The Native American Rights Fund Boulder office is hiring for the open position of Staff Attorney. Learn more about the vacancy at: https://www.narf.org/contact-us/join-team/
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2021-2022update.html
- Two petitions for certiorari were filed this week on 11/17/21 and 11/19/21, respectively:
- Tanner v. Cayuga Nation (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Fee Lands; Reservation Disestablishment)
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Whitmer (Reservation Disestablishment)
U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html
- S.3273 - A bill to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.
- H.R.6097 - To facilitate contacts and cooperation, including commercial relationships, between Native American Tribes and Indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- U.S. voting material released in Apache, Navajo, and Yup'ik
- Tribal members disappointed after setback in fight over sacred burial site along U.S. 26 near Mt. Hood
- Return most federal land to Native Americans, op-ed argues
- The Osage Minerals Council seeks federal legislation facilitating return of Osage Headrights
- Federal committee says University of Alabama must return historic objects to tribes
- Arizona law allows Indigenous students greater expression at graduation
- Inuit Circumpolar Council concludes “EEE Workshops” to develop circumpolar protocols for equitable and ethical engagement of Inuit communities and Indigenous knowledge
- Fraudulent Native artist charged with violating Indian Arts and Crafts Act
- New Mexico aiming to consolidate MMIWR investigations
- Tribal homelands bill back on agenda in ‘new era’ of Indian Country relations
- Columnist Carrie N. Baker: The difference an Indigenous leader makes
- Wild horses, buffalo and the politics of belonging
