Here are the materials in Guidiville Rancheria v. United States (N.D. Cal.):
113 City of Richmond Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
212 DCT Order Granting Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
255 City of Richmond Motion for Atty Fees
289 DCT Order Granting Motion for Atty Fees
The tribe has appealed to the Ninth Circuit on the merits of the claim and has already filed their opening brief:
Entry-Level Associate Attorney
Small, well-established Seattle law firm seeks entry-level associate with a strong academic background and excellent research and writing skills to join its practice beginning in fall 2016. The firm primarily represents American Indian tribes, and also represents environmental organizations, businesses and individuals. Work on litigation, transactional and other matters with dedicated attorneys who enjoy their careers. Salary depends on qualifications. Please send your cover letter, resume, law school transcript and writing sample as a single PDF file by September 30, 2015, to Hiring Attorney at applicant@ziontzchestnut.com or 2101 4th Avenue, #1230, Seattle, WA, 98121. For more information, please visit our website at www.ziontzchestnut.com.
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Managing Attorney – Eagle Butte, South Dakota
DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES (DPLS), a non-profit legal services program, is accepting applications for a Managing Attorney position in our Eagle Butte, South Dakota, branch office. The Eagle Butte office serves the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota and Dewey, Haakon, Potter and Ziebach counties in South Dakota.
QUALIFICATIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: Applicants must have a JD degree and be licensed to practice in South Dakota, or willing and qualified to take the next South Dakota Bar Exam; must be a bright, motivated, self-starter; must have the tenacity to assume immediate practice responsibilities, including handling a significant caseload touching on many different areas of law with regular appearances in court; must demonstrate an interest in poverty law and working with Native American and low income clients; and must commit to a minimum of a two year employment period, upon completion of a six month probationary period. Applicant must have at least one year experience in the practice of poverty law or Indian law, with trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts or two years’ experience in the general practice of law. If Applicant does not possess this experience we would consider Applicant for a staff attorney position until qualified to be a Managing Attorney.
SALARY: Competitive, depending on experience. DPLS has an excellent fringe benefits package including generous leave benefits and employee insurance coverage (medical, dental, life, disability).
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.
APPLICATION INFORMATION: Please submit a letter of interest and resume to:
John J. Buchy, Executive Director
Dakota Plains Legal Services
PO Box 727
Mission, SD 57555
(605) 856-4444
dpls1@gwtc.net
Native Americans, Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. Dakota Plains Legal Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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MANAGING ATTORNEY – MISSION, SOUTH DAKOTA
DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES (DPLS), a non-profit legal services program, is accepting applications for a Managing Attorney position in our Mission, South Dakota, branch office. The Mission office serves the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota and Gregory, Jones, Mellette, Todd and Tripp counties in South Dakota.
QUALIFICATIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: Applicants must have a JD degree and be licensed to practice in South Dakota, or willing and qualified to take the next South Dakota Bar Exam; must be a bright, motivated, self-starter; must have the tenacity to assume immediate practice responsibilities, including handling a significant caseload touching on many different areas of law with regular appearances in court; must demonstrate an interest in poverty law and working with Native American and low income clients; and must commit to a minimum of a two year employment period, upon completion of a six month probationary period. Applicant must have at least one year experience in the practice of poverty law or Indian law, with trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts or two years’ experience in the general practice of law. If Applicant does not possess this experience we would consider Applicant for a staff attorney position until qualified to be a Managing Attorney.
SALARY: Competitive, depending on experience. DPLS has an excellent fringe benefits package including generous leave benefits and employee insurance coverage (medical, dental, life, disability).
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.
APPLICATION INFORMATION: Please submit a letter of interest and resume to:
John J. Buchy, Executive Director
Dakota Plains Legal Services
PO Box 727
Mission, SD 57555
(605) 856-4444
dpls1@gwtc.net
Native Americans, Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. Dakota Plains Legal Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Here are the materials in United States v. Beatty (S.D. Ohio):
Here is the complaint in United States v. Mustang Wind Co. (N.D. Okla.):
An excerpt:
In this civil action, the United States seeks a preliminary and a permanent injunction and a declaratory judgment that the ongoing excavation activities of Mustang Run Wind Project, LLC, Tradewind Energy, Inc., Enel Kansas, LLC, and Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”) in Osage County, Oklahoma, are unlawful and must be suspended until Defendants have obtained all requisite federal regulatory approvals and have entered into appropriate leases approved by the Secretary of the Interior (“the Secretary”).
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced that the Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi has withheld its gaming revenue sharing payments, and expressed concern that it may impact its budget.
The Gun Lake Band has issued a statement in response:
Clearly, when the Tribe and the State negotiated our gaming compact we discussed internet lottery. Both parties agreed that if the State introduced internet lottery sales or expanded other forms of electronic gaming to social clubs within the Tribe’s market area that the Tribe would not have to make state revenue sharing payments. The State has decided to offer internet lottery sales and electronic gaming within the Tribe’s market area.
The full statement is below.
University of Minnesota Press website here. Here is the blurb:
The White Possessive explores the links between race, sovereignty, and possession through themes of property: owning property, being property, and becoming propertyless. Focusing on the Australian Aboriginal context, Aileen Moreton-Robinson questions current race theory in the first world and its preoccupation with foregrounding slavery and migration. The nation, she argues, is socially and culturally constructed as a white possession.
