U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2023-2024update.html
One petition for certiorari was denied on 6/17/24:
- West Flagler Associates v. Haaland (Indian Gaming)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html
- Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company (Trespass Restitution)
- Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation v. Ure, et al. (Sale of Trust Lands; Civil Rights Acts; Sovereign Immunity)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2024.html
- Lela Mae Flowers v. Jena Bank of Choctaw Indians, et al. (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html
- S.4558 - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the right of members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States and First Nations individuals in Canada to cross the borders of the United States.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html
- Regulations Governing the Taking of Marine Mammals (Commerce)
- Strengthening the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program; Delay of Effective and Compliance Dates (HUD)
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
- Arizona v. Navajo Nation.
- Indigeneity in the classroom: Avenues for Native American students to challenge anti-critical race theory laws.
- The link between individual domestic violence and Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women: VAWA is not enough.
- Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina and Haaland v. Brackeen: Lessons on the future of affirmative action for Native American college applicants.
- Tribal sovereignty & sovereign immunity in bankruptcy.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Railway ordered to pay Washington state Tribe nearly $400M for trespassing
- Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from Tribal Nations
- Why so many California Indians lack the federal recognition given to other Native Americans
- Oklahoma City University launches Tribal sovereignty institute
- US bishops release pastoral framework for healing with Native Catholics
