HuffPo Video on ICWA

Kate Fort

Here.

Including Matthew Fletcher, Susan Harness, Margaret Jacobs, Judge Maldonado, and Mark Fiddler.

Native Heritage Month Events at MSU

Monica Williamson

NativeHeritageMonth2019

JerryJondreau

ScreenPrintingNAISOWiikogewingiitiganwinterizing

 

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order list.

Cert stage materials here.

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Rejects Seneca Challenge to Arbitrators’ Decision

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York (W.D. N.Y.):

9-2-cross-petition.pdf

10-seneca-reply.pdf

12-ny-reply.pdf

14-dct-order.pdf

Prior post, including petition and arbitrators’ opinions, here.

NNALSA Petition For Diverse, Inclusive, and Supportive Law Schools

Monica Williamson

National Native American Law Students Association (“National NALSA”) is disheartened by the slow progression of law schools in becoming institutions which are inclusive, understanding, and supportive of their Native students. [1] National NALSA is an organization which strives to support Native law students, Federal Indian Law, Tribal Law, and traditional forms of governance. As such, National NALSA is requesting that law schools take steps to rectify this situation to foster an environment that is supportive of Native students and promotes diversity within law schools generally. National NALSA sees issues within three main categories: (1) recruitment, (2) academics, and (3) cultural awareness.

Petition here.

 

ABA Journal Profile of Nottawaseppi Huron Potawatomi Appellate Judge Greg Smith

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in McCoy v. Salish Kootenai College

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs:

opening-brief.pdf

answer-brief.pdf

cskt-brief.pdf

reply-brief.pdf

amicus-brief.pdf

Oral argument video here:

Arizona SCT Materials in Hwal’Bay Ba J Enterprises v. Jantzen

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the available briefs:

petition-for-review.pdf

response-in-opposition.pdf

amicus-in-opposition.pdf

arizona-sct-case-summary.pdf

Oral argument video here.

https://supremestateaz.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=11&clip_id=2691

Michigan Bar Journal Article on the Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Norika L. Kida Betti and Cameron Ann Fraser have published “Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act at Seven Years” in the November 2019 issue of the Michigan Bar Journal.

Washington Post on Brackeen v. Bernhardt [ICWA]

ilpc

Here.

In the 40 years since Congress enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act, the law has been criticized in legal challenges that have climbed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. But the ICWA, as the act is known, has always prevailed.

Now its constitutionality is being questioned again. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit agreed to rehear a lawsuit filed by a non-Native American couple in Texas claiming the ICWA discriminates on the basis of race and infringes on states’ rights.

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Kathryn Fort, a Michigan State law professor and one of the nation’s foremost ICWA experts, told The Washington Post she thinks there are more important battles to wage on behalf of children.

“Given that a federal judge this week fined Texas $50,000 a day until they fix their broken child welfare system,” Fort said, “it seems beyond the pale for them to try to continue to strike down a law that is designed to help children and families in that very system heal and reunify.”