U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 6/20/18.
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
- Through a Federal Habeas Corpus glass, darkly- Who is entitled to effective assistance of counsel in tribal court under ICRA and how will we know if they got it?
- Tribal sovereignty and the recognition power.
- Twenty-five years later: The amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act and Tribal Consultation.
- Foreign-Trade zones in Indian Country: Is a foreign-trade zone right for your tribe?
- Silence is anything but golden: Laws of general applicability in Indian Country.
- Alvarez v. Lopez: The Ninth Circuit overextends Congress's intended use of plenary powers with its interpretation of the ICRA jury provision.
- Lessons from relocations past: Climate change, tribes, and the need for pragmatism in community relocation planning.
- Water exchanges: Arizona's most recent innovation in Water Law and Policy.
- Ensuring Arizona's future today: The Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan and its implementation in Arizona.
- Overcoming constitutional obstacles to the resolution of general stream adjudications.
- Retail Canyon: The failure of Environmental Law within an American treasure.
- The ubiquitous ubiety of Native American Law.
- An overview of practicing American Indian Criminal Law in Federal, State, and Tribal Courts, and an update about recent expansion of criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians.
- Data sovereignty and the Tribal Law and Order Act.
- The effect of state marijuana legalization on tribes: One tribe's unexpected journey.
- A former tribal leader's thoughts on serving tribal clients.
- NHPA 106 Consultation: A primer for tribal advocates.
- Conquering injustice: An analysis of sexual violence in Indian Country and the Oliphant gap in tribal jurisdiction.
- Patchak v. Zinke (16-498).
- The National Historic Preservation Act: An inadequate attempt to protect the cultural and religious sites of Native nations.
- Why try to change me now?: The basis for the 2016 Indian Child Welfare Act Regulations.
- Highway culverts, salmon runs, and the Stevens Treaties: A century of litigating Pacific Northwest Tribal Fishing Rights.
- Do borders make a difference behind bars? The scope of prisoners' free exercise of religion protection in Canada and the United States.
- A view from American courts: The year in Indian Law 2017.
- Resources for relocation: In search of a coherent Federal policy on resettling climate-vulnerable communities.
- Implementing the Federal Trust Responsibility to Indians after President Nixon's 1970 message to Congress on Indian Affairs: Reminiscences of Reid Peyton Chambers.
- The State, the Tribe, and the ugly: The Ninth Circuit stakes a bad claim on Indian Land for tribal civil jurisdiction over nonmembers in Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves.
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Chinook Indian Nation v. Zinke (Federal Recognition)
State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In re C.A. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Application of)
News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature a couple of articles relating to an effort to nullify a tribal water rights settlement deal.
U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bill was added:
H.R.6124: To amend Title II of the Social Security Act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian tribal council members, and for other purposes.
