Please find below the amended complaint, answers, and other court documents from this ongoing and important case — (scary, too, if SCIT loses).
Indian Country
Congressional Authority to Reaffirm Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over Non-Indians
The recent testimony before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee regarding the possible Congressional reaffirmation of tribal criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian domestic violence and sexual assault perpetrators — that we blogged about earlier — is now complete with the final version of Riyaz Kanji’s testimony on Congressional authority to take this action.
Congressional Research Service Reports
If anyone out there wants to find out what “secret” reports Members of Congress and their staffers read when confronted with an Indian law question, check out some of these CRS reports, now starting to appear online.
Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview (2005)
United States v. Lara (2003)
IGRA: Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (2006)
Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (2005)
Cobell (2005)
Contract Support Costs: Cherokee Nation v. Leavitt (2005)
NAGPRA (2005)
Adam Walsh Act (2007)
Native Hawaiian Recognition (2005)
There are more reports at http://www.opencrs.com/
Violence Against Indian Women
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee heard powerful testimony from Indian women last week on the pervasive problem of violence against women. Riyaz Kanji of Ann Arbor’s Kanji & Katzen testified that Congress has authority to extend criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians to Indian tribes, if it chooses.
The Amnesty Report that helped to jump start this issue in Congress is here.
Sarah Deer’s recent editorial in Indian Country Today on the topic is here. And some of her related material is here, an article in the Suffolk Law Review.
Turtle Talk 