload
39.-3-23-20-respondent-dodge-and-majumdars-response-to-objections-to-magistrates-reportDownload
40.-3-24-20-reply-on-petitioners-motion-for-reconsideration-or-objections-to-magistrates-report-and-recommendationDownload

News Coverage of $10B Indian Country Stimulus

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, from Underscore.