National Indian Law Library Bulletin (8/16/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 8/16/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)

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

• Addressing the opioid crisis in Indian Country with a Parens Patriae action in tribal court.

• Return to Worcester: Dollar General and the restoration of tribal jurisdiction to protect Native women and children.

• Punishment in Indian Country: Ironies of Federal punishment of Native Americans.

• The negative effects of confusion over collateral agreements under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Which agreements need review?

Tribal Courts Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Gilliland v. Cherokee Nation (Criminal Jurisdiction)

Federal Courts Bulletin

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

Gila River Indian Community v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Health Care Costs – Veterans)

United States v. King Mountain Tobacco Company, Inc. (Federal Excise Taxation – Tobacco Products)

Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town v. United States (Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act – Trust Funds)

McCoy v. Salish Kootenai College, Inc. (Tribal Colleges – Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin

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

Drabik v. Thomas (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

Matter of A.P. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Notice)

Matter of D.E. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Termination of Parental Rights)

News Bulletin

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

In the Intergovernmental section, we feature articles about impact of next Supreme Court nominee on Native American rights.

Regulatory Bulletin

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

We feature a request for comments on subsistence taking of Northern Fur Seals on the Pribilof Islands from the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (8/8/2018)

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

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

  • Dismantling monuments.
  • Native American reproductive health law–Reproductive Justice: The politics of healthcare for Native American women. [Book Review]
  • Tribal sovereign immunity at the patent and trademark office.
  • Standing Rock in the swamp: Oil, the environment, and the United Houma Nation’s struggle for federal recognition.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Carter v. Tahsuda (Indian Child Welfare Act – Constitutionality)
State of California v. Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel (Gaming; Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act)
Northern Natural Gas Company v. 80 Acres of Land in Thurston County (Utilities; Rights-of-Way – Condemnation)
Wilhite v. Awe Kualawaache Care Center (Jurisdiction; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State v. George (Jurisdiction)
Cayuga Nation v. Campbell (Official Tribal Government)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about a study on the changing scope of Native American groundwater rights.

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

  • S.2850: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2020 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
  • H.R.6510: To establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Education, and for other purposes.
  • S.3269: A bill to establish the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.
  • S.3280: A bill to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat human trafficking within Indian lands and of Indians.
  • H.R.6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018. (See Title IX)
  • H.Res.1037: Recognizing the 29th anniversary of the Tribal Canoe Journey of the Tribal Nations of the Pacific Northwest and congratulating the Puyallup Tribe of Indians for hosting the 2018 Power Paddle to Puyallup.
  • H.R.6647: To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to increase the civil monetary penalties for failure to follow the processes established by that Act, and for other purposes.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (7/25/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/24/18.

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

  • Access to justice: Impact of Twombly Iqbal on state court systems.
  • Intellectual property, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions in Native American tribal codes.
  • Atmospheric trust litigation: Securing a constitutional right to a stable climate system.
  • Beyond Dakota Access Pipeline: Energy development and imperative for meaningful tribal consultation.
  • Here today, gone tomorrow — Is global climate change another white man’s trick to get Indian land? The role of treaties in protecting tribes as they adapt to climate change.
  • For a lump of coal & a drop of oil: An environmentalist’s critique of the Trump administration’s first year of energy policies.
  • Environmental justice in the United States: The human right to water.
Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Gabriel v. Colville Business Council (Tribal Government – Expulsion of Council Member)
Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Navajo Nation v. Dalley (Slip and Fall; Jurisdiction; Gaming)
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Inter Partes Review; Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Patent Law)
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Uranium Mining; Cultural Resources Protection)
Stand up for California! v. United States Department of the Interior (Gaming; Administrative Procedures Act)
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Sattgast (State Taxation)
News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature an article about Native American homelessness.
Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature notice of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, relating to Indian entities recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.6414: To amend title 23, United States Code, to extend the deadline for promulgation of regulations under the tribal transportation self-governance program.
S.3216: Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (7/12/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/12/18.

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

  • American colonialism and constitutional redemption.
  • An analysis of the lack of protection for intangible tribal cultural property in the digital age.
  • The Trump public lands revolution: Redefining “the public” in public land law.
  • Global water crisis and human rights: A glass half empty.
  • The untold story of the Dakota Access Pipeline: How politics almost undermined the rule of law.
  • The distributive state and the function of tax expenditures.
  • Congressional power and sovereignty in Indian affairs.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma v. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State of North Dakota v. Peltier (Child Support – Concurrent Jurisdiction)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about a dispute between Maine tribes and the EPA over water quality rules.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature notices of the Department of the Interior relating to leasing regulations under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act of 2012 (HEARTH Act) for two tribes.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.6147: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (7/6/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 7/6/18.

