U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2014-2015update.html
Petition was filed in
Jensen v. EXC, Inc. (Jurisdiction, Non-Indian Fee Land) and in
Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Tribal-State Compacts).
U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2015cta.html
Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe (Gaming Compact, Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
Tulalip Tribes v. Suquamish Indian Tribe (Treaty Fishing Rights)
United States v. Zander (Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Tribal Government)
Pit River Tribe v. Bureau of Land Management (Geothermal Steam Act - Leases)
United States Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2015dct.html
Rassi v. Federal Program Integrators, LLC (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
Poarch Band of Creek Indians v. Hildreth (Property Tax, Trust Property)
Anderson v. Duran (Official Tribal Government, Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
Goodeagle v. U.S. (Individual Indian Money, Fiduciary Duty)
State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2015state.html
People v. Riley (Casinos, Commercial Bribery)
In re I.R. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Application)
News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In
the Health & Welfare section, we feature a couple of articles on
exempting tribes from the Affordable Care Act's large employer mandate.
Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2015fr.html
We
feature a notice of the Department of Agriculture regarding proposed
revision of directives on American Indian and Alaska Native relations
Forest Service manual.
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2015lr.html
We feature an article on the nature, reach, and sources of tribal law.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
One
bill has become law on July 7, 2015: To revoke the charter of
incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that
tribe, and for other purposes.
Eleven new bills were added:
H.R.3166: Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2015.
H.R.3270:
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian
tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with
certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
H.R.3271:
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation
leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged
or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
H.R.3211: To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
S.3252:
To provide grants to eligible entities to develop and maintain or
improve and expand before school, afterschool, and summer school
programs for Indian and Alaska Native students, and for other purposes.
S.1879: Interior Improvement Act.
S.1843:
A bill to enhance communication between Federal, State, tribal, and
local jurisdictions and to ensure the rapid and effective deportation of
certain criminal aliens.
S.1822: A bill to take certain Federal land
located in Tuolumne County, California, into trust for the benefit of
the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, and for other purposes.
H.R.3133:
Relating to certain Indian land-related takings claims of the Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and its
individual members.
H.R.3137: To reaffirm the trust status of land
taken into trust by the United States pursuant to the Act of June 18,
1934, for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized
on the date that the land was taken into trust, and for other purposes.
H.R.3172:
To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for
State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses
and burros, and for other purposes.
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