April 1, 2016

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/1


Great Seal of the Tohono O'Odham Nation

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2015-2016update.html
Petition was denied for Alaska v. Organized Village of Kake, Alaska, et al. (Administrative Law) on 3/28/16. Petition was filed in Shinnecock Indian Nation v. New York (Laches; Due Process; Takings) on 3/25/16.

U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2016cta.html
Arizona v. Tohono O'odham Nation (Gaming Compact - Authority to Conduct Gaming)

U.S. Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2016dct.html
United States v. White Plume (Controlled Substances Act - Marijuana/Hemp)
New Mexico ex rel. State Engineer v. Aamodt (Water Rights Settlements)
Smith v. Western Sky Financial, LLC (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
State v. Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Child Support)
In re Doe (Indian Child Welfare Act - Termination of Tribal Rights)
Wells Fargo Bank, Nat. Ass'n v. Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
We feature a couple of articles in the Tribal Government section regarding a tribal court child support order case.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
We feature a notice of the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding consultation sessions on a draft policy that will address contract support costs incurred by tribes under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act self-determination contracts and self-governance funding agreements.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
One of the new articles added is about a current U.S. Supreme Court case relating to uncounseled tribal court convictions in state or federal prosecution.