August 14, 2024

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 08/14/2024

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2024.html

  • Garrett v. Sycuan Casino (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
  • California Valley Miwok Tribe, et al. v. Haaland, et al. (Federal Recognition; Tribal Membership)
  • Unite Here v. Wilton Rancheria (Labor Relations; Arbitration; Ripeness)
  • Economic Development Authority of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe v. The Business Committee of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe, et al. (Temporary Restraining Order; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; Tribal Law)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2024.html

  • In re N.J. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
  • State in Interest of K.B. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html

  • Tribe or Tribal Organization Sponsor Option for Watershed Projects (Agriculture)
  • Notice of Reestablishment of the Charter of the Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women (Justice)
  • Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation Projects (Interior)
  • Announcement of the Delegation of Partial Administrative Authority for the Southern Ute Indian Reservation to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe for Implementation of the Clean Air Act Federal Minor New Source Review Program in Indian Country and the Indian Country Minor Source Oil and Gas Federal Implementation Plan (EPA)

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

  • Equity along the Yellowstone.
  • Native Nations' autonomy in the modern era.
  • New York tribal courts of