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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 5/11/18. Tribal Courts Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html People of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Sorrell (Exclusion Order) People of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Nickaboine (Exclusion Order) Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html To sue and be sued: Capacity and immunity of American Indian nations. The unseen harm: U.S.-Indian relations and tribal sovereignty. If you are not at the table, then you are probably on the menu: Indigenous peoples’ participatory status at the United Nations. The new World Bank safeguard standard for Indigenous peoples: Where do we start? Federal Courts Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of Colusa Indian Community v. Zinke (Land into Trust) Oviatt v. Reynolds (Indian Civil Rights Act; Tribal Officials) State Courts Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html Harjo v. Arkansas Department of Human Services (Indian Child Welfare Act – Application of) News Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article about the Bureau of Indian Affairs nominee. Regulatory Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html We feature a notice of the Department of the Interior related to adding land to the reservation of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. U.S. Legislation Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html The following bills were added: S.2804: A bill to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture for Indian Country.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/17/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in: Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, Washington v. United States (Jurisdiction; Grant in Aid Funds) on 4/5/18.
Petition was filed in: County of Amador, CA v. Department of the Interior, et al. (Land into Trust) on 4/11/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

• Who can sue? The Sixth Circuit in D.O. v. Glisson deepens the split over a private right of action to foster care maintenance payments.
• Personalizing pollution and landscape destruction: How Native American and international perspectives should be integrated into federal environmental policy.
• The Gorge Commission: An adequate forum for States, Countries, Tribes and the railroads operating in the Columbia River Gorge.
• Tribal sovereign immunity as a defense in overcoming IPR challenges of brand name pharmaceutical patent validity at PTAB- Effects on the industry.

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Byrd v. Cherokee Nation Businesses, LCC (Wrongful Termination)
Schmitz v. Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC (Wrongful Termination)
Parks v. Taylor (Guardianship – Domestic Violence Protection Order)
Arnold v. Cherokee Nation Entertainment (Disability Benefits)
Weeks v. Combs (Child Custody)
Josellis v. Field (Notice of Appeal)

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Butte County, California v. Chaudhuri (Land into Trust)
Brakebill v. Jaeger (Voting Rights)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
Mendoza v. Isleta Resort (Workers Compensation)
Olson v. North Dakota Department of Transportation (Criminal Jurisdiction)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature articles about a new law passed by Congress addressing the epidemic of missing and murdered Native American women.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature a proclamation from the Department of the Interior relating to adding land to the reservation of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills and resolutions were added:
S.2515: PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act
The following bill passed and became law:
S.772: Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act. (Became PL 116-156)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/5/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Fort Peck Housing Authority, et al., v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. (Jurisdiction; Grant in Aid Funds) on 3/22/18.

Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 4/2/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

• Contract waivers for tribal sovereign immunity: What every Idaho attorney needs to know.
• Matal v. Tam – A victory for The Slants, a touchdown for the Redskins, but an ambiguous journey for the First Amendment and Trademark Law.
• The transfer of public lands movement: The battle to take ‘back’ lands that were never theirs.
• Patchak v. Zinke, separation of powers, and the pitfalls of form over substance.
• Consultation with American Indian tribes: Resolving ambiguity and inconsistency in government-to-government relations.
• Competing sovereignty and laws’ domains.
• Modernizing the tribal consultation process for wireless infrastructure siting.
• Will the Stop Act stop anything? The Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and recovering Native American artifacts from abroad.
• Recission of a previously designated National Monument: A bad idea whose time has not come.
• Tribal water law: Cutting edge insights from practitioners in Indian Country.
• Western States Water Conference and Native American Rights Fund 15th Biennial Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims.

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation v. Guertin (Employment Termination)
Johns v. Travelers (Employment – Worker’s Compensation )
Southern Ute Tribe v. Henry (Self-Incrimination; Right to Counsel)
Grandma Gebhard Co. v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (Breach of Contract)
Sebastian v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (Personal Injury)
Quileute Nation v. Jamie (Legislative Immunity)

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Oil and Gas Pipelines – Tribal Consultation )
Nguyen v. Gustafson (Divorce and Custody)
Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. v. Burr (Jurisdiction)
Gibbs v. Rees (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
Nipmuc Nation v. Zinke (Federal Recognition)
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Zinke (Federal Recognition)
United States v. 99,337 Pieces of Counterfeit Native American Jewelry (Indian Arts and Crafts Act; Counterfeit Jewlery)
Texas v. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo (Gaming – Authorization)
Battle Mountain Band of Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians v. United States Bureau of Land Management (Mining; Traditional Cultural Property)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In Matter of L.D. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Application of)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Recognition & Enrollment section, we feature an article about recent court decisions regarding tribal recognition.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature several notices from the Department of the Interior relating to Hearth Act approvals for tribes.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills and resolutions were added:
S.2599: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act.
S.2628: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act.
S.Res.444: A resolution recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/20/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Harvey, et al., v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies) on 3/7/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

• Tribal lending and tribal sovereignty.
• Beyond trademark: The Washington Redskins case and the search for dignity.
• International Indigenous economic law.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company (Rights-of Way; Trespass)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section we feature an article about an NCAI five-year report on tribal nations exercising the Violence Against Women Act.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.5317: To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/15/18. Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html Justice for Native Nations: Insights from legal pluralism. GMOs, International law, and Indigenous peoples. May the spirit of section 106 yet prevail?: Recognizing the environmental elements of Native American intangible cultural heritage. Tribal Courts Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Lambert (Impeachment) Apachito v. Navajo Election Administration (Elections) Northern Edge Casino v. Window Rock District Court (Personal Injury) State Courts Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html State v. Zack (Jurisdiction) Regulatory Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html The Department of the Interior has issued a notice relating to a list of programs eligible for inclusion in funding agreements negotiated with self-governance tribes. News Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html In the Health & Welfare section, we feature a couple of articles about Congressional efforts to battle opioid addiction in Indian Country. U.S. Legislation Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html The following bills were added: S. 2514: PACED Act (Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs) [bill to abrogate tribal sovereign immunity] S. 2545: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians. H.R.5244: To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/22/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html

Petition for certiorari was denied in Renteria, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Tulare County, et al. (Indian Child Welfare Act) and in Norton, et al. v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. (Jurisdiction) on 2/20/18.

