U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
A petition for certiorari was filed on 1/23/20:
Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt (Fee to Trust)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v. EPA (Cultural Resources; Trust Relationship)
- United States v. Cooley (Indian Civil Rights Act)
- Mann v. Mohr (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)
- JW Gaming Development, LLC v. James (Sovereign Immunity)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Gustafson v. Poitra (Tribal Jurisdiction)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Gustafson v. Poitra (Tribal Jurisdiction)
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
H.R.5673 - Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2020
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- 'An Indian is an Indian is an Indian': Tribes defend sovereignty amid attack on Indian Child Welfare Act
- 'It makes you really not like your people': #StopDisenrollment campaign returns amid rise in tribal removals
- Agua Caliente files new lawsuit against Coachella water districts
- Coastal erosion unites village of Kivalina and Louisiana tribes in UN complaint
- Washington state bill would makes Afros, braids protected hairstyles
- The State of South Dakota and the Sioux Tribes
- New North Dakota election chief disputes checkered past, looks to 'be responsive' to voter ID issues
- Oklahoma legislation seeks to prevent missing, murdered Native Americans
- Utah tribal leaders protest legislation aimed to keep Native American mascots
- Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe defends sovereignty in gaming case
