Navajo Nation

JOB OPENING: Navajo Nation seeks Government and Legislative Affairs Associate for Washington, D.C. Office

bryannewland

The Navajo Nation Washington Office seeks a motivated and experienced government and legislative affairs associate to join our team. As an integral part of the Navajo Nation’s advocacy team in the Nation’s capital, you will conduct, review and provide analysis and research on proposed and pending legislation and policy initiatives. You will draft budgetary and appropriations requests, legislative bills, policy proposals and position papers; prepare and provide detailed reports on the activities of Congress to the Nation; advocate and communicate extensively with Congress and federal agencies to provide briefings and background on the issues and positions of the Nation; analyze existing federal regulations to protect the interests of the Nation; analyze legislative, policy and budgetary initiatives developed by the federal government; provide reports to the Nation outlining the political and policy ramifications of these initiatives and provides strategic recommendations on how the Nation should address these initiatives.

Link to job posting here.

Navajo Nation DOJ Job Posting

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITION

TAX AND FINANCE UNIT

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is seeking an energetic and motivated Assistant Attorney General to manages a component “Tax and Finance Unit” The qualified applicant will provide legal advice and representation to various programs, departments and divisions of the Navajo Nation government, regarding a wide range of legal issues, including statutory and regulatory grounds for local authority, contract disputes and procurement issues, and intergovernmental relations.  Emphasis will be in the area of Tax, Retirement, Insurance, Finance and Office of Management and Budget.

Current active state bar licensure in any state is required, with the expectation that within a year of hire, the applicant will obtain licensure in the Navajo Nation as well as one of the following states: Arizona, New Mexico or Utah. Preferred qualifications are current membership in good standing in the Arizona, New Mexico, or Utah State Bar Association and the Navajo Nation Bar Association.

Please direct applicant packets consisting of (1) Letter of Interest with current address, telephone numbers, and e-mail address; (2) Navajo Nation employment application; (3) resume; (4) recent legal writing sample; (5) copy of bar membership certificates; and (6) law school graduation documents to Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Attention: Kandis Martine, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Human Services and Government Unit, P.O. Box 2010, Window Rock, AZ 86515, and to the Navajo Nation Department of Personnel Management, P.O. Box 7080, Window Rock, Arizona, 86515.

Please visit http://www.dpm.navajo-nsn.gov/jobs.html to obtain a copy of the Navajo Nation employment application.  This position number #202237 will soon be listed on the Navajo Nation’s Job Vacancy Announcement document.  Applications are currently being accepted.  For any questions, please contact Ethel B. Branch, Attorney General at 928/871-6345.

Job Posting: Navajo Nation Assistant Attorney General

Kate Fort

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The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is seeking an energetic and motivated Assistant Attorney General to manages a component “Tax and Finance Unit” The qualified applicant will provide legal advice and representation to various programs, departments and divisions of the Navajo Nation government, regarding a wide range of legal issues, including statutory and regulatory grounds for local authority, contract disputes and procurement issues, and intergovernmental relations. Emphasis will be in the area of Tax, Retirement, Insurance, Finance and Office of Management and Budget.

 

Unpublished California ICWA Notice Case and the Passive Voice

Kate Fort

Opinion here. Court reversed termination and remanded for notice to Navajo Nation.

Classic example of the passive voice here:

The responsibility for compliance with ICWA falls squarely and affirmatively on the court and the Department. (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 224.3, subd. (a); In re Antoinette S. (2002) 104 Cal.App.4th 1401, 1409.)3 Both Robert and the paternal grandmother stated that there was native American heritage in the family. As early as the detention hearing, the juvenile court ordered the Department to make the necessary inquiries and send the required notices. Thereafter, as everyone acknowledges, the ball was dropped.

NYTs Profile of Navajo Water Lady

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “On Parched Navajo Reservation, ‘Water Lady’ Brings Liquid Gold.”

We just came back from the Navajo Reservation:

Navajo

New Mexico Supreme Court Determines that Parcel Three of Fort Wingate on the Navajo Nation Reservation is Not Indian Country

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in State v. Steven B.:

NM SCT Opinion

Ninth Circuit Rejects Habeas Petition of Navajo Man Sentenced to Death

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here is the opinion in United States v. Mitchell.

Brief tk.

Federal Court Dismisses American Indian Arts and Crafts Act Claim for Lack of Article III Standing

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Native American Arts v. Peter Stone Co. (N.D. Ill.):

250 Peter Stone Motion for Summary J on Standing

267 Peter Stone Motion for Summary J

271-1 Native American Arts Motion for Summary J

279 Native American Arts Response to 250

281 Peter Stone Reply in Support of 250

323 DCT Order

NPR on Climate Change at Navajo

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Navajo Nation Witnesses Changing Landscape: Growing Sand Dunes.”

Navajo Nation Department of Justice Job Posting

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

ATTORNEY POSITION

LITIGATION AND EMPLOYMENT UNIT

NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

REISSUANCE May 20, 2015

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is seeking an energetic and motivated attorney to work in the newly formed Litigation and Employment Unit. The qualified applicant will focus on litigation for the Navajo Nation government before federal, Navajo Nation, and state courts and administrative tribunals in a variety of subject areas, including natural resources, public safety, and jurisdictional issues, with some work with Navajo Nation government programs advising and representing programs on labor and employment matters.

Current active state bar licensure in any state is required, with the expectation that within a year of hire, the applicant will obtain licensure in the Navajo Nation as well as one of the following states: Arizona, New Mexico or Utah.

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice gives employment preference as mandated by the Navajo Preference in Employment Act, 15 N.N.C. § 601, et seq.

Please direct applicant packets consisting of (1) Letter of Interest with current address, telephone numbers, and e-mail address; (2) Navajo Nation employment application; (3) resume; (4) recent legal writing sample; (5) copy of bar membership certificates; and (6) law school graduation documents to Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Attention: Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General, Litigation and Employment Unit, P.O. Box 2010, Window Rock, AZ 86515. Any questions, please contact Paul Spruhan at pspruhan@nndoj.org.