http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2018-2019update.html
The following cases recently were denied review:
- Carter v. Sweeney (Civil Rights Act)
- Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke (Land into Trust; Jurisdiction)
- Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States (Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act- Income)
- Jim v. United States (Federal Taxation)
- Allergan, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Patents)
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2019.html
Mary Dominique v. Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise and Scooter A Long, LLC. (Personal Injury)
Allen Russell II v. Laureen Yellow Hammer/Combs (Child Custody)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
United States v. Smith (Assimilative Crimes Act; Indian Country Crimes Act)
Kim R. Jim v. Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc. (Indian Tribe - Definition of)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2019.html
State v. Roy (Sentencing)
In re Radience K. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Active Efforts)
People in Interest of L.R.B., S.B.B., and K.B.B. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Transfer to Tribal Court)
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
- Improving justice and avoiding colonization in managing climate change related disasters: A case study of Alaska Native villages.
- The Race Horse that wouldn't die: On Herrera v. Wyoming.
- Protecting native women from violence: Fostering state-tribal relations and the shortcomings of the Violence Against Women Act of 2013.
- What the future may hold for victims of domestic and sexual violence without the Violence Against Women Act.
- New York's quest for jurisdiction over Indian lands.
- New York State's recent judicial collaboration with Indigenous partners: The story of New York's federal-state-tribal courts and Indian Nations Justice Forum.
- The origins and evolution of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
- Thomas Indian School.
- The causal effect: Implications of chronic underfunding in school systems on the Navajo reservation.
- When tribal disenrollment becomes cruel and unusual.
- The dark side of tribal sovereign immunity: The gap between law and remedy.
- Legal pluralism and indigenous peoples rights: Challenges in litigation and recognition of indigenous peoples rights.
- Privatizing the reservation?
- Partially tribal land: The case for limiting state eminent domain power under 25 USC 357.
- The unlikely duo that shocked the intellectual property world and why the Supreme Court was the chosen one to restore balance.
- Defining 'Indian.'
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article about an effort to form Alaska's first official inter-tribal court system.
Legislation Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
S.2961: The Samish Indian Land Reaffirmation Act.
H.R.2579: Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2019.
Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2019.html
One of the items we cover this week includes a notice of the National Park Service regarding tribal consultation to obtain input from Tribes on proposed changes to regulations governing the National Register of Historic Places.
