National Indian Law Library Bulletin (10/16/2019)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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/index.html

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was denied recently in this case on 10/15/19: 
Smith v. United States (Assimilative Crimes Act)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Johnson v. Oneida Nation Enterprise, LLC (Title VII) 

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
A NARF attorney spoke at the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, regarding S.46 (Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act).

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

  • For Indigenous Peoples Day, tribes return to Alcatraz 50 years later
  • Cherokee Nation and CNB minimum wage increases will boost economy, help families
  • Johns Hopkins’ American Indian research hub celebrates its grand opening
  • The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West
  • The Native American Journalists Association condemns Muscogee (Creek) Nation Council denial of citizen free press vote
  • Yakama and Lummi Nation leaders call for removal of three Lower Columbia River dams
  • Empowering tribal nations at the voting rights conference

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Employers Mutual Casualty Company v. McPaul [formerly Branch]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

opening-brief-3.pdf

answer-brief-2.pdf

Reply

Lower court materials here.

NAICJA Annual Conference Keynotes — Tricia Tingle & Kate Fort

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Jim v. Shiprock Associated Schools Inc.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

opening-brief-2.pdf

answer-brief-1.pdf

Lower court materials here.

NYTs: “Fed Up With Deaths, Native Americans Want to Run Their Own Health Care”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

HCN: “The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, by Nick Estes.

The Onion: “Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

The Onion: “Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately”

Monica Williamson

Here.

Adoption Attorney Charged in Illegal Adoption Scheme Involving Marshall Island Babies

Kate Fort

Here and here.

A public official in Arizona has been arrested in connection with charges that he ran a multimillion-dollar scheme in which he smuggled pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to profit from their newborn babies. Authorities say Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen’s fraudulent adoption enterprise left a trail of forged documents and violated U.S. and international laws.

Petersen operates an adoption law firm. For years, he has connected American families seeking to adopt with women from the Marshall Islands — but state and federal prosecutors say Petersen falsified documents and lied about the mothers’ residency so he could enrich himself.

Federal indictment here.

Utah Charging Documents

We posted previous coverage of the Marshallese adoption schemes from the Hololulu Civil Beat. Here is coverage of Peterson in 2017