NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 9/12

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt (Land Into Trust)
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Noem (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following bills were recently proposed in the House:
H.R.4243 - Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples convenes hearing on #MMIW crisis
• 'A historic leap forward': ND tribes sign updated agreement with state over child welfare services
• US seeks dismissal of Native American tribes' lawsuit over Keystone Pipeline
• A 'sham': Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation being denied federal recognition
• Changing the Indian narrative in classrooms

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 9/4

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari is pending in:
California Trout v. Hoopa Valley Tribe (Clean Water Act; Water Rights)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
United States of America v. Jeffrey Antonio (Indian Pueblo Lands Act; Tribal Jurisdiction)
Rosita George v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following bills were recently proposed in the House:
H.R.4222 - Indigenous STEM Professional Development Act

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

• The need for federal legislation to address Native voter suppression
  
• Tribal data governance and informational privacy: Constructing "Indigenous data sovereignty"
  
• Applying Indigenous ecological knowledge for the protection of environmental commons: Case studies from Hawai'i for the benefit of "Island Earth."

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• Federal District Court affirms Yakama reservation's boundaries
• Oglala Sioux Tribe considers passing hate crime law
• Appeals court decision affirms tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians
• Scotts Valley Band sues Trump administration over homelands decision
• Editorial: It's important to understand Native Americans' long struggle for voting rights

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 8/28

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Navajo Nation v. Department of the Interior (Indian Water Rights; Federal Trust Relationship)
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Whitmer (Treaty Rights; Reservation Diminishment)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following bills were recently proposed in the House:
H.R.4188 - Native American Language Vitalization Act

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

• VAWA Reauthorization Act of 2013 and the continued legacy of violence against Indigenous women: A critical outsider jurisprudence perspective.
• Michigan marijuana laws: Michigan tribes can participate, but how?
• Partially tribal land: The case for limiting state eminent domain power under 25 USC 357.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• U's medical school in Duluth welcomes record number of Native students
• Keystone Pipeline's alternate route gets the go-ahead from Nebraska court
• Wyoming lawmakers propose fix to allow tribal IDs for voter registration
• Cherokee Nation picks representative for Congress, promised by US government nearly 200 years ago
• New program gives remote Native American tribes greater access to affordable electric vehicles