Here is “In Washington, the Nooksack 306 fight to stay in their tribe” from the High Country News.
Parties seek intervention in Right-of-Way Regulation Lawsuit
The Three Affiliated Tribes of Ft. Berthold and the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association have sought to intervene in Western Energy Alliance v. Jewell.
The materials for the Three Affiliated Tribes are here:
Motion to Intervene: TAT Mot to Int
Brief in Support: TAT Br in Supp of Mot to Int
Special Appearance and Answer to Complaint:Special Appearance & Ans TAT
The materials for the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association are here:
Brief in Support of Intervention: New Mex Oil & Gas Assoc Br for Interv
Exhibit A for Brief: Exh A to NM Oil & Gas Assoc Br
Tohono O’odham Nation Office of Attorney General Seeks an Assistant Attorney General
Tohono O’odham Nation
Office of Attorney General
The Office of Attorney General is now hiring an Assistant Attorney General with at least one year of relevant experience. The Office of Attorney General represents the interests of the Tohono O’odham Nation in tribal, state, and federal venues. Attorneys in the office enjoy a diverse practice and challenging jurisdictional issues while protecting tribal sovereignty.
The Nation offers generous benefits including paid holidays, sick and annual leave, low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance. Applicants must pass a background check. Send resume, legal writing sample, and three references to Acting Attorney General Laura Berglan via email at laura.berglan@tonation-nsn.gov.
Gila River Indian Community Letter to NACDL re: Bryant Amicus Brief
Here:
An excerpt:
I am writing to you to express the Gila River Indian Community’s concerns regarding the Brief Amici Curiae of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Experienced Tribal Court Litigators in Support of Respondent (“Brief’) recently filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in United States v. Bryant (No. 15-420). The Brief makes numerous attacks on the Community’s criminal justice system, hasty generalizations regarding tribal justice systems, and omits relevant facts and conclusions regarding the Community.
The stated purpose of the Brief is “to draw upon amici’s knowledge and experience with tribal-court criminal litigation to give this Court an informed perspective from which to assess these claims.” Brief at 4 (emphasis added). Unfortunately, the Brief does not do so. Instead, it reads as a narrative and anecdotal attack on tribal justice systems, prominently including the Community. These attacks on the Community’s criminal justice system have often come in a third-party form, such as letters from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders to members of Congress regarding proposed legislation. Despite prominent mention of the Community, these letters- and the Brief-were not provided to the Community when sent or filed. We suspect it may have to do with the favorable outcomes to the Community in the cases discussed in the Brief.
Briefs and other materials in this case are here.
Updated Materials in Suit over N. Arapaho from Wind River Joint Business Council
Here are the new materials in Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Lacounte (D. Mont.):
26 Shoshone Business Council Motion to Dismiss
28 Tribal Court Parties Motion to Intervene
40 Shoshone Business Council Response to 17
45 Shoshone Business Council Response to 28
50 DCT Order Denying Motion to Intervene
Complaint here.
Updated List of Designated Tribal Agents for ICWA Notice
Somehow in all of the recent ICWA-related new, we missed the March 16 release of the updated list of designated tribal agents for ICWA notice.
Here, at 81 Fed. Reg. 10887 (March 16, 2016). We did a quick control+F search in the list for “Mohawk,” and the St. Regis Mohawk designated agent for ICWA popped right up. This list should be bookmarked on every state child welfare worker’s computer.
Indian Law Job Announcements
I added a new page that provides an overview for finding Indian law job announcements on Turtle Talk and elsewhere on the internet. To access it, click on “Indian Law Job Announcements” in the black bar immediately below our Turtle Talk banner at the top of the webpage. The page offers advice for first and second year law students seeking summer clerkships as well as third year law students and law graduates seeking permanent employment.
National Indian Law Library Bulletin 4/15/2016
Here:
The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/15/16.
U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2016cta.html
Oklevueha Native American Church Of Hawaii, Inc. v. Lynch (Religious Freedom; Controlled Substances)
Navajo Nation v. Department of Interior (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act – Inventory Remains)
State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
In re CM (Indian Child Welfare Act – Foster Care Supervision)
News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article on saving the salmon with planned removal of dams on Klamath River.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
We feature a notice of the Department of Interior on a draft environmental justice strategic plan which includes cooperation and participation of tribal governments.
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
We added these articles:
Contract and (tribal) jurisdiction.
Tips for practicing in tribal courts.
Judicial abrogation: Montana and its progeny’s effect on Freedmen’s treaty rights.
Tribal court comity: Settled areas of the law.
Manifest Destiny: A comparison of the constitutional status of Indian tribes and U.S. overseas territories.
Insights from in-House and Interior: Top 10 lessons from my 10 years of experience.
New approaches to energy development in Indian Country: The trust relationship and tribal self-determination at (yet another) crossroads.
Exploring the intersection of economic development and community well-being in Indian Country.
Ethics and Indian Country.
The Obama administration and Indi an law–a pledge to build a true nation-to-nation relationship.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
We added two bills:
S.2785: A bill to protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country.
S.2796: A bill to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians.
US Confiscates Fake Indian Art from Santa Fe Plaza Stores
Federal Court Dismisses Wrongful Termination Claim against Coushatta Tribe
Here are the materials in Anderson v. Coushatta Casino Resort (W.D. La.):
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