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National Indian Law Library Bulletin (3/24/2017)

March 28, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/24/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Petition was denied in Meyers v. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (Tribal Sovereign Immunity) on 3/20/17 and filed in Central New York Fair Business Association v. Zinke (Land into Trust) on 3/9/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Yazzie v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Clean Air Act – Federal Implementation Plan)
Hopi Tribe v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Clean Air Act – Federal Implementation Plan)
A.D. v. Washburn (Indian Child Welfare Act – Unconstitutional)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Kaplan v. State (State Taxation)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature articles about a recent court decision relating to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
The mascot manifesto: Challenging the constitutionality of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act in a heightened era of political correctness.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
Three bills were added:
H.R.669: Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act.
S.691: A bill to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
H.R.1650: To establish a national, research-based, and comprehensive home study assessment process for the evaluation of prospective foster parents and adoptive parents and provide funding to States and Indian tribes to adopt such process.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (3/17/2017)

March 18, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/17/17.

The Tribal Supreme Court Project has added the following information:
* The Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States – An Indian Law Perspective
* Gorsuch: Summary of Indian Law Cases
Find at the Project website under Updates and Articles.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Tavares v. Whitehouse (Indian Civil Rights Act – Exclusion of Members)
Round Valley Indian Tribes of California v. United States Department of Transportation (Public Transportation Project – Sacred Places)
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Runyon (Necessary Party; Fishing Rights)
Frank’s Landing Indian Community v. National Indian Gaming Commission (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act – Indian Tribe)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Economic Development section, we feature an article about a Washington State case confirming treaty rights to travel and trade across state lines free from taxation.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
Mediating NAGPRA: Bringing cultural consideration back to the table.
Pueblo Indian water rights: Charting the unknown.
Valuing sacred tribal waters within prior appropriation.
Religious accommodation, religious tradition, and political polarization.
Concealed carry to reduce sexual violence against American Indian women.
Key Indian child welfare resources.
The importance of measuring case outcomes in Indian Child Welfare cases.
Strengthening Indian children and families: Lessons from tribal court.
Improving outcomes in Indian Child Welfare cases: Strategies for state-tribe collaboration.
Legal challenges to ICWA: An analysis of current case law.
How the new ICWA regulations impact practice.
Understanding the 2016 Indian Child Welfare Act Regulations.
Tribal jurisdiction and the unauthorized practice of law.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
Six bills were added:
S.607: A bill to establish a business incubators program within the Department of the Interior to promote economic development in Indian reservation communities.
H.R.1581: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to add access to telecommunications and information services in Indian country and areas with high populations of Indian people to the universal service principle relating to access to such services in rural, insular, and high cost areas.
H.R.1528: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher educational opportunities for Native American Indians.
S.664: A bill to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Navajo in Utah, to authorize construction of projects in connection therewith, and for other purposes.
H.R.1491: To reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R.1532: To reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and for other purposes.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin(3/10/2017)

March 13, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/10/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water District (Tribal Water Rights – Groundwater)
Desert Water Agency v. U.S. Department of the Interior (Standing; Indian Lands – Taxation)
In re Money Center of America, Inc. (Bankruptcy; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
United States v. Marwan Sadekni (Indian Health Service Hospital; Jurisdiction)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2016.html
Escalante and Lopez v. Sells District Council (Sovereign Immunity; Due Process)
Stoplman, et al. v. St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Tribal Council (Enrollment)
Father J. v. Mother A. (Child Custody; Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act)
Carter v. Creek Casino Montgomery (Civil Procedure)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Rice v. McDonald (Indian Child Welfare Act – Application)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
We feature over 30 articles. One, in the Land & Water section, relates to a court victory regarding tribal water rights.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Conceptions of Indigenousness in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Money, mortgages, and the conquest of America.
Dignity as (self-)determination: Hopi sovereignty in the face of US dispossessions.
Make no bones about it: The need to reform the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
What about the children? Extending tribal criminal jurisdiction to crimes against children.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
Seven bills were added:
H.R.1274: State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act.
H.R. 1455: To provide for the restoration of Federal recognition to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes of Oregon, and for other purposes.
H.R.1417: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes.
H.R.1404: To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
H.R.1306: Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act.
H.R.1476: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit individuals eligible for Indian Health Service assistance to qualify for health savings accounts.
H.R.1369: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other purposes.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
We feature a notice from the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding an updated list of designated tribal agents for service of notice for Indian Child Welfare Act compliance.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (3/1/2017)

