U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2021-2022update.html
- Two petitions for certiorari were denied this week on 10/4/21:
- Jamul Action Committee, et al. v. Simermeyer, et al. (Sovereign Immunity; Federally Recognized Tribes)
- Perkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Indian Taxation)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2021.html
- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. United States (Indian Health Service; Contract Support Costs)
- Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (Klamath Water Basin; Endangered Species Act; Water Rights)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html
- Laws v. Greyeyes (Voting Rights)
U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html
- S.2907/H.R.5444 - To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Muscogee Nation citizen Lauren J. King confirmed by US Senate to serve as federal district judge
- Indian tribes are governing well. It's the states that are failing
- Cherokee Nation detention costs jump from $37,000 to $800,000-plus
- Listen: The impact of the Native American vote on U.S. elections
- President Biden to nominate Navajo citizen Shelly Lowe to be chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Cowlitz comic releases Comedy Central video: 'How to cope with your team changing its Native American mascot'
- New California law aims to help more Black and Indigenous people survive childbirth
- Oklahoma State University to develop Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity
- ‘No one is illegal on stolen Indigenous land’: Native activist speaks out on viral encounter
- National speaker to offer tools for better understanding Native American traumas
- Toppled statue to be replaced with memorial to tribes
- The time of the Indigenous critic has arrived
