February 21, 2024

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 2/21/2024

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html

  • Phillips v. James, et al. (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Tribal Exhaustion Rule)
  • Puyallup Tribe of Indians v. Electron Hydro, LLC, et al. (Endangered Species Act)
  • Cully Corporation, Inc. v. North Slope Borough, et al. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; Continuing Trespass)
  • Pakootas, et al. v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. (CERCLA; Natural Resources Damages)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2024.html

  • Tiffany South v. Police Chief Isaac Lujan and Police Captain Will Duran (Jurisdiction)

U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html

  • S.Res.561 - A resolution designating February 16, 2024, as "National Elizabeth Peratrovich Day".

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html

  • Notice for Public Comment on Administration for Native Americans' Program Policies and Procedures (Health and Human Services)
  • Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments (Interior)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/currentlr.html

  • Belonging and the right to belong.
  • Confronting legacies of Indigenous injustice: Lessons from Sweden.
  • Congressional trust responsibility and Tribal health care.
  • Indian Child Welfare Act: Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court and enacted into state law.
  • The law-of-nations origins of the Marshall Trilogy.
  • Nevada Legal Services’s Indian Law Project: Serving Nevada’s Tribal communities.
  • Nevada’s Tribal courts: Applicable laws, court rules, and contact information.
  • The never-ending struggle for Tribal fishing rights.
  • President’s message: An introduction to Nevada’s Tribes and the dynamics of Tribal law.
  • Sovereignty, jurisdiction, and lands matter.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html

This week, in brief:

  • Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem
  • Federal energy regulators deny permits for a controversial project on the Navajo Nation
  • Increasing Tribal judicial transparency
  • Book review: The dramatic story behind a court decision, told 50 years after it transformed Tribal and fisheries law
  • WATCH: How one school is creating a culture of belonging for its Native American students