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

Matthew 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

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

Briefs.

U of Idaho Native American Law Program Webinar on Applying to Law School

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Deb Haaland officially launches campaign for governor of New Mexico

Singel

“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

Matthew 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

Matthew 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):

Human Rights Watch-Amnesty International Report on Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Human Rights Abuses

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

HRW-Amnesty ReportDownload

Kansas Federal Court Dismisses (mostly) Prairie Band Suit against Jackson County Sheriff over Jurisdiction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Morse (D. Kan.):

1 Complaint

10 Motion to Dismiss

16 Opposition

19 Reply

25 DCT Order

Publication of Weekly Job Announcements

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Thanks to everyone who submitted a job announcement for us to publish last week! And thank you to Angie Sanchez, our new ILPC graduate assistant at MSU Law, for posting the submissions.

Starting this Thursday, we’ll publish the job announcements in a condensed single post so we don’t overload your inbox if you’re a Turtle Talk email subscriber.

If you have a new announcement, please share it with us by uploading the information requested on this Google Form. If you have any questions, please email the MSU College of Law Indigenous Law & Policy Center at indigenous@law.msu.edu.