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Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
United States v. Two Bulls (Property Law)
Spirit Lake Tribe v. Jaeger (Voting Rights) 
Gilbert v. Weahkee (Indian Health Service; Treaty Rights)

Tribal Courts Bulletin 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2020.html
Wilson v. Cherokee Nation Election Commission (Election Codes)

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
S.Res.499 – A resolution acknowledging the reprehensible policy of the United States regarding the forced relocation of the Potawatomi people from their homeland east of the Mississippi River to Kansas and Oklahoma and the devastating hardships the Potawatomi people endured during the march west, known as the “Potawatomi Trail of Death”.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

•  Indian allottee water rights: A case study of allotments on the former Malheur Indian Reservation.
• For the children: Indian status is a political classification.
• Returning the Yurok forest to the Yurok Tribe: California’s first tribal carbon credit project.
• Delimit, demarcate, and title: Sovereignty and property rights of Native peoples in the Americas.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

• House bill, called ‘watershed legislation,’ would give tribes recognition in Alaska
• As the 2020 elections loom, the House hears testimony about Native voting rights
• Taking advice on climate change from our Native neighbors
• The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands
• Amid a crime wave on Yakama Reservation, confusion over a checkerboard of jurisdictions
• Arizona House bill aims to protect Native American regalia at graduation
• ‘Frustrated’: Tribes finally get hearing with National Archives about Sand Point facility closure
• NCAI president: Tribal sovereignty still threatened from ‘every corner’
• ‘What’s old is new again’: Advocates say tribal voting hurdles remain

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U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petitions for certiorari were filed in two cases on 1/30/20 and 2/3/20: 
James v. JW Gaming Development (Sovereign Immunity) 
Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra (Sovereign Immunity)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office v. FERC (National Historic Preservation Act; Cultural Resources)
United States v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington (Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Herpel v. County of Riverside (Tax Regulation)
In Regard to the Guardianship of Eliza W. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
H.R.5850 – To expedite and streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal land, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html
Moving forward from the scoop era: Providing active efforts under the Indian Child Welfare Act in Illinois.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

• Court focuses on Native idea of family
• Indian inmate files opening brief in Supreme Court sovereignty case
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Ute Indian Tribe’s exclusive right to control its lands
• Gabe Galanda: The United States must help stop disenrollment
• Sacred Native American burial sites are being blown up for Trump’s border wall, lawmaker says
• South Dakota bars IDs and ‘disenfranchises’ tribal citizens
• Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle wins prize for work on Indian law case
• South Dakota approves $100 million solar project on Pine Ridge Reservation
• Native American Jewish Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis tells us how she made history
• Ballot harvesting or a voting assist?

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Federal Courts Bulletin
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Democratic National Committee v. Hobbs (Voting Rights Act)
Hawkins v. Bernhardt (Indian Reserved Water Rights) 
Janiver v. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Casino (Title VII; Sovereign Immunity) 
Thurmond v. Forest County Potawatomi Community (Sovereign Immunity)
United States v. Erickson (Jury Selection)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Ohio History Connection v. The Moundbuilders Country Club Company (Cultural Resources; Sacred Sites)
In the Matter of the Parental Rights to D.J.S. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

Tribal Courts Bulletin 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2020.html
Drabik v. The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut (Negligence; Trespassing)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

Native American voting rights: Two steps forward, one step back.

19th century Indian treaties and 21st century environmental and natural resource issues: Is there a connection?

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

• House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples takes up legislation
• A ‘resurgence’ in Indigenous reproductive justice
• Indigenous tribes are at the forefront of climate change planning in the U.S.
• Indigenous zines elevate authenticity
• World’s largest public Two-Spirit powwow set for February 8 at Fort Mason
• Camp to teach aspiring, amateur American Indian farmers permaculture design
• Broadband could be a ‘game changer’ for many rural, tribal communities
• Naabi approves Navajo control of Medicaid
• Indigenous women bring expertise to Wyoming Legislature
• One woman took a stand against tribal disenrollment and paid for it

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U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Read the latest update memo from the Tribal Supreme Court Project.

