U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2021-2022update.html
- One petition for certiorari was filed last week on 3/22/22:
- Albrecht v. Riverside County (Land Leases; Indian Reorganization Act)
- One petition for certiorari was denied this week on 3/28/22:
- Caballero v. United States (Quiet Title Act; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2022.html
- Cayuga Nation v. United States (Tribal Police; Tribal Law and Order Act)
- Hawk v. Burr (Bureau of Indian Affairs; Trespassing)
- Yurok Tribe v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Klamath River; Water Rights; Fisheries)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html
- In re K.T. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2022.html
- The ends and the means: Indigenous sovereignty, climate-related legal actions, and frameworks of justice.
- Death by apathy: Tolerance of the government's failure to fund promised healthcare causes losses of Native American lives.
- The state's kuleana: Deconstructing the permitting process for the thirty-meter telescope and finding restoration through systemic validation of Native Hawaiian rights.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Biden administration moves to make funding for Indian Health Service mandatory
- Tribes issue trespass notice to Grand Gateway Hotel owners
- Two Arizona tribal leaders make case for critically needed water projects
- Interior Department takes steps to increase voter registration in Indigenous communities
- FAQS for payments by Indian tribal governments and Alaska Native corporations to individuals under COVID-relief legislation
- Oklahoma tribal finance consortium announces tribes’ impact on Oklahoma’s economy
- Anthropology Association apologizes to Native Americans for the field's legacy of harm
- Tribal news deserts thrive when citizens, media lack access to public records
- Expanding Buy Indian provisions to USDA programs could boost Native producers
- City of Nome to pay $750K and apologize for failure to investigate sexual assault against Native woman
- State-tribal initiative aims to restore Michigan’s wild rice
- Illinois House adopts bill to support Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation land reclamation
- Images from the first-known Native American female photographer
