The Tribal Justice Project Presents: Tribal Justice Symposium: Protecting Families Through Tribal Courts!
Tribal court judges, court personnel, practitioners, community members, and students are invited to attend this FREE event. Space is limited, please RSVP today!
Date: March 13, 2020
Location: UC Davis School of Law – Davis, CA
Fee: No Registration Fee
Click here to register.
For questions, please contact tjp@law.ucdavis.edu.
Flyer (PDF):
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Francis was the special master during the negotiations that led to the 1985 consent decree in the United States v. Michigan treaty fishing case. We brought Francis out to MSU a few years back to talk about the treaty fishing days — and he served up some of the funniest and most disturbing stories I’ve ever heard about those days. Francis also served as an adviser to the Restatement of the Law of American Indians. I spent some time with Francis on a long drive from the Dallas airport to Durant, Oklahoma when he invited me to do an Indian Law 101 in relation to the Choctaw and Chickasaw water rights negotiations a few years back. The man was an original, charming, and knew how to work a room. I’ll miss him.
By Austin Vance, starting on page 12, here.
Join us November 5-6, 2020
Additionally, please share the call for art:
Here are the materials in Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. CenturyTel of the Midwest – Kendall, LLC:
Briefs here.
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Lower court materials here.
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Here is the opinion in Fletcher v. United States (PDF):
Briefs:
Recently, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released new proposed rules for the National Environmental Policy Act. The proposed rules would significantly change the environmental permitting process and gut the review process, impacting tribal interests throughout Indian Country.
Comments are now open. Anyone, individuals or tribal governments, may submit comments on these rules. Importantly, comments and collecting evidence of negative impacts are very important at this stage in the process to preserve future legal claims. Tribal governments are strongly encouraged to submit comments. Comments are open until March 10, 2020.
Currently, the MSU Indian Law Clinic is collaborating with Earthjustice to create a general comment letter to submit regarding how the proposed rules impact tribal interests. Additionally, Earthjustice is seeking to support and assist tribes who would like to submit a comment letter. Please contact Stefanie Tsosie (Senior Associate Attorney at Earthjustice) here if you have questions or would like further assistance drafting a comment letter.
For more information on the proposed NEPA rules, please see this NEPA Factsheet and this article in NPR about the impacts of these rules.
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