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Job Postings Roundup

February 13, 2025March 11, 2025Angie Sanchez

My apologies to all for inundating your inboxes last week! As a new editor of Turtle Talk, I was unaware that each post prompted an email to you. Going forward, there will be one post per week with all the job postings sent the week prior.

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Miigwech ~ Angie, ILPC Grad Asst

1 Law & Order Executive Officer

Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, Idaho

To provide executive level management for all Law and Order operations of the Nez Perce Tribe, including, the court, prosecutor’s office, tribal police, child support enforcement.

Juris Doctorate degree, 5 years executive level management experience, 3 years of supervisor experience required. Related legal experience preferred. Extensive background investigation, valid driver’s license required.

Hourly rate of $50.71-66.73 (DOQ), plus benefits, including family health insurance, personal/sick leave, 401(k) match Open until filled. Application instructions here.

2 Domestic Violence Staff Attorney

California Indian Legal Services; Remote in the Riverside and San Bernardino counties, CA

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Special Projects Domestic Violence (DV) Staff Attorney will work collaboratively with the DV Advocate to provide exceptional legal services in domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and sex trafficking cases. This position includes general office and case management work and travel to meet in person with clients. The Special Projects DV Staff Attorney is a full-time exempt position and serves clients in the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties of California. This position is fully remote for candidates residing in Southern California with a preference for candidates who are based near the Riverside and San Bernardino metro areas.

SALARY:

Competitive salary: $73,489 – $83,000. CILS creates job position wage and salary ranges using data from California non-profit legal services annual data sources; employees are placed within a range depending on degrees, certifications, experience, qualifications, and other factors.

Open Until Filled Apply here.

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van Schilfgaarde on Tribal Cultural Heritage

February 13, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Lauren van Schilfgaarde has posted “American Cultural Heritage’s Embrace of Tribal Cultural Heritage,” published in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, on SSRN.

Here is the abstract:

Historically, Tribal cultural heritage has been conceptualized as fundamentally distinct from American cultural heritage. Consequently, Tribal cultural heritage has received only piecemeal protection under the typical American cultural heritage law framework. However, as Tribal advocates have pressed for protections of Tribal cultural heritage, they have influenced the ways in which American cultural heritage law is interpreted and implemented. There has been accordingly, a recent shift in how American cultural heritage law values and identifies Tribal cultural heritage law as fundamentally American— and with it, a promising embrace of Indigenous rights. This essay will explore that shift, noting two of the most recent developments—the 2023 NAGPRA regulations and the STOP Act of 2021, and the need for more institutionalized protection, predominately protections for confidentiality.

Not One More: The Not Invisible Act Commission Final Report Removed from DOJ Wesbite

February 13, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

But we have it here.

And for good measure, we have to DOJ/DOI joint response (which is still available on the DOJ website):

niac-final-report03-05-2024.pdf Download

Oklahoma SCT Affirms ICWA Transfer to Cherokee Court . . . But Has Notes

February 12, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in In the Matter of the Guardianship of K.D.B.

Eighth Circuit Holds Mille Lacs Ojibwe Dispute with County Sheriff Was Mooted by State Legislation, but Vacates Lower Court Opinion Holding Reservation Was Not Disestablished

February 12, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe v. Madore.

Briefs.

“If elected, she will be the first Native American woman to serve as a governor in the United States,” her campaign wrote.

— Read on www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/haaland-officially-launches-campaign-for-governor/article_ad28dc66-e826-11ef-96fc-4f92d2e01d24.html

Study of South Dakota Indian Country Lawyers

February 11, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Bryce Drapeaux & Hannah Haksgaard have published Indian Country Lawyers: A South Dakota Survey in the South Dakota Law Review.

Here is an abstract representation of South Dakota:

Scholarship on the Legal History of the Leech Lake Reservation

February 11, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Douglas P. Thompson, Jason Decker, Torivio A. Fodder, Gavin M. Ratcliffe, Michael J. Dockry, Ben Benoit, and Christopher Murray, have published “Opportunities for Reconciliation: The Legal History of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and the Chippewa National Forest” in the Mitchell Hamline Law Review.

Here is the abstract (painting):