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

• Little Dog v. Flathead County (American Indian Religious Freedom Act)
• State of Maine v. Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and Penobscot Nation (Water Quality Standards) 
• Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo v. City of El Paso  (Tribal Property; Pueblo Lands Act) 
• Cherokee Nation v. Department of the Interior (Administrative Procedure Act) 
• Dobbs v. Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee  (Sovereign Immunity) 

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html

• Mendoza v. Isleta Resort and Casino  (Sovereign Immunity)
• State of Minnesota v. Thompson  (Tribal Jurisdiction)
• State of New Mexico v. Salazar (Criminal Jurisdiction)

Tribal Courts Bulletin 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2020.html
Renzi v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise  (Personal Injury)

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

• The necessity of the Indian Child Welfare Act
• Census count is ‘an act of rebellion’
• Bureau of Indian Affairs propose change affecting Alaska tribal recognition
• Guest opinion: Bison transfer corrects longstanding wrong
• Tohono O’odham historic sites at risk as border wall construction advances in Arizona
• This South Seattle treatment center has been helping Native people beat substance use disorders for more than 30 years. So why is it closing?
• Tribes file complaint with UN saying climate change threatens existence
• Native Sun News Today: Gerry Robinson publishes new book about early Cheyenne history
• ‘A Native lens’ on the 2020 presidential campaigns
• Indigenous musicians come together in a sacred and safe space.

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We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/ U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html Petition for certiorari was filed in this case on 12/23/19: McMahon v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe (Reservation Diminishment) Federal Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Hendrickson (National Historic Preservation Act) Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Big Man (Sovereign Immunity) Eglise Baptiste Bethanie de St. Lauderdale, Inc. v. Seminole Tribe of Florida (Sovereign Immunity) State Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html The People in the Interest of S.B. (Indian Child Welfare Act) Tribal Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2020.html Martell v. Fort Peck Tribes (Court Procedure) Moon v. Hoopa Valley Tribe (Employee Termination) Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html Aboriginal rights and constitutional conflict: The Marshall court, state federal and sovereignty and Native American rights under the 1789 constitution. Nothing is over: FTCA claims for toxic torts on Native lands. Green means go: Tribes rush to regulate cannabis in Indian Country. Waived: The detrimental implications of U.S. immigration and border security measures on southern border tribes–an analysis of the impact of President Trump’s border wall on the Tohono O’odham Nation. News Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html This week, in brief: New Muscogee (Creek) Nation leaders take office Indigenous song keepers reveal traditional ecological knowledge in music Native Americans fight historical discrimination to lower diabetes, obesity rates South Dakota state of the tribes speech is like ‘trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube’ Open letter on Mauna Kea by Violet Pohakuku’i’ai Lui Montana extends Spring Creek Mine permit, questions over tribal immunity remain Why are Diné LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit people being denied access to ceremony? Letter to the editor: Stitt’s attack on tribes follow the Trail of Tears pattern

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We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/ Congratulations to our long-time client, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana who, after more than a hundred years of battling the federal government for recognition, were finally legislatively recognized by Congress. https://www.narf.org/little-shell-recognition/ Federal Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html United States v. Harrington (Sentence Enhancement) Allen v. United States (Federal Recognition) State Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html Walter v. Oregon Board of Education, and, The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (Cultural Resources, Indian Mascots) Tribal Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2020.html Levy v. Mashantucket Pequot Education Committee (Tribal Benefits) U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html S.3126 – A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians. S.3113 – A bill to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes. H.R.5502 – Removing Federal Barriers to Offering of Mobile Sports Wagers on Indian Lands Act H.R.5510 – To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other purposes. Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html Fighting on behalf of the Salish Sea. “Enough’s Enough”: Protest law and the tradition of chilling Indigenous free speech. The flourishing race: How the success of American Indian artist-entrepreneurs underscores the need for enhanced legal protections for Native intellectual property. In the aftermath of rampage shootings: Is healing possible? Hard lessons from the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and other Indigenous peoples. News Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html This week, in brief: With execution on hold, Navajo inmate presses court on jury bias claim Native American leaders determined to avoid repeat of last census undercount Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe’s hemp plan approved NTU starts Navajo language translation program in preparation for 2020 elections Montana federal judge refuses to dismiss Keystone XL Pipeline lawsuits Uranium mine near Grand Canyon ‘is an intrusion’ and a ‘risk to the groundwater’ Two spirit couple seeks LGBTQ equality for South Dakota tribes Honoring Native traditions behind bars Rx for ailing Indian Health Service: Changes in spending, recruitment

