Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html
- Natural Resources Defense Council v. Haaland (Tribal Consultation; Endangered Species Act)
- Taccara Mesteth v. Jennifer Odegard (Indian Child Welfare Act)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2024.html
- In re JCR II/JCR/JCR/JCR, Minors (Indian Child Welfare Act)
U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html
- S.4423 - A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of direct housing loans and medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for Native Hawaiians.
- S.4424 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
- H.R.8513 - To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a demonstration project to allow Tribal entities to purchase agricultural commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other purposes.
- H.R.8520 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to implement the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative.
- H.R.8557 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
- H.R.8562 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of direct housing loans and medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for Native Hawaiians.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html
- Tribal Consultation Meetings (HHS)
- Alaska Native Claims Selection (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
- Co-stewardship in practice: Yellowstone bison.
- Fantastic fungi and her fickle foes: Psychedelic use and western medicine's disparate impact on Indigenous communities.
- Haaland v. Brackeen: The Indian Child Welfare Act, states' rights, and the survival of America's first peoples and nations.
- Healing from Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: Looking to the future of Indian Country criminal jurisdiction through healing to wellness courts and Public Law 280.
- Passing the buck: The perils of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.
- Public lands and Native Americans: A guide to current issues.
- Rewriting precedent: An exploration of the negative impact on Native rights in the wake of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.
- Sovereignty over box checking: Effective Tribal consultation leading to consent.
- Strange bedfellows: States, Tribes, and water rights. (by NARF attorney Ada Montague Stepleton)
- When should Tribes be reimbursed for administrative costs associated with providing federally funded health services?
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- New boarding school database helps Native families find ancestors
- Wyoming, Tribal impasse over hunting rights persists despite judicial order
- Republican senator blocks the nomination of the first Native American to serve as federal judge in Montana
- What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
- Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement
