Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html
- Biers v. Dentons US LLP, et al. (Notice of Tribal Law)
- Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, et al. v. California Department of Social Services, et al. (Standing; California Government Code section 11135; California Administrative Procedure Act)
- Barrientos v. Walker (Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; Federal Tort Claims Act)
- Corrales v. Dutschke, et al. (Compel Agency Action; Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act)
- United States v. Veneno (Sixth Amendment Right to Public Trial; Authority to Criminalize Conduct of Indians on Tribal Land)
Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2024.html
- Bissonnette v. Fort Peck Tribes (Right to Counsel)
- Charles v. Swinomish Tribal Community (Due Process)
- Fort Peck Tribes v. Jackson ("Indian status" Determination)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2024.html
- Interest of A.P. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
- State of Oklahoma v. Steven Leon Fuller (Criminal Jurisdiction)
U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html
- S.3870 - Slip-on Tanks for Tribes Act of 2024 / A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand eligibility for certain financial assistance for the acquisition of slip-on tanker units for wildland firefighting.
- S.3906 - A bill to set aside USDA rural housing funding for Indian Tribes.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html
- Major Portion Prices and Due Date for Additional Royalty Payments on Gas Produced From Indian Lands in Designated Areas That Are Not Associated With an Index Zone (Interior)
- Notice for Public Comment on Administration for Native Americans' Survey To Measure Native American Language Vitality (HHS)
- Advance Tribal Notification of Category 1 Quantities of Radioactive Material Shipments (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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
- Biopiracy: Using new laws and databases to protect Indigenous communities.
- Hawaiian education in HawaiĘ»i’s public schools: A path to reasonable access.
- Health care law - obligation of Indian Health Services to fund the administration of Tribe run health care services has expanded - San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Becerra, 53 F.4th 1236 (9th cir. 2022).
- Kala: Disentangling Kamehameha schools from the 2022 Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report while actualizing social healing through justice for its Kanaka Maoli students.
- Narrowing from below: How lower courts can limit Castro-Huerta.
- Reconciling Maoli interests in a haole forum: Limitations to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s consultation policy that undermine Native Hawaiian self-determination.
- Tribal court jurisdiction and the exhausting nature of federal court interference.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Beyond acknowledgments, land grant universities make up some impressive ground
- The future of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Tribes and the feds will try to co-manage a national monument for the first time. Here’s what that could look like.
- Oklahoma court recognizes Wyandotte Reservation, criminal jurisdiction
- Unequal before the law: Native Americans serve astoundingly longer prison sentences — because they are Native.