Petition for certiorari was filed in Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming, et al. (Reservation Boundaries – Diminishment) on 2/16/18.

Tribal Courts Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html

In re: Challenge to the Eligibility of Randy Junior White, Candidate for Council (Elections)

Diaz v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (Gaming; Personal Injury – Slip and Fall)

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html

Chissoe v. Zinke (Fee-to-trust Acquisition)

News Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html

In the Health & Welfare section, we feature an article about Alaska transferring child welfare services for Native Alaskans to tribes.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/8/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Royal v. Murphy (Tribal Jurisdiction; Indian Reservation Boundaries) on 2/6/18.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
State of Texas v. Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act – Class II Gaming)
United States v. Board of Directors of the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (Tribal Water Rights)
Citizen Potawatomi Nation v. State of Oklahoma (Gaming – Arbitration Award)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Culture & Tradition section, we feature an article about the Transportation Security Administration’s commitment to improve respectful handling of Native American sacred objects.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

• The “right” right to environmental protection: What we can discern from the American and Indian constitutional experience.
• An Arctic peril: The pitfalls and potential of a fragmentary polar law.
• Tribal sovereignty and gaming: A proposal to amend the National Labor Relations Act.
• Responsible resource development: A strategic plan to consider social and cultural impacts of tribal extractive industry development.
• A dollar for your thoughts: Dollar General and the Supreme Court’s struggle with tribal civil jurisdiction.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:

• H.R.4965: To establish best practices for State, tribal, and local governments participating in the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, and for other purposes.
• H.R.4975: To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State, tribal, and local governments, the consideration of State, tribal, and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• H.R.4899: Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2018 (See Sec.4 A.i.)
• H.R.4967: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve nutrition in tribal areas and for other purposes.
• S.2369: A bill to authorize aboriginal subsistence whaling pursuant to the regulations of the International Whaling Commission, and for other purposes.
• S.2375: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin   
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature a notice of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs notice of tribal consultation on the Indian trust asset management demonstration project.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 11/30/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petitions for certiorari were denied on 11/27/17 in:
Town of Vernon v. U.S. (Land into Trust)
Upstate Citizens for Equality v. U.S. (Land into Trust)
Coachella Valley Water District v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Federal Reserved Water Right – Groundwater)
Desert Water Agency v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (Federal Reserved Water Right – Groundwater)
Petition for certiorari was filed on 11/20/17 in: Public Service Company of New Mexico v. Barboan, et al. (Condemnation – Rights of Way)

Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 11/30/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Darnell v. Merchant (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies; Sentencing)
Allen v. United States of America (Tribal Membership; Federal Recognition)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
Read about a tribal groundwater case in the Land & Water section.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
We added the following bills and resolutions:
H.R.4443: Urban Indian Health Parity Act.
H.R.4485: To direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R.4419: Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act.
H.R.4436: Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park and Tribes Indigenous Ceremonial Center Study Act.
H.R.4448: To provide for an exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.
S.Res.342: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that States, cities, Tribal nations, businesses, and institutions of higher education in the United States should work towards achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature these articles:
The fairness of tribal court juries and non-Indian defendants.
Access to energy in Indian Counrty: The difficulties of self-determination in renewable energy development.
Continuning to work for Indian Country in the 115th Congress.
The Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act: Do Indian tribes finally hold a trump card?
Indigenous people, human rights, and consultation: The Dakota Access Pipeline.
Yellowbear v. Lampert – Putting teeth into the Religous Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act of 2000.
Salvaging the United Nations REDD Program against the backdrop of international human rights violations.
Making strategic choices: How and why Indian groups advocated for Federal Recognition from 1977-2012.
Legacy in paradise: Analyzing the Obama adiminstration’s efforts of reonciliation with Native Hawaiians.
“Why should I go vote without understanding what I am going to vote for?” The impact of first generation voting.
The case against property rights in old intangible Indigenous cultural property.
Water Security.
To sue and be sued: Capacity and immunity of American Indian Nations.
(Re)Righting history: Deconstructing the Court’s narrative of Hawai’i’s past.
Mitigating state sovereignty: The duty to consult with Indigenous peoples.

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 11/9/17.

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about the Trump administration delaying the roll-out of a controversial trust land rule.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Mitchell v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington (Tribal Taxation – Real Estate)
Redding Rancheria v. Hargan (Health Insurance – Tribally-funded Program)
Ute Indian Tribe v. Lawrence (Jurisdiction; Breach of Contract)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Rocks Off Inc. v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Jurisdiction)
Coeur D’Alene Tribe v. Johnson (Tribal Court Judgments – Full Faith and Credit)

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin   
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
The Administration for Native Americans publishes rules relating to funding areas.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.4208: Wildland Fires Act of 2017 (See Sec. 3 Definitions: (5) Indian Tribe)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
We feature these articles:
Native Hawaiians wage an ongoing battle to organize into a sovereign nation.
“To further justice in the greater Native American community”: Ethical responsibilities of a tribal attorney in disenrollment disputes.
Hope for Indian tribes in the U.S. Supreme Court?: Menominee, Nebraska v. Parker, Bryant, Dollar General.