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

  • The potential effects of Strugeon v. Frost on Alaska Native corporations.
  • Federal Indian Law — First Circuit Court of Appeals clarifies Penobsoct Nation’s reservation boundary — Penobscot Nation v. Mills, 861 F.3D 324 (1st Cir. 2017).
  • “Ask me no questions”: The struggle for disclosure of cultural and genetic resource utilization in design.
  • Presidential authority to revoke or reduce national monument designations.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Ho-Chunk, Inc. v. Sessions (Contraband Cigarettes Trafficking Act; Tribal Corporations)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State v. Nobles (Criminal Jurisdiction)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature an article about a current land-trust case.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (6/28/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/28/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was granted in Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den (State Taxation) on 6/25/18.
Petition for certiorari was granted in Herrera v. Wyoming (Treaty Hunting Rights) on 6/28/18.
Petitions for certiorari were denied in Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming, et al. and Northern Arapaho Tribe, et al. v. Wyoming, et al. (Reservation Diminishment) and in Sharp Image Gaming, Inc. v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Indian Gaming Commission – Collateral Agreements) on 6/25/18.

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

  • Polar opposites: Assessing the state of environmental law in the world’s polar regions.

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Spurr v. Spurr (Harassment – Personal Protection Order)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
Matter of IW (Indian Child Welfare Act – Expert Witnesses)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article about U.S. Supreme Court end of term action on Native American law cases.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (6/22/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/22/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 6/20/18.

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

  • Through a Federal Habeas Corpus glass, darkly- Who is entitled to effective assistance of counsel in tribal court under ICRA and how will we know if they got it?
  • Tribal sovereignty and the recognition power.
  • Twenty-five years later: The amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act and Tribal Consultation.
  • Foreign-Trade zones in Indian Country: Is a foreign-trade zone right for your tribe?
  • Silence is anything but golden: Laws of general applicability in Indian Country.
  • Alvarez v. Lopez: The Ninth Circuit overextends Congress’s intended use of plenary powers with its interpretation of the ICRA jury provision.
  • Lessons from relocations past: Climate change, tribes, and the need for pragmatism in community relocation planning.
  • Water exchanges: Arizona’s most recent innovation in Water Law and Policy.
  • Ensuring Arizona’s future today: The Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan and its implementation in Arizona.
  • Overcoming constitutional obstacles to the resolution of general stream adjudications.
  • Retail Canyon: The failure of Environmental Law within an American treasure.
  • The ubiquitous ubiety of Native American Law.
  • An overview of practicing American Indian Criminal Law in Federal, State, and Tribal Courts, and an update about recent expansion of criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians.
  • Data sovereignty and the Tribal Law and Order Act.
  • The effect of state marijuana legalization on tribes: One tribe’s unexpected journey.
  • A former tribal leader’s thoughts on serving tribal clients.
  • NHPA 106 Consultation: A primer for tribal advocates.
  • Conquering injustice: An analysis of sexual violence in Indian Country and the Oliphant gap in tribal jurisdiction.
  • Patchak v. Zinke (16-498).
  • The National Historic Preservation Act: An inadequate attempt to protect the cultural and religious sites of Native nations.
  • Why try to change me now?: The basis for the 2016 Indian Child Welfare Act Regulations.
  • Highway culverts, salmon runs, and the Stevens Treaties: A century of litigating Pacific Northwest Tribal Fishing Rights.
  • Do borders make a difference behind bars? The scope of prisoners’ free exercise of religion protection in Canada and the United States.
  • A view from American courts: The year in Indian Law 2017.
  • Resources for relocation: In search of a coherent Federal policy on resettling climate-vulnerable communities.
  • Implementing the Federal Trust Responsibility to Indians after President Nixon’s 1970 message to Congress on Indian Affairs: Reminiscences of Reid Peyton Chambers.
  • The State, the Tribe, and the ugly: The Ninth Circuit stakes a bad claim on Indian Land for tribal civil jurisdiction over nonmembers in Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Chinook Indian Nation v. Zinke (Federal Recognition)

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

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature a couple of articles relating to an effort to nullify a tribal water rights settlement deal.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html

The following bill was added:
H.R.6124: To amend Title II of the Social Security Act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian tribal council members, and for other purposes.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (6/14/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/14/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Citizen Potawatomi Nation v. Oklahoma (Indian Gaming – Arbitration) on 5/30/18.
A Per Curium Opinion was issued in Washington v. U.S. on 6/11/18.