March 1, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/1/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Petition was filed in Sun v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (Jurisdiction; Due Process) on January 3, 2017.
Petition was denied in Alto v. Jewell (Disenrollment) on February 27, 2017.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
State of Wyoming v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (Reservation Diminishment)
Bruguier v. Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (Employment – Wrongful Termination)
Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (Gaming – Tribal Lands)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2016.html
Becenti-Aguilar v. Begay (Tribal Elections)
Calflooking v. Tulalip Tribes (Criminal Law – Exclusion)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Lundgren v. Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (In Rem Jurisdiction; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
In re Adoption of A.R. (Indian Child Welfare Act; Posthumous Adoptions)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Recognition and Enrollment section, we feature an article about the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a tribal disenrollment case.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Congress resurrects a Native harvest and creates potential for conflict in migratory bird management.
The legislative history of the McCarran amendment: An effort to determine whether Congress intended for State court jurisdiction to extend to Indian reserved water rights.
The control of air pollution on Indian reservations.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
Two bills were added:
S.458: A bill to support the education of Indian children.
S.465: A bill to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (2/10/2017)

February 13, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/10/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 2/7/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
United States v. Cooley (Indian Civil Rights Act; Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2016.html
Guertin v. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (Jurisdiction)
In re T. J. M. (Child Support)
Navajo Nation v. Tso (Criminal Law – Judicial Abuse of Office)
Martinez v. Colville Confederated Tribes (Domestic Violence; Sentencing)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
Quinault Indian Nation v. Imperium Terminal Services, LLC (Ocean Resources Management Act – Oil Terminal Permits)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
Read the latest news about the shift in momentum for the Dakota Access Pipeline project and a court settlement that protects religious rights for Hawaiian prisoners.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, publishes notices regarding tribal consultation meetings on water infrastructure improvements.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Complexity’s shadow: American Indian property, sovereignty, and the future.
Building relations: Alaska Natives, ANCSA and the federal government.
Sovereignty and subsistence: Native self-government and rights to hunt, fish, and gather after ANCSA.
ANCSA Section 7(I): $40 million per word and counting.
Issuing new stock in ANCSA corporations.
Look back to go forward.
A tribal advocate’s critique of proposed ANCSA amendments: perpetuating a broken corporate assimilationist policy.
Protection of Alaska Native customary and traditional hunting and fishing rights through Title VIII of ANILCA.
The benefits of a benefit corporation statute for Alaska Native corporations.
A business entity by any other name: corporation, community and kinship.
Standing Rock and the erosion of tribal rights.
An argument in support of tax-free per-cap distribution payments derived from Native American nations gaming sources.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following were added:
S.302: A bill to enhance tribal road safety, and for other purposes.
S.Res.40: A resolution designating the week beginning on February 5, 2017, as “National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week”.
S.254: A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide flexibility and reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.
S.343: A bill to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians.
H.R.986: To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
S.304: A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health Service to cover the cost of a copayment of an Indian or Alaska Native veteran receiving medical care or services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
H.R.981: To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Indian Health Service.
S.249: A bill to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other purposes.
S.269: A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes.
H.R.984: To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe.

National Indian Law Library (2/1/2017)

February 2, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/1/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Jones v. United States (Bad Men Treaty Provision)
United States v. Barnes (Oklevueha Native American Church; Marijuana Manufacturing)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Great Plains Lending, LLC (Tribal Sovereign Immunity – Consumer Lending)
United States v. Bear (Criminal Jurisdiction)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2016.html
Deserly v. Fort Peck Tribes (Tribal Court Jurisdiction; Healing to Wellness Court)
In re S.B.H. (Child Welfare – Custody; Child Support)
Crofford v. Baker (Employment Termination)
Luond v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (Employment Termination)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature some stories about the newly appointed Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court and his impacts on American Indian law issues.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
We feature a rule from the Department of Interior, Indian Gaming Commission, regarding Privacy Act procedures.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Protecting vulnerable children in Indian Country: Why and how the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 should be extended to cover child abuse committed on Indian reservations.
Oral tradition and the Kennewick man.
Assessing political economy in Native American nations.
A legal practitioner’s guide to Indian and tribal law research.
Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act cannot protect sacred sites.
Money is for nothing: The inherent want of consideration found in substantial exclusivity terms within tribal-state compacts.
A silent epidemic: Revisiting the 2013 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to better protect American Indian and Alaska Native women.
Complex adaptive peacemaking: How systems theory reveals advantages of traditional tribal dispute resolution methods.
Constitutional law—the reaffirmation of the lack of Sixth Amendment protections for indigent Native American defendants in Tribal court proceedings United States v. Bryant, 136 S. Ct. 1954 (2016).
Indians, tribes, and (federal) jurisdiction.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
One bill was added this week.
S.245: A bill to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self Determination Act of 2005, and for other purposes.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (1/24/2017)

January 24, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 1/24/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Petitions were denied on January 9, 2017 in:
Mackinac Tribe v. Jewell (Federal Acknowledgment Process – Timeliness)
Nisenan Tribe of Nevada City Rancheria v. Jewell (Nunc Pro Tune Ruling)
R.P. v. LA County Department of Children and Family Services (Indian Child Welfare Act – Placement Preferences)
City of Myton, Utah v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction) and on January 23 in:
Aguayo v. Jewell (Tribal Governance – Membership)

Petition was filed in:
Alto v. Jewell (Native American Status) on 12/19/16.

Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update memo published on 1/10/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2017.html
Hackford v. State of Utah (Criminal Jurisdiction)
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company (Easement Agreement)
Scudero v. Moran (Indian Civil Rights Act – Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies)
The Tulalip Tribes v. United States (Indian Commerce Clause)
Whiteagle v. United States (Tribal Exhaustion Doctrine)

New! Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2016.html
In re Crocker (Enrollment – Disenrollment)
General Council Agency v. Ho-Chunk Nation Ethics Review Bd. (Justiciability)
Daddis v. Navajo Arts and Crafts Enterprise (Commercial Law; Employment Law)
Melchert v. Oneida Tribe of Indians Wis. Div. of Land Mgmt (Jurisdiction)
Palmer v. Hrd-Benefits (Worker’s Compensation)
Barton v. Lee (Family Law; Domestic Abuse)
Rogers v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (Civil Law; Tort Law)
Ruffo v. Craft Worldwide Holdings, LLC (Civil Law; Tort Law)
Hadley v. Navajo Nation Dept. of Public Safety, Chinle Police Department (Commercial Law; Employment Law – Harassment)
Hazard v. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (Civil Law; Tort Law – Personal Injury)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2017.html
S.S. v. Stephanie H. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Private Severance)
In the Matter of L. M. G. M. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Termination of Parental Rights)
City of Snoqualmie v. King County Executive Dow Constantine (Property Taxation)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Culture & Tradition section, we feature a couple of articles about court decisions relating to the Indian Child Welfare Act. We also have updates in other sections of the bulletin on the Trump executive orders on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2017.html
The Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, has published the updated list of Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2017.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Free speech & disparaging trademarks.
Tribal advocates as ministers of justice: a potentially problematic concept.
Caught on the wrong side of the line: an examination of the relationship between the payday loan industry and American Indian tribal sovereignty.
Climate change: carbon market.
Renewable energy service companies for Indian Country.
The lack of trust in a trust relationship: Indian affairs and the federal government.
Online sovereignty: the law and economics of tribal electronic commerce.
“Fed” up with acidification: “trusting” the Federal Government to protect the Tulalip Tribes’ access to shellfish beds.

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

National Indian Law Library Bulletin(1/6/2017)

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 1/6/17.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Petition was filed in Aguayo v. Jewell (Tribal Governance – Membership) on 11/14/16.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2016.html
Mullally v. Gordon (Comity – Tribal Judgments)
Miranda v. Jewell (Tribal Enrollment)
Drury v. BNSF Railway Company (Race Discrimination – Wrongful Employment Discharge)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
People ex rel. Owen v. Miami Nation Enterprises (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Payday Loans)
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. State, Dept. of Revenue (Fuel Taxation)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
We feature several articles about the new Bears Ears National Monument.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
The Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has announced availability of the new Guidelines for Implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Offensive linemen: How Pro Football, Inc.’s responses to the cancellation of the Redskins registrations should be incorporated into the USPTO’s future analyses of disparaging trademarks.
Addressing the Oliphant in the room: Domestic violence and the safety of American Indian and Alaska Native children in Indian Country.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
This bill was added:
H.R.6529: Chugach Region Lands Study Act.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (12/12/2016)

December 17, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 12/12/16.

U.S. Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2016dct.html
Native American Arts, Inc. v. Peter Stone Co., U.S.A., Inc. (Indian Arts and Crafts Act)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Environment & Energy section, we feature a story on the Obama executive order creating the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
We feature a notice of the Department of Health & Human Services, Indian Health Services, of grants available for the Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (Short Title: MSPI)–Generation Indigenous (GEN-I) Initiative Support.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Grand Canyon Trust v. Williams: Tribal land protection and the battle for Red Butte.
Blackhawk down or Blackhorse down? The Lanham Act’s prohibition of trademarks that “may disparage” & the First Amendment.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
These bills were added:
S.612: Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act.
S.2012: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (12/5/2016)

December 17, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 12/5/16.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2016-2017update.html
Petition was filed in Nisenan Tribe of Nevada City Rancheria v. Jewell (Statute of Limitations; nunc pro tunc ruling) on 11/3/16.
In addition, see the Tribal Supreme Court Update Memoranda of December 5, 2016.

U.S. Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2016dct.html
United States v. Jim (Federal Taxation – Individual Tribal Gaming Payments)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
In re Adoption of Micah H. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Active Efforts)
In re O.C. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Notice)
Guardianship of C.H.S. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Transfer to Tribal Court)
In re Charlotte V. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Notice)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Environment & Energy section, we feature an article about Trump advisors’ aim to privatize oil-rich Indian reservations.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
The Department of Agriculture has announced a public meeting of the Council for Native American Farming and Ranching

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
Here are the articles featured this week:
Operationalizing FPIC.
Protecting the free-ranged kid: Recalibrating parents’ rights and the best interests of the child.
Redskins: The property right to racism.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
These bills and resolution were added:
H.R.6363: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for two years the Indian employment credit.
H.R.6362: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the Indian employment credit.
S.3482: Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016.
S.Res.619: A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.