Moreton-Robinson reveals how the core values of Australian national identity continue to have their roots in Britishness and colonization, built on the disavowal of Indigenous sovereignty. Whiteness studies literature is central to Moreton-Robinson’s reasoning, and she shows how blackness works as a white epistemological tool that bolsters the social production of whiteness—displacing Indigenous sovereignties and rendering them invisible in a civil rights discourse, thereby sidestepping thorny issues of settler colonialism.
Throughout this critical examination Moreton-Robinson proposes a bold new agenda for critical Indigenous studies, one that involves deeper analysis of how the prerogatives of white possession function within the role of disciplines.
News coverage of the event here.
LA Times article about Lummi Nation’s opposition here.
The Crow Tribe signed an agreement August 7, 2015, to become a 5% shareholder of Gateway Pacific Terminal, which is a partnership to open shipping ports in Washington. The deal coincides with Cloud Peak Energy’s arrangement to pay Gateway Pacific Terminal $32 million to construct a port on Puget Sound that can ship 60 million tons of exports a year including coal mined on the Crow Reservation to Asian markets. The Tribe leased coal to Cloud Peak Energy from its sole mine in 2013, but a new mine on the reservation could bring 20 million tons annually through the new port.
Although the Tribe does not owe any money up front it could be responsible for 5% of an estimated $700 million construction budget. Final approval is still required from the Crow Tribe and the federal government. Environmental surveys and plans are being conducted currently and there is opposition from both environmental and native groups including the Lummi Nation, who exercise fishing rights near the proposed port site.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated administrative and communications experience and knowledge and experience with American Indian communities. The candidate also will have a proven ability to think strategically while interacting with diverse groups. They must have the ability to meet critical deadlines, manage multiple assignments, and engage professionally with CICD partners and cohorts. The ability to conduct oneself, at all times, with integrity, honesty, and respect for every employee is paramount.
Supports the CICD and its Co-Directors by coordinating and performing a range of administrative, project management, and communication tasks, including:
Manages project communications and coordinates work activities.
Plans and schedules meetings and events for the CICD and the Bank, including meetings and communications with the CICD’s Leadership Council and Internal Partners’ Committee.
Assists in preparing cost estimates, budget projections, resource requirements, project plans, and other documentation in support of the activities of the Co-Directors and CICD.
Maintains the CICD’s internal and external website, internal Sharepoint sites, calendars, and contacts database, making edits and updates routinely and as needed. Plans and coordinates production of publications and online updates in a timely manner. Arranges for use of the preferred technologies to manage the flow of publications to print, web and digital media formats.
Assists with writing, rewriting, editing and copy editing various types of articles and papers. Assists in managing current social platforms and develops new channels to grow social media presence and raise the Center’s awareness. Writes short articles or blog posts and notices for inclusion in print of online publications and coordinates, assists in, or conducts the creation of art work, photographs, layout and other elements of publications.
Participates in projects and performs intermediate analytical tasks in support of CICD, Bank, or FRS initiatives.
Participates in Department, Bank, FRS and/or federal agency project teams, task forces, and work groups. Conducts or assists in special assignments, studies, and analyses; assumes leadership roles as assigned.
Analyzes and assists in the review of business functions and operational process improvements and/or enhancements. Tests, trains, and completes implementations, which may include coordinating activities such as developing plans, completing risk assessments, assigning tasks, monitoring and reporting progress, and preparing necessary communications.
Provides intermediate analytic support to assist CICD, Bank, or FRS management and staff resolve moderately complex operational and business issues. Escalates difficult and complex questions or problems to other analysts or management.
Assists in preparing and/or revising communications, including proposals, reports, and presentations for all levels of management. Develops and revises procedures, defines processes, and delivers training to users and staff.
Produces quarterly management reports. Assists in the development of annual CICD reports. Monitors and verifies compliance with applicable new and existing policies, procedures, and standards.
Monitors and verifies compliance with applicable new and existing policies, procedures, and standards. Serves as CICD’s Security Liaison, Business Continuity Plan manager, Records Retention Liaison, and Safety Coordinator. Completes security access reviews and initiates access requests, as needed. Maintains the CICD’s Business Continuity Plan and organizes updates and tests as needed. Updates the CICD’s files as needed to comply with Records Retention schedules.
Orders and maintains CICD supplies and equipment.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Provides training to less experienced analytical staff.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of higher education and/or experience.
Minimum 3 years direct work-related experience or equivalent combination of related higher education and experience for level II. 5 years for level III.
Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated administrative and communications experience and knowledge and experience with American Indian communities preferred.
The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services American Indian Unit is sponsoring its 2nd Annual Native foster family/parent recruitment event. This event is an attempt to be proactive in searching to find native homes in an urban environment for those native children in foster/adoptive care.
***SAVE THE DATE: September 26,2015***
“TIOSPAYE”: Los Angeles Foster Family Recruitment Event
Sponsored by: The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services American Indian Unit
RSVP by September 18, 2015 at 626-938-1722
Place: Cathedral Center of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (ECHO PARK)
Address: 840 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026
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