Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html
- Greene, et al. v. United States (McGirt v. Oklahoma; Treaty Damages)
- Scott v. United States (McGirt v. Oklahoma; Treaty Damages)
- Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Indian Reservation v. United States (Water Rights; Breach of Trust)
- Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Haaland, et al. (Self-Determination Contract)
- Machin v. Choctaw Casino (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Diversity Jurisdiction)
Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2024.html
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Hopkins (Dismissal with Prejudice; Response Time)
- Moulton v. Colville Tribal Federation Corporation (Summary Judgment)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2024.html
- Ito v. Copper River Native Association (Sovereign Immunity)
- Trujillo v. Foster (Sovereign Immunity)
U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html
- H.Res.1177 - Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2024, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html
- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2024 Harvest Specifications for Pacific Whiting, and 2024 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation (Commerce)
- Removal of Outdated Regulations (HHS)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
- Can we save our foodways? The Inflation Reduction Act, climate change, and food justice.
- A case for Tribal co-management of federal public lands.
- Conflict transformation and Hopi marriage.
- A framework for managing disputes over intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge.
- There is more to the story - you may think you know what is going on with circle peacemaking, but Alaska Natives have other ideas.
- Underutilization and unworkability of the current NAGPRA civil penalties provision.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Eleven more students will go home from Carlisle
- Biden nominates Salish & Kootenai Tribal attorney Danna Jackson for federal bench
- Tribes who helped create new national monument near Grand Canyon want to help manage it
- Native law group says graduates planning to wear Tribal regalia should review school policies
- Alaska Tribal health consortiums are legally immune in many cases, state Supreme Court says
