Indian Law Bulletins Updated 6/24

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petitions for certiorari were denied in two cases on 6/22/20:
Baley v. United States (Endangered Species Act; Water Rights)
Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt (Reservation Boundaries)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
Western Watersheds Project v. Bernhardt (Endangered Species Act; National Forest Management Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. K.L.B. and C.J. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

• H.R.7263 - To repeal the eighth proviso under Operation of Indian Programs of 1998 to restore Tribal sovereignty.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

• The canary in the coalmine--The tragic history of the U.S. government's policies toward Native peoples.
• Murphy v. NCAA and the legalization of sports betting in states and Indian Country.
• Piliʻōlelo: E Ahona Kānaka I Ke O‘a Kānāwai.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• Little Shell nationhood passes six month mark
• The power of California's Native American youth in the 2020 Census
• AZ tribes sue federal government over water quality rules
• Supreme Court winds down unusual term with tribal sovereignty case on docket
• Mishigamiing Journalism Project starts at Record-Eagle
• Blackfeet film takes home an Emmy
• Northern Arapaho woman beings campaign for state's sole U.S. House seat
• Why I removed Confederate monuments from the Cherokee Capitol Grounds
• Your road trip is not more important than Indian Country

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 6/17

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

• Solonex, LLC v. Bernhardt (Oil and Gas Leasing)
• Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States (Tribal Elections)
• Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (CARES Act)
• Lingenfelter v. Liptak (RLUIPA)
• Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham v. U.S. Bank National Association (Fraud)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

• H.R.7173 - To protect the status of lands held in trust for the benefit of federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.
• S.3937 - A bill to amend section 330C of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize special programs for Indians for providing services for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, and for other purposes.
• S.3948 - A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

• Indigenizing professional responsibility.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• Ruling cancels energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area
• A hospital's secret coronavirus policy separated Native American mothers from their newborns
• How the Yurok Tribe is reclaiming the Klamath River
• 'It's so important for our young people to vote'
• COVID-19 exposes inadequate funding levels at Indian Health Service
• Museum of Indian Arts and Culture puts curriculum on tribes online
• Man sentenced for stealing Ancestral Puebloan artifacts
• Iron Range board tables Fond du Lac water treatment funding over band's 'anti-mining' stances
• Navajo leaders lay out plan to spend relief funds, shield elderly from 'this monster'
• UC Berkeley has nearly 500,000 tribal artifacts and remains. It isn't giving them back quickly
• In Apache, we say ‘Ndąą Diłhił’í bi’idąą da’ilįį’ (Black Lives Matter)

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 6/10

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
United States v. Grote (Payday Lending; TILA)
Booker v. Plain Green, LLC. (Sovereign Immunity)
Elliot v. Snyder (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)
Gwitchyaa Zhee Corporation v. Bernhardt (ANCSA)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
In re M.W. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

• H.R.7092 - To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.
• H.R.7119 - To convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other purposes.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• A native perspective on shared political resistance and force
• Shoshone-Bannock transgender inmate makes history with legal fight
• Disparity, disease, and drinking water: COVID-19 and safe drinking water access in Indian Country
• U.S. Senate passes Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act
• Ruth Buffalo: 'We tripled...Native American women running' for North Dakota Legislature
• Prof Pommersheim talks checkpoints
• Ramos bill to acknowledge historic Native American presence moves to Senate
• Investigation reveals a consistent picture: 'It's really hard to vote in Indian Country'
• Pocatello attorney prevails in largest water rights case in Nevada history
• Mashpee Wampanoag: U.S. court 'stood up for justice'
• Shunning virus and Big Oil, Alaska tribe revives traditions

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 6/3

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

• Mdewakanton Band of Sioux in Minnesota v. Bernhardt (Federal Recognition)
• Navajo Health Foundation v. Razaghi Development Company, LLC (RICO)
• Yurok Tribe v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Endangered Species Act; Cultural Resources)
• Sxʷnq̓ʔels l Suw̓ečm / Ksukⱡiⱡmumaⱡ ʾA·kጦaⱡmukwaʾits d/b/a Energy Keepers Inc. v. Hyperblock LLC (Contract Breach)
• Ten Eyck v. United States (Sovereign Immunity; Federal Torts Claim Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
People in Interest of K.C. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

• H.R.7056 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Indian Health Services Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, and for other purposes.
• H.R.7080 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, community-based entities, and primary care and behavioral health organizations to address behavioral health needs caused by the public health emergency declared with respect to COVID-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/2020.html

• Immigration, plenary powers, and sovereignty talk: Then and now.
• Environmental federalism in Indian Country: Sovereignty, primacy, and environmental protection.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

• 'Am I cutting out again?': Missing and murdered task force off to shaky start amid COVID-19 challenges
• Cronkite News: Tribal leaders, advocates question reopening at Grand Canyon, other parks
• Tribal court to hear argument on non-resident voting rights amidst COVID-19
• Report: Indigenous voters face racism and suppression
• The sheer brutality that Black and Native men face
• Company floats new proposal for hydropower on tribal land
• When art is medicine
• Modern-day AIM makes its presence felt
• Advocating for human rights during a time of COVID-19
• Congressional letter to Indian Health Service re: Faulty PPE sent to Navajo
• 'Love and Fury' documents Indigenous artists at the vanguard