Training at Lac Vieux Desert, August 12 & 13

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LVD Training

Tenth Circuit Rejects Religious Objector’s Challenge to Oklahoma License Plate

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Here is the opinion in Cressman v. Thompson.ah-ok-plate2

Briefs:

1 Opening Brief

2 Appellees Brief

3 Reply Brief

Lower court materials here and here.

Prior Tenth Circuit case here.

 

ABA House of Delegates Urges Quick Implementation of Recommendations of Attorney General Taskforce

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

On August 4, 2015, the American Bar Association House of Delegates unanimously adopted Resolution 113, which adopts and urges prompt implementation by the Administration, Congress, and state and tribal governments of specific recommendations contained in the November 2014 report of the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence, entitled Ending Violence So Children Can Thrive. The resolution was co-sponsored by the National Native American Bar Association. NNABA member Jerry Gardner and NNABA board member Lauren van Schilfgaarde assisted in the drafting and initial push for the resolution through the ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, newly renamed as the Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice, which also sponsored the Resolution.

Here’s the ABA link to the resolution: http://www.americanbar.org/news/reporter_resources/annual-meeting-2015/house-of-delegates-resolutions/113.html.

US Intervenes in Tulalip Tribes Tax Dispute with Washington UPDATED

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Here are the materials in Tulalip Tribes v. State of Washington (W.D. Wash.):

14 US Motion to Intervene

14-1 US Complaint in Intervention

Tulalip Tribes’ complaint is here.

UPDATE:

17 Snohomish Cty response

19 DOR Answer

Another Update in Cosentino v. Fuller Depublication Request

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Here:

Defendants’ Request for Depublication

Oppo to Viejas Band’s Depub Request

Opposition to Request of Defendants to Depublish

Opposition to Request of Group of 13

Prior depublication-related posts here and here.

Cal. COA opinion here.

Article – Improving State Court-Tribal Court Relations (Summer 2015)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Cribbing from a message sent by Gina Jackson at Casey:

See article by Judge Len Edwards (Ret.) on Improving State Court-Tribal Court Relations. The article has an appendix with great ideas as well. Judge Edwards has some other great resources here- http://judgeleonardedwards.com/

Excerpt-

“…there is judicial expertise and leadership that can be tapped through the Tribal Court – State Court Forum, a coalition of the various tribal court and state court leaders who come together as equal partners to address areas of mutual concern.”

Link to article here- https://app.box.com/s/y6e1cs7u8h0dw68i6ztbzo4ob403zz5b

To learn more about the California Tribal-State Judicial Forum, see website link here-  http://www.courts.ca.gov/programs-tribal.htm

David Voluck and Sarah Deer on Alaska’s Fight against Tribal Trust Lands

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “End the cold war on trust lands.“

Interior Solicitor Job Posting

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Another DOI Solicitor’s Office job, this one focused on assisting with the Cobell Land Buy Back Program.

Here.