Indian Law Bulletins Updated 9/16/2026

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

One petition for certiorari was filed 9/11/26:

• North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc., dba Crypto.com v. Nevada (26-344) (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)

One petition for certiorari was filed 9/10/26:

• Robinhood Derivatives, LLC v. Dreitzer (26-338) (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)

Federal Courts Bulletin

• Holl, et al. v. Avery, et al. (subject matter jurisdiction; Tribal sovereign immunity)
• Yielding, et al. v. United States (Tribal membership)
• Erwine v. Westbrook, et al. (Tribal sovereign immunity)
• Ho-Chunk Nation v. Kalshi Inc., et al. (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Tribal jurisdiction)
• Webster v. PHI Health LLC (Title VII - discrimination; Section 1981)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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• Framing restorative environmental justice.
• The last slavery: The Navajo Nation, the federal government and the legal history of Indian captivity in the Reconstruction Southwest.
• A matter of trust: American Indian education and the federal trust responsibility.
• The personhood of nature: A strategy for Indigenous-led environmental protection.
• Restoring inaawendewin to the trust relationship.
• The trust responsibility is a promise best kept.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• ‘Echoes of the past’: repatriations of three Fort Peck children bring joy, tears
• Montana drops bison lawsuit against Yellowstone National Park
• Michigan Tribes file request to overturn state permits for Line 5 tunnel
• Most Utahns want Trump’s cuts to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase reversed, survey finds
• Supreme Court blocks Trump administration’s effort to restrict mail voting ahead of midterms

Announcements

• Join the Tribal Supreme Court Project for the TSCP 25th Anniversary Colloquium on Indian Law Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Practice on Friday, September 18, 2026, 8am-3pm in Washington D.C. at the Eaton DC hotel. Come together with esteemed professors, judges, and practitioners to discuss the current state of Indian law jurisprudence, emerging legal issues, and Supreme Court practice and strategy. Visit the Tribal Supreme Court Project website for tickets and more information.
• The Native American Rights Fund has partnered with ZRG Aspen Leadership Group in the search for a Chief Operating Officer. You may view the position prospectus or submit an application at Aspen Leadership Group's website.

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 9/9/2026

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

One petition for certiorari was filed 9/2/26:

• Flaherty v. KalshiEX, LLC (26-299) (2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Commodity Futures Trading Commission)

Federal Courts Bulletin

• Yurok Tribe v. City of Trinidad, et al. (subject matter jurisdiction; Tribal sovereign immunity)
• WPX Energy Williston, LLC v. Fettig, et al. (jurisdiction over non-members; Tribal jurisdiction)
• The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al. (Administrative Procedure Act (APA); Tribal property)
• Luger, et al. v. United States (subject matter jurisdiction; Tribal law)
• Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. Havasu Water Company, et al. (Tribal property)

Tribal Courts Bulletin

• Long v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Tribal law)

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin

• H.R.10208 - To provide for the continued use of certain trust land in San Diego County for healthcare purposes.
• H.R.10232 - To prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
• H.R.10306 - Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025 / To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin

• Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage for New or Modified Minor Source Stone Quarrying, Crushing, and Screening Facilities in Indian Country (EPA)
• Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage for New or Modified Minor Source Concrete Batch Plants in Indian Country (EPA)
• Publication of Notification of Coverage Under the Air Quality Permit by Rule for New or Modified True Minor Source Gasoline Dispensing Facilities in Indian Country for Costco Fuel Facility, Location No. 1834 (EPA)
• Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage for New or Modified Minor Source Hot Mix Asphalt Plants in Indian Country (EPA)
• Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Southern Ute Mancos Shale Development, La Plata County, CO (Interior)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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• Forum and fact: Navigating Tribal jurisdiction and jury proceedings.
• Native Marburys: Judicial review in Tribal courts.
• Unraveling the international law of colonialism - The Doctrine of Discovery.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• Federal court strikes down education department policy requiring green cards for Jay Treaty students
• Line 5 remains shut down, weeks after an accident damaged the pipeline in Wisconsin
• Navajo Nation moves to claim its data as 'inalienable' property as AI anxiety grows
• Patagonia, Tribes and conservationists reopen suit to block Utah national monuments reduction
• ‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without Tribal consultation

Announcements

• Join the Tribal Supreme Court Project for the TSCP 25th Anniversary Colloquium on Indian Law Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Practice on Friday, September 18, 2026, 8am-3pm in Washington D.C. at the Eaton DC hotel. Come together with esteemed professors, judges, and practitioners to discuss the current state of Indian law jurisprudence, emerging legal issues, and Supreme Court practice and strategy. Visit the Tribal Supreme Court Project website for tickets and more information.
• The Native American Rights Fund has partnered with ZRG Aspen Leadership Group in the search for a Chief Operating Officer. You may view the position prospectus or submit an application at Aspen Leadership Group's website.

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 9/2/2026

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

One petition for certiorari was filed 8/26/26:

• Wahpekeche v. Rogers (26-5447) (criminal jurisdiction; reservation diminishment)

Federal Courts Bulletin

• Rourke-Rodriguez, et al. v. United States Department of Education, et al. (treaty rights - Jay Treaty; Administrative Procedure Act (APA))
• Sharits, et al. v. Dernier, et al. (Tribal lending; Tribal sovereign immunity)
• Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, et al. v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington, et al. (hunting and fishing rights)
• White Sand Lake Association Inc., et al. v. Johnson, et al. (Tribal jurisdiction; resource management)
• KalshiEX, LLC v. Assad, et al. (Commodity Exchange Act (CEA); Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA))
• Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo v. City Of El Paso (Tribal property; subject matter jurisdiction)
• Saiz v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, et al. (Tribal sovereign immunity; subject matter jurisdiction)
• Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians v. Newsom, et al. (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); subject matter jurisdiction)
• Pueblo of San Felipe v. Haaland, et al. (Tribal property; subject matter jurisdiction)

State Courts Bulletin

• In re A.H. (Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA))
• Tanuk S. v. Department of Family & Community Services, Office of Children's Services (Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA))

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin

• H.R.10205 - To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a budgetary Tribal Government consultation process at the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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• Indian Nations' economic development and the SBA 8(a) program.
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta leaves a dangerous wake: What the added layer of state criminal jurisdiction means for Tribal sovereignty and public safety in Indian Country.
• Restoring the full waterway bundle (part I): A reckoning for Indigenous title to submerged lands.
• Tribal law interpretations of justice and justiciability.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• Tribes challenge transfer of Native education programs
• Feds suspend permit for road construction through Alaska wildlife refuge, amid legal questions
• ‘We will get it done’: 175 years in, Chinook Indian Nation is still fighting for federal recognition
• National Congress of American Indians urges Tribes to advocate against proposed changes to National Historic Preservation Act regulations
• Tribes forced to re-argue successful challenge of discriminatory North Dakota legislative map

Announcements

• Join the Tribal Supreme Court Project for the TSCP 25th Anniversary Colloquium on Indian Law Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Practice on Friday, September 18, 2026, 8am-3pm in Washington D.C. at the Eaton DC hotel. Come together with esteemed professors, judges, and practitioners to discuss the current state of Indian law jurisprudence, emerging legal issues, and Supreme Court practice and strategy. Visit the Tribal Supreme Court Project website for tickets and more information.
• The Native American Rights Fund has partnered with ZRG Aspen Leadership Group in the search for a Chief Operating Officer. You may view the position prospectus or submit an application at Aspen Leadership Group's website.