The Onion: “Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Miigwetch to AYR for the hot tip.

D.C. Circuit Again Rejects Sault Tribe Mandatory Trust Land Acquisition Claims

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Haaland:

23-5076-2062145.pdfDownload

Briefs here. Lower court materials here.

just like Father Baraga telling Indians what they can and cannot do

Fort Sill Economic Development Authority Sues Fort Sill Business Committee in Federal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Economic Development Authority of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe v. Business Committee of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe (W.D. Okla.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload

Yakama Nation Asks Tribal Leaders Nationwide for Assistance During Wildfire

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Letter_Yakama Nation_Tribal Governments_Slide Ranch Fire (6.27.24).pdf.pdfDownload

New Scholarship on Peacemaking in the 1L Curriculum

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Nice Rossio, Tim Connors, Margaret Connors, Cheryl Fairbanks, William Hall, and Brett Shelton have published “Restructuring American Law Schools: Peacemaking in the First Year Curriculum” in the Wayne Law Review.

Restructuring American Law Schools Peacemaking in First Year Curriculum.pdfDownload

Alaska Federal Court Holds Feds Can Acquire Land in Trust for Alaska Tribes

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in State of Alaska v. Newland (D. Alaska):

1 Complaint.PDFDownload
16 Alaska MSJ.pdfDownload
19 Federal Cross-Motion.PDFDownload
21 Central Council Cross-Motion.PDFDownload
25 State Reply.PDFDownload
28 Federal Reply.PDFDownload
29 Central Council Reply.pdfDownload
54 DCT Order.pdfDownload

SCIA Boarding Schools Report

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Boarding Schools Committee ReportDownload

John Leshy on Current Issues with Public Lands and Indians

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

John D. Leshy has published “Public Lands and Native Americans: A Guide to Current Issues” in the Public Lands & Resources Law Review.

Here is the abstract:

After briefly summarizing the dispossession of Indigenous peoples beginning around 1500 in what became the U.S., and the U.S. decision beginning around 1890 to hold title to and conserve some 600 million acres of land, this paper addresses the rise in recent decades of Native American influence on those lands. It focuses on three manifestations of that influence: (a) conserving cultural and ecological values; (b) seeking to “co-manage” or “co-steward” those lands with federal land management agencies; and (b) seeking to regain some measure of formal ownership, or “land back.” The paper delves into the details of each, showing the many variables involved depending on local circumstances, and highlighting the political and policy complications that can make progress difficult, particularly on (b) and (c).

Philomena Kebec on Indian Country Access to Narcon and Methadone

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Philomena Kebec has published “Naloxone and Methadone Access in Tribal Communities” in the Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice. PDF