Kate Fort Speaking on Challenges to the ICWA Guidelines

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New Papers from Kyle Whyte

Our good friend and MSU colleague Kyle Whyte (apparently one of the few diverse philosophers around) has been busy. Here is a sampling of his latest papers (from SSRN):

Incl. Electronic Paper Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change Loss and Damage, and the Responsibility of Settler States
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Working Paper Series

Incl. Electronic Paper Indigenous Food Systems, Environmental Justice, and Settler-Industrial States
2015. In Global Food, Global Justice: Essays on Eating under Globalization. Edited by M. Rawlinson & C. Ward, 143-156, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Accepted Paper Series

Incl. Electronic Paper Indigenous Environmental Movements and the Function of Governance Institutions
Whyte, K.P. 2016. Indigenous Environmental Movements and the Function of Governance Institutions. Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory. Edited by T. Gabrielson, C. Hall, J. Meyer & D. Schlosberg, 563-580. Oxford University Press.
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Last Revised: May 02, 2016
Accepted Paper Series

Incl. Electronic Paper Indigeneity and US Settler Colonialism
Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race, Edited by Naomi Zack, Oxford University Press
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Accepted Paper Series

Incl. Electronic Paper Indigenous Experience, Environmental Justice and Settler Colonialism
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Working Paper Series

Incl. Electronic Paper Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Renewal and U.S. Settler Colonialism
The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics, Forthcoming
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Accepted Paper Series

Incl. Electronic Paper Our Ancestors’ Dystopia Now: Indigenous Conservation and the Anthropocene
Routledge Companion to the Environmental Humanities, Forthcoming
Kyle Whyte
Michigan State University – Department of Philosophy
Date Posted: April 27, 2016
Accepted Paper Series

Hopi Tribe’s RFP for Court Solicitor

Download request for proposal here.

Ante Up: Pojoaque Pueblo is the last holdout in a fight over the state’s cut of gaming revenues

Link to Santa Fe Register article by Steven Hsieh here.

NAICJA Expresses Concern over Alleged Nooksack Attacks on Judicial Independence

Here:

NAICJA Press Release – Judicial Independence

An excerpt:

The Board of Directors of the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA)—the only membership association of tribal court judges and tribal court personnel in the nation—is concerned by the recent reports that the Nooksack Tribe terminated a tribal court judge because of a decision she rendered in an on-going disenrollment dispute. Although the NAICJA Board takes no position on the underlying controversy, the media coverage suggests that the judge was terminated for ruling against the tribal council. If that proves correct, the action represents a clear threat to judicial independence.

Former Nooksack Judge Susan Alexander released this letter/memorandum to the media a few weeks back:

AlexanderMemo

25,000 Native Artifacts Found on Proposed Wisconsin Golf Course

Link to “Proposed Kohler golf course laden with Native American artifacts” from The Political Environment here.

One of Governor Walker’s big donors, Herbert Kohler Jr., is seeking DNR approval for a world-class golf course on the shoreline dunes and wetlands between Lake Michigan and the Black River.  The amount of artifacts found qualify the site for the National Register of Historic Places.

MILS Looking for Staff Attorney for Upper Peninsula

Download job announcement here.

Michigan Indian Legal Services (MILS) has an opening for a staff attorney to work out of tribal offices in the Upper Peninsula. The attorney will primarily be providing criminal defense and parent representation in child welfare matters in the Sault Ste. Marie, the Bay Mills Indian Community, and the Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Courts.

Federal Court Dismisses Lanham Act Claim against Poarch Band

Here are the materials in Virtualpoint Inc. v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians (C.D. Cal.):

22-1 Motion to Dismiss

25 Opposition

27 Reply

29 DCT Order

Federal Court Remands State Court Foreclosure Complaint against Narragansett Historic Preservation Office

Here are the materials in Feller v. Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office (D. Vt.):

1 Notice of Removal

12 Motion to Remand

13 Response

14 DCT Order