Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/20/22

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2021-2022update.html

• Three petitions for certiorari were denied this week on 4/18/22:
  • Klickitat County v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (Treaty Rights; Reservation Boundaries)
  • Penobscot Nation v. Frey (Maine Indian Settlement Acts; Reservation Boundaries)
  • United States v. Frey (Penobscot Indian Reservation)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2022.html

• Hooper v. City of Tulsa (Criminal Jurisdiction; Curtis Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html

• Association of Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority v. Mael (Housing; Emotional Distress; Tort Duty)
• People in Interest of Jay J.L. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• H.R.7539 - Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2022

News Bulletin
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This week, in brief:

• Supreme Court: Yakama Nation land ownership ruling stands, half of Mount Adams remains part of reservation
• Gov. Mills opposes Rep. Golden’s bill to make future federal tribal laws apply to Maine tribes
• Supreme Court denies Penobscot Indian Nation appeal
• Akwesasne Mohawk seek to rid themselves of colonized "Saint Regis" name
• Community members needed to help improve Minnesota child welfare policies and practices
• Oregon tribe opposes Klamath River water release for farmers
• EVs’ demand for copper escalates threat against Apache’s Oak Flat
• A Native American burial ground in Chester County is returning to its ‘rightful owners’
• How blending Inuit knowledge and western science has helped improve polar bear health — and why a trade ban would hurt
• 'We've got to get gaming out of our blood': Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy
• Honoring Native American culture requires better engagement with tribes
• Tribes work to harness energy from sun, wind and water as demand for green energy grows
• Ojibwe perspectives toward proper wolf stewardship and Wisconsin's February 2021 wolf hunting season
• Can the US go green without destroying sacred Native lands?
• Native American economy leads rural communities
• A beloved Indigenous dessert evolves with each generation

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/13/22

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2021-2022update.html

• One petition for certiorari was filed last week on 4/6/22:
  • Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (State Court Jurisdiction)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2022.html

• Nguyen v. Foley (Tribal Courts; Child Welfare)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html

• In the Interest of Z.K. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
• In re I.F. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• H.R.7455 - To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to secure existing Tribal contract support cost reimbursements, 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/2022.html

• Indigenous interpretations: Invoking the third Indian canon to combat climate change.
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
• Dual taxation in Indian Country: The struggle to correct Cotton Petroleum.

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

• Establishing rights to self determination
• Court blocks Montana laws that restrict Native American voting rights
• Tribes assert water rights on Colorado River Basin
• Oklahoma’s abortion bill & Indigenous impact
• Proposed lithium mine near Oregon-Nevada border stirs concerns among tribes
• Representation in the medical field: U of M working to boost Native American population in medical schools
• Petroglyphs vandalized, multiple agencies announce reward for information leading to arrest
• Red Cloud Indian School attempts to help community heal through immersion program
• Ute tribe, environmentalist groups call for closure of the White Mesa Uranium Mill
• Indigenous group wants justice after 'traumatizing' raid at Detroit park
• MSU graduate student works to understand, control invasive grass on Crow Reservation
• Sipayik's water crisis
• OST Archeological Repatriation office coming
• Indigenous leaders say GOP's new voter ID law will silence the voices of Native people
• A tradition of science: Selections from Science Moab interviews about Indigenous scientific knowledge
• Indigenous artists highlight shared histories of abstraction and survival in the Whitney Biennial

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/6/22

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2022.html

• Oertwich v. Traditional Village of Togiak (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Banishment)
• United States v. Menees (Criminal Jurisdiction)
• Bad River Band of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Enbridge, Inc. (Cultural Resources; Treaty Rights; Enbridge Line 5)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html

• In re Pouget/Herrera (Indian Child Welfare Act)
• A+ Government Solutions, LLC v. Comptroller of Maryland (Indian Taxation)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• S.3968 - CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act
• H.R.7326 - To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the system serving the American Indian consortium, 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/2022.html

• 'Cornerstone upon which rest all others': Utilizing canons of statutory interpretation to confirm an enforceable trust duty for Native American health care.
• Taking stock: Open questions and unfinished business under the VAWA amendments to the Indian Civil Rights Act.

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

• MHA Nation moves to intervene in redistricting case in North Dakota
• More than 50 Alaska Native tribes support Jackson for Supreme Court
• Nationwide alert system created for missing Indigenous persons
• How the economy of Indian Country impacts local communities
• Mysterious death of a chief’s daughter in Oregon illustrates challenges of Native boarding school reckoning
• In historic appearance before Congress, Maine tribes urge that future federal laws apply to them
• In affluent Southampton, the Grave Protection Warrior Society toils to preserve and protect ancestral homelands
• Navajo Nation bill would repeal its same-sex marriage ban
• This Southern Arizona book club gives exposure and support to Indigenous authors
• The problem, practicality, and power of land acknowledgements
• Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land 350 years later
• Increasing Native representation in the film industry through costume design
• The two-spirit diplomat who mediated two worlds