Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women as a Step Toward Empowerment – Event

Victoria Sweet

Link to the announcement here

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER:

Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women as a Step Towards Empowerment

SAVE THE DATE

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
10:30 a.m.

Salvation Army
221 E 52nd St.
(Downstairs Room)
New York, NY 10022

Join us to recognize, strengthen, and honor the global movement to end violence against indigenous women.

Indigenous women around the world experience disproportionate levels of violence and murder and multiple, intersecting forms of discrimination because they are indigenous and because they are women. Too often, national justice systems fail to respond to this violence, leaving women without protection or meaningful access to justice. In this event, indigenous women leaders will speak to the situation of violence against indigenous women in the United States and Guatemala.

• Learn about barriers to safety facing American Indian and Alaska Native women in the United States, and their successes in restoring indigenous sovereignty to address violence against women.

• Learn about the grassroots movement to stop the trafficking of indigenous women in the United States.

• Learn about the spectrum of violence facing Mayan women in Guatemala and their strategies of resistance.

Panelists will also discuss strategies for urging states to advance the rights of indigenous peoples and women affirmed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

For more information, email Jana L. Walker, at jwalker@indianlaw.org.

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Federal Court Dismisses Railroad Expansion Project Suit under Rule 19 for Failure to Join Indispensable Tribes

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Union Pacific Railroad v. Runyon (D. Or.):

28 Tribal Motion to Dismiss

42 Response

44 Reply

56 DCT Order

Lobbying Fellowship with Friends Committee on National Legislation

Sarah M Donnelly

Link: Congressional Advocate on Native American Policy

The Friends Committee on National Legislation is hiring for a two-year professional fellowship –lobbying on Native American policy in DC.  FCNL is a Quaker group (but you don’t have to be Quaker).   FCNL has been lobbying as allies on Indian issues for decades.  They’re masters at public-interest lobbying.   They’re looking for someone with tribal connections and experience and some professional work experience — this isn’t an internship. This person will be running the Native program.

FCNL is accepting applications until June 1, and the person would start the job in October.

Tribe Notifies State of Wisconsin of Intent to Withhold Revenue Sharing Payment

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Download(PDF): Letter of Notification

From the Tribe:

The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe announced today that it has notified the State of Wisconsin of its intent to withhold its revenue sharing payment of $923,000 due to the State’s violation of its gaming compact with the tribe.

The State is in violation of two sections of its compact with the Stockbridge-Munsee by:

  • Allowing the Ho-Chunk Nation to unlawfully operate its Wittenberg Casino on lands not eligible for Indian gaming under IGRA since 2008.
  • Allowing the Ho-Chunk Nation to operate the Wittenberg Casino beyond the scope permitted in Ho-Chunk Nation’s gaming compact with the State since 2008.

More information and supporting documents can be found on the tribal website.

Summer Law Clerk Opportunities with Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Sarah M Donnelly

1) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Harbor Springs/Petoskey, MI) Prosecutor’s Office is seeking one unpaid summer law clerk funded through your school or other external sources.

2) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Harbor Springs/Petoskey, MI) Tribal Court is seeking two unpaid summer law clerks funded through your school or other external sources.

3) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Harbor Springs/Petoskey, MI) Domestic Violence Court is seeking one summer law clerk; funded through the Justice for Families (JFF) grant awarded to LTBB Tribal Court.

Please email cover letters and resumes to Human Resources at hr@ltbbodawa-nsn.gov and state your GPA in your cover letter. We will request transcripts and writing samples for people we are interested in interviewing.

Bringing Native History to Mackinac Island

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Here.

This has been the result of years of hard work and relationship building. Eric Hemenway has done amazing work on this.

“We want to show in the Biddle House that the tribes were not just these passive participants in history. They were making their own decisions, their own moves.”

And here’s a kid of TurtleTalk lucky enough to get a proper history lesson from Eric on Mackinac Island before the signs went up:

Motion for TRO Rejected in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. LaCounte

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. LaCounte (D. Mont.):

115 NAT Motion for TRO

123 Federal Response

127 Reply

147 DCT Order Denying Motion for TRO

An excerpt:

Negotiations concerning the operation of the two courts are ongoing. Interactions between the courts are, and will be, varied, continual, and context-specific. An order from the Court would prove an undesirable and perhaps unwieldy solution, particularly as opposed to a protocol negotiated by the parties. The Court especially is not the proper arbiter for the dispute while the parties continue to negotiate an MOU. An MOU would provide a set protocol that the Court could evaluate. The addition of an MOU to the factual record would aid the Court in coming to a more accurate, useful resolution to the issues presented.

Nooksack Tribe Files IBIA Appeal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Nooksack Tribe v. Director, Portland Area Office, Indian Health Service:

2-21-17 Nooksack Tribe IBIA Notice of Appeal

3-2-17 IBIA Order Referring Appeal to the Departmental Cases Hearing Division for Assignment to an Adminitrative Law Judge

1-19-17 Notice of Intent to Rescind from DHHS to Robert Kelly

1-19-17 Letter from DHHS to Robert Kelly

Complaint in Pawnee Nation lawsuit for Earthquake Damage caused by Wastewater Injection

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Here is the complaint filed in the Pawnee Nation Tribal Court in Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma v. Eagle Road Oil LLC, et al.

On Friday, March 3, the Pawnee Nation sued 27 companies that operate wastewater disposal wells used in fracking operations in and near Pawnee, Oklahoma.  The complaint alleges that the actions of the defendants have contributed to earthquakes and resulting damage to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, and it includes claims based on strict liability, negligence, private nuisance, and trespass. The Tribe seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

Federal Court Denies DAPL Injunction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the order in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C.):

March 7 Order

Materials here.