Federal Court Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Complaint against Tribal Police

Mostly.

Here is the slip opinion in Johnson v. Pottawatomie Tribal Police Dept. (D. Kan.): Johnson v Pottawatomi Tribal Police

Kansas Tribal Law and Governance Conference (Feb. 11-12)

Details here.

Agenda here.

Congressional Research Service Reports

If anyone out there wants to find out what “secret” reports Members of Congress and their staffers read when confronted with an Indian law question, check out some of these CRS reports, now starting to appear online.

Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview (2005)

United States v. Lara (2003)

IGRA: Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands (2006)

Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (2005)

Cobell (2005)

Contract Support Costs: Cherokee Nation v. Leavitt (2005)

NAGPRA (2005)

Adam Walsh Act (2007)

Native Hawaiian Recognition (2005)

There are more reports at http://www.opencrs.com/