September 19, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 9/19

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • HB-2951: Increasing services to report and investigate missing Native American women.
  • Exercising sovereignty through tribal courts.
  • Eluding the proper scope of federal jurisdiction: United States v. Johnny Smith and the Assimilative Crimes Act.
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, LTD. (Hazardous Waste)
Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Fleming (Indian Child Welfare Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In re Beers (Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act; Indian Child Welfare Act - Termination of Parental Right)

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News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Recognition and Enrollment section, we feature an article about Little Shell tribal recognition progress.


U.S. Legislation Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following resolution was added:
S.Res.631: A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Indian Civil Rights Act and voting rights for American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the country.

September 12, 2018

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

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • I see you- A story from the Haudenosaunee.
  • Indian Child Welfare Act annual case law update and commentary.
  • August 2016-August 2017 case law on American Indians.
  • CDIB: The role of the certificate of the degree of Indian blood in defining Native American legal identity.
  • Tribal Exclusion Authority: Its sovereign bases with recommendations for federal support.
  • Native American rights and adoption by non-Indian families: The manipulation and distortion of public opinion to overthrow ICWA.
  • Racial anxieties in adoption: Reflections on adoptive couple, white parenthood, and constitutional challenges to the ICWA.
Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Forest County Potawatomi Community v. United States (Gaming Compact - Approval)
Kialegee Tribal Town v. Zinke (Jurisdiction; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)
United States of America v. Uintah Valley Shoshone Tribe (Hunting and Fishing Rights)
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke (Lands; Gaming)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html
Moon v. Hoopa Valley Tribe (Employment - Wrongful Termination)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In re E.H. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Notice)

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News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Environment and Energy section, we feature an article a law suit filed by tribes against the Keystone XL pipeline permit.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
S.717: POWER Act. (See Sec.2 [B])
H.R.6728: To protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country.


September 5, 2018

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 9/5


Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html
  • Battle of the band: exploring the unconstitutionality of Section 2(A) of the Lanham Act and the fate of disparaging scandalous, and immoral trademarks in a consumer-driven market.
  • The new frontier of environmental preservation: The Antiquities Act.
Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Oneida Indian Nation v. United States Department of the Interior (Trademarks - Official Tribal Names)
Coriz v. Rodriguez, Acting Warden (Habeas Corpus; Indian Civil Rights Act)
Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Rhode Island Department of Transportation (National Historic Preservation Act)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
Gustafson v. Poitra (Lands; Jurisdiction)
Hands Off Bears Ears.

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Sacred Places section, we feature articles about limited tribal participation on a newly formed Bears Ears National Monument advisory committee, as well as featuring a story in the Environment and Energy section on abandoned and idle gas wells on Indian reservations.

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature a notice of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the publication of the Tribal Protocol Manual.