March 20, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/20


Photo of the front of the U.S. Supreme Court building

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Harvey, et al., v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies) on 3/7/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • Tribal lending and tribal sovereignty.
  • Beyond trademark: The Washington Redskins case and the search for dignity.
  • International Indigenous economic law.
Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company (Rights-of Way; Trespass)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section we feature an article about an NCAI five-year report on tribal nations exercising the Violence Against Women Act.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.5317: To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

March 15, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/15

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • Justice for Native Nations: Insights from legal pluralism.
  • GMOs, International law, and Indigenous peoples.
  • May the spirit of section 106 yet prevail?: Recognizing the environmental elements of Native American intangible cultural heritage.
Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html  
  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Lambert (Impeachment)
  • Apachito v. Navajo Election Administration (Elections)
  • Northern Edge Casino v. Window Rock District Court (Personal Injury)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State v. Zack (Jurisdiction)

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
The Department of the Interior has issued a notice relating to a list of programs eligible for inclusion in funding agreements negotiated with self-governance tribes. 

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature a couple of articles about Congressional efforts to battle opioid addiction in Indian Country. 

Mashpee Wampanoag
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
  • S. 2514: PACED Act (Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs) [bill to abrogate tribal sovereign immunity]
  • S. 2545: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians.
  • H.R.5244: To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes.

March 8, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/8

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Osage Wind, LLC, et al. v. United States (Mining; Surface Estate; Mineral Estate) on 3/2/18.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • "Animals may take pity on us": Using traditional tribal beliefs to address animal abuse and family violence within tribal nations.
  • Affirming a pragmatic development of tribal jurisprudential principles.
  • Public lands, conservation, and the possibility of justice.
  • Affirming a pragmatic development of tribal jurisprudential principles.
  • Traditional problems: How tribal same-sex marriage bans threaten tribal sovereignty.
  • Close to zero: The reliance on minimum blood quantum requirements to eliminate tribal citizenship in the Allotment Acts and the post-adoptive couple challenges to the constitutionality of ICWA.
  • Sufficiently criminal ties: Expanding VAWA criminal jurisdiction for Indian tribes.
  • When Patents are sovereigns: The competitive harms of leasing tribal immunity.

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In Re M.J. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Termination of Parental Rights; Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Perkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Federal Income Tax)
Stand Up for California! v. United States Department of Interior (Land into Trust; Federal Vacancies Reform Act)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Environment & Energy section, we feature an article about a gas lease sale near Chaco Canyon.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
  • H.R.5140: To make improvements to the Account for the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis to improve tribal health. 
  • H.R.5172: To assist Indian tribes in maintaining, expanding, and deploying broadband systems.