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

  • Rejecting the Zero-Sum game in daily fantasy sports: A proposal for Arizona.
  • The Supreme Court’s last 30 years of Federal Indian Law: Looking for equilibrium or supremacy?
  • Valuable lessons to learn from Tribal innovation.
  • The rapidly increasing extraction of oil, and Native Women, in North Dakota.
  • Statutory divestiture of Tribal Sovereignty.
  • Breaking faith with the Tribal Sovereignty Doctrine.
  • The puzzle of traditional knowledge.
  • Tribes and Cannabis: Seeking parity with States and consultation and agreement from the U.S. Government.
  • Lewis v. Clarke (15-1500).
  • DAPL: Storm clouds on the horizon in Indian Country.
  • The Volkswagen Settlement: An opportunity for Tribes to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions in Indian Country.
  • Domestic Violence.
  • Indian Nations and The Constitution.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
United States v. Jim (Gaming Revenue Distributions; Taxation)
California v. Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California (Official Tribal Government)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
White v. Schneiderman (Cigarette Taxation)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article about a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upholds protections for salmon.

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

  • H.R.6030: Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act.
  • S.3046: Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2018.
  • H.R.3744: Tribal Recognition Act of 2017.
  • S.1285: Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act.

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, regarding the new list of designated tribal agents for service of notice in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (5/29/18)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 5/29/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

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

A decision was published in Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren (Tribal Sovereign Immunity) on 5/21/18.

Petition for certiorari was granted in Royal v. Murphy (Reservation Boundaries) on 5/21/18.

Petition for certiorari was filed in Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe, et al. (Treaty Fishing Rights) on 5/21/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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

• Establishing the denominator: The challenges of measuring multiracial, Hispanic, and Native American populations.

• Counting America’s first peoples.

• Accountability or merely “good words”? An analysis of tribal consultation under The National Environmental Policy Act and The National Historic Preservation Act.

• Consenting to dispossession: The problematic heritage and complex future of consultation and consent of Indigenous peoples.

• Cultural heritage protection and sacred spaces: Considering alternative approaches from within the human rights framework.

• Federal Indian Reserved Water Rights and the No Harm Rule.

• The puzzle of traditional knowledge.

• Protecting cultural rights in the South Pacific Islands: Using UNESCO and marine protected areas to plan for climate change.

• “Indian” as a political classification: Reading the tribe back into the Indian Child Welfare Act.

• Policy considerations and implications in United States v. Bryant.

• Presidential authority and the Antiquities Act.

• The controversy over permit-exempt wells in Washington.

• “With the Indian tribes”: Race, citizenship, and original constitutional meanings.

• Presidential authority and the Antiquities Act.

• Standing together: How the Federal government can protect the tribal cultural resources of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Federal Courts Bulletin

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

Mono County v. Walker River Irrigation District (Tribal Water Rights)

United States v. Walker River Irrigation District (Tribal Water Rights)

Fawn Cain, Tanya Archer and Sandi Ovitt v. Salish Kootenai College, Inc. (Tribal Colleges; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

FSS Development CO., LLC v. Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (Indian Gaming; Diversity Jurisdiction)

State Courts Bulletin

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

In re Williams (Michigan Indian Family Protection Act)

People In Interest of I.B.-R. (Indian Child Welfare Act – Notice)

News Bulletin

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

In the Health & Welfare section, we feature an article about a U.S. Congressional bill to combat Native American veteran homelessness.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html

The following bills were added:

• S.Res.529: A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2018, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.

• S.2943: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt Indian tribal governments and other tribal entities from the employer health coverage mandate during the time the employer health coverage mandate exists.

• H.R.5847: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve recruitment and retention of employees in Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, and for other purposes.

• S.2907: A bill to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal lands in the State of New Mexico.

• H.R.5911: To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife oil and gas program, and for other purposes.

National Indian Law Library Bulletin (5/17/2018)

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The National Indian Law Library added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 5/17/18.

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 5/11/18.

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
McClellan v. Grand Traverse Band Election Board and Petoskey (Tribal Elections)
Petoskey and Robert v. Grand Traverse Band Election Board (Tribal Elections)

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

  • The 2017 Tax Act and Settlement Trusts [Alaska Law].
  • Review: A new legal resource for Alaska.
  • Breaking barriers to renewable energy production in the North American Arctic.
  • “At Bears Ears we can hear the voices of our ancestors in every canyon on every mesa top”: The creation of the first native national monument.
  • The small but powerful voice in American elections: A discussion of voting rights litigation on behalf of American Indians.
  • Bears Ears: National monument or national controversy?
  • Rebuilding trust? The Sand Creek Massacre and the Federal-Tribal Trust Relationship in Flute v. United States.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Alvin Van Pelt III v. Todd Giesen (Indian Civil Rights Act – Due Process)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
Matter of Dependency of M.-A. F.-S. (Indian Child Welfare Act; Best Interests of the Child)
Matter of Welfare of S.R.K. (Indian Child Welfare Act; Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act; Expert Testimony)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Economic Development section, we feature articles about the possible impacts of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding sports gaming.