U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2020-2021update.html
- A petition for certiorari challenging McGirt v. Oklahoma was filed on 9/17/21:
- Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (Criminal Jurisdiction; McGirt v. Oklahoma)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2021.html
- Brice v. Plain Green, LLC (Tribal Lenders; Tribal Law)
- Whalen v. Oglala Sioux Tribe Executive Officers (Tribal Elections; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
- Maples v. Whitten (Habeas Corpus Petition)
- Evans Energy Partners, LLC v. Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Contract Breach)
- Shade v. Department of the Interior (Allotments; Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html
- State of Alaska v. Arctic Village Council (Voting Rights; Absentee Ballots)
- In the Interest of J.S., G.S., and I.F., Children (Indian Child Welfare Act)
- In re Hotchkiss (Indian Child Welfare Act)
U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html
- S.2757 - A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutritional assistance programs.
- H.R.5317 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to provide technical assistance to States and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for the development of veteran suicide prevention activities, and for other purposes.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Deb Haaland signs Montana tribes water rights compact
- Tribal governments adopting vaccine mandates amid COVID-19 surges
- Native American communities submit New Mexico redistricting maps
- Two Oregon tribes chosen for federal crime data-sharing program
- Coalition of experts sound alarm on Line 5 pipeline's threats to tribal interests and climate change
- A key component of Peacemaking circle rests on foundation of trust and respect
- Call for submissions: WIPO photography prize for Indigenous peoples and local community youth 2021-2022
- Native Hawaiian education programs to receive $28 million in federal dollars
- Tribal solar projects provide more than climate solutions
- 'We're not going anywhere': Choctaw Freedmen cite history, ties to tribal nation in fight for citizenship
- Texas forced out nearly all Indigenous people. A new monument memorializes broken treaty
- 'Like auctioning off the Sistine Chapel': An auction house sold an Osage cave containing important prehistoric art for $2.2 million