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We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/index.html U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html Petition for certiorari was granted in this case on 12/13/19: McGirt v. Oklahoma (Indian Major Crimes Act) Federal Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html Bay Mills Indian Community v. Whitmer (IGRA; Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act) Yurok Tribe v. Resighini Rancheria (Sovereign Immunity) Rosales v. Dutschke (Indian Gaming; Rule 19) Fitisemanu v. United States (Birthright Citizenship) State Courts Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2019.html State of Minnesota v. Bellcourt (Jurisdiction; Cross-Deputization Agreement) State of Minnesota v. Northrup (Treaty Fishing Rights) U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html S.3019 – Montana Water Rights Protection Act S.3044 – A bill to amend the American’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes. Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html Owning Geronimo but not Elmer McCurdy: The unique property status of Native American remains. News Bulletin https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html This week, in brief: ‘A long journey for our people’: Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians on cusp on federal recognition Majority of U.S. states, 75 members of Congress and more than 30 organizations file amicus briefs in support of Native American families and children U.S. Supreme Court accepts new Oklahoma case about Indian reservations ‘We can help ourselves:’ Native women come together to confront high rates of maternal mortality Environmental, nuclear worries force Prairie Island tribe to seek new lands A Native law school ‘is something we need’ Muckleshoots among 30 tribes selected for expansion of program enhancing tribal access to national crime information databases Hopes for bipartisan Montana water law in 2020 ‘It changed our lives’: Banished women fight Ute tribal leaders in federal court

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U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was denied in this case on 12/9/19: 
California Trout v. Hoopa Valley Tribe (Clean Water Act)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Swiger v. Rosette (Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2019.html
Matter of Delaney (Attorney Discipline) 

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

• H.R.5280 – To establish the Native American Outreach Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 
• H.R.5319 – To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
• H.R.5323 – To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand supportive services for Native American aging programs, and for other purposes. 
• H.Res.748 – Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 729) to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes. 

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article) 
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

• The Katie John litigation: A continuing search for Alaska Native fishing rights after ANCSA.
• Fluid standing: Incorporating the Indigenous Rights of Nature concept into collaborative management of the Colorado River ecosystem.
• Still melting: How climate change and subsistence laws constrain Alaska Native Village adaptation. 
• Tribal sovereign immunity overcomes bankruptcy code abrogation. 

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

• Navajo Nation and University of Arizona sign Memorandum of Agreement to create the Navajo Law Fellowship Program
• Inslee appoints Raquel Montoya-Lewis as first Native American to sit on Washington Supreme Court
• Senate bill could roll back tribal authority in domestic violence cases
• New Mexico delegation praises passage of legislation to safeguard Native languages
• Water-rights measure to include $1.9 billion for Montana tribes
• Federal recognition likely as Little Shell Chippewa Tribe bill moves forward
• Congress considers Lumbee recognition bill
• $100 million solar project slated for South Dakota reservation moves ahead
• Indigenous women and the power of Indigenous architecture at Yale

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Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Clements v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Tribal Jurisdiction)
FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Hazardous Waste Storage; Tribal Court Jurisdiction) 

U.S. Legislation – 116th Congress Bulletin 
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

• S.2871 – A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program. 
• H.R.5153 – To assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and for the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian lands. 

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html 
This week, in brief:

• Tribes’ water rights at Klamath River upheld by federal circuit court 
• Native American students left behind by S.D. education system 
• ‘We want to be calling the shots’: Naat’aanii partnership poised to deliver Medicaid to Navajo
• Yaqui, O’odham history and sovereignty in the borderlands
• ‘Homecoming’: Pueblo of Acoma set to reclaim sacred item
• Cherokee Nation celebrates grand opening of largest tribal outpatient health center in country
• How an Arrow Lakes elk hunt became a case of tribal recognition