U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2023-2024update.html
One petition for certiorari was denied on 4/15/2024:
- No Casino In Plymouth v. National Indian Gaming Commission (Land trust acquisitions under the Indian Reorganization Act; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html
- Mashkikii-Boodawaaning (Medicine Fireplace) Inc. v. Chippewa Valley Agency, Ltd. (Race Discrimination; Section 1981; Peyote)
- Conway v. Oyate Health Center (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
- Tohono O'odham Nation, et al. v. United States Department of Interior, et al. (Administrative Procedures Act (APA); National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); Tribal Consultation)
- Perez v. City of San Antonio (First Amendment Free Exercise Clause; Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“TRFRA”))
Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2024.html
- Lambert v. Fort Peck Tribes (Search and Seizure; Drug Residue)
U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html
- H.R.7826 - Tribal Community Protection Act of 2024 / To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to certain grants authorized for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html
- Receipt of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe (Interior)
- Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records (HHS)
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
- Adapting conservation governance under climate change: Lessons from Indian Country.
- Preserving sacred sites and property law.
- Progress and the taking of Indigenous land.
- Protecting traditional knowledge and Indigenous Peoples' rights: The key to developing international environmental laws that promote harmonious relationships with nature.
- Pursuing the exemption: The Makah's white whale.
- Revising the Indian plenary power doctrine.
- Tribal courts are courts of general jurisdiction.
- Tribal health self-determination: The role of Tribal health systems in actualizing the highest attainable standard of health for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
- Tribal trademark law.
- The United States would be closer to fulfilling the trust responsibility if permanent supportive housing was a covered Medicaid benefit.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Army to send home 11 Native children from former Indian boarding school
- Justice Department steps into Enbridge Line 5 dispute
- Apache Stronghold appeals Oak Flat copper mine case to full 9th Circuit Appeals Court
- Your guide to the 2024 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Indigenous Governance Traditions event connects democracy, sovereignty
