Top Turtle Talk Posts for First Half of 2014

Here:

President Obama’s Statement on the Passing of Billy Frank Jr.

9th Circuit’s Decision in Big Lagoon Case Spells Trouble (breakdown)

Bay Mills Opinion First Impressions — Dodging the Biggest Bullet Since Worcester

related: SCOTUS Affirms in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Leadership Dispute

Press Release: “Keweenaw Bay Indian Community stands 500 strong at Eagle Mine Court of Appeals Hearing”

Nooksack Tribal Language Teacher Sues Tribal Officials for Wrongful Termination

related: Nooksack COA Rules against Nooksack Disenrollees

Federal Court Denies South Dakota Motion to Dismiss, Certifies Class in ICWA Class Action

Summary Judgment Briefs in Cherokee Freedmen Matter

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Alaska v. Jewell — Alaska Subsistence Rights

Federal Court Holds Little River Band Cannot Prosecute Tribal Member Crimes on Tribe-Owned Fee Land Outside of Indian Country

 

 

 

TWO MILLION Turtle Talk Hits

Well, according to WordPress’s counter.  Miigwetch everyone!

Guess which one of these publications was the inspiration for our name!

Turtle Talk #19 in Law Professor Blog Rankings

Here. Moving up from 25th (here).

2011 Top Ten Indian Law Stories

Here you go. Methodology, if it could be called that, is a mixture of how many times a post or series of posts was “hit” and a little common sense. That last part means we won’t count Ms. Canada’s outfit in the Ms. Universe contest. We did consider the results of the poll from last month on the biggest story (a poll that didn’t include the Supreme Court cases from the 2010 Term, incidentally). Last year’s top ten list is here.

  1. Tribal membership disenrollments (including the Cherokee Freedmen): here and here and here and here.
  2. United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation: here and here and here.
  3. Cobell v. Salazar settlement appeal: here and here.
  4. Salazar/Gun Lake Band v. Patchak: here and here and here.
  5. Muscogee Criminal Prosecution Authority in Fife v. Moore: here.
  6. Chickasaw Nation v. NLRB: here.
  7. Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Salazar/Arctic Slope Native Assn. v. Sebelius: here and here.
  8. United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation: here and here.
  9. Amerind Insurance v. Malaterre: here and here.
  10. Violence against American Indian women: here and here and here and here.

Honorable mentions: Saginaw Chippewa v. NLRB (here and here); DOJ Procedures for Requesting Federal Reassumption of Criminal Jurisdiction in PL280 States (here); Judge Lamberth Enjoins PACT Act in Gordon v. Holder (here); Illinois Disciplinary Action against former Little River Band attorney (here); Dispute over gaming license review in Wells Fargo v. Maynahonah (here); Ute Mountain Ute tax dispute with Utah (here and here); Cherokee ICWA decision, Nielson v. Ketchum (here and here); Yakama Indian Nation v. Holder (here); Crowe & Dunlevy PC v. Stidham (here); Wells Fargo v. Lake of the Woods (here).

Turtle Talk Ranked 25/26 in Law Prof Blawg Rankings (Most Views/Most Visits)

Here are the rankings from Tax Prof Blog. The rankings go from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. This ranking uses Sitemeter, which we didn’t install until mid-August 2010.

We had 379,962 page views, ranking us 25th.

And we had 243,519 page visits, ranking us 26th.

600,000 Hits on Turtle Talk!!!!

Actually, it was a couple days ago….

Turtle Talk Hits Half Million Views

Sometime this afternoon, we’ll reach 500,000 hits after about 28 months of operation.

Chi-miigwetch to all of you for showing an interest in our little toy, and especially to those who send warm thoughts our way about the blog.

Matthew, Wenona, Kate, and the rest.

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