NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 4/25

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2018-2019update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in this case on 1/14/19:
Carter v. Sweeney (Indian Child Welfare Act)
 
Petitions were denied in:
Wilson v. Horton’s Towing, et al. (Forfeiture)
McNeal, et ux. v. Navajo Nation (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Jurisdiction)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Gingras v. Think Finance, Inc. (Lending; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
Duanna Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians; Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Court; Patricia R. Lenzi (Jurisdiction; Loans)
James Clay and Audrey Osceola v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Tribal Sales Tax)
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. David Bernhardt (Land into Trust)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2019.html
Navajo Nation v. Department of Child Safety (Indian Child Welfare Act - Expert Witnesses)
People in Interest of E.T. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Expert Witnesses; Indian Child Welfare Act - Transfer to Tribal Court)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2019.html
Deidra M. Scruggs v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (Personal Injury)
Gibson v. Colville Confederated Tribes (Jurisdiction; Employment; Immunity)
Jennifer Nolan v. Celia Paul and Barry Collins (Child Custody)
Melissa Williams v. Colville Confederated Tribes (Judges - Recusal)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2019.html

• Rising tides, rising obligations: enforcing tribal trust responsibility for climate change mitigation.
• Deserving a place at the table: Effecting change in substantive environmental procedures in Indian Country.
• Crossing state lines: The Trojan horse invasion of rent-a-bank and rent-a-tribe schemes in modern usury law.
• Law, cultural, heritage, and climate change in the United States.
• A comparative analysis: Legal and historical analysis of protecting indigenous cultural rights involving land disputes in Japan, New Zealand, and Hawai'i.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Environment & Energy section, we feature an article about tribal regulation of single-use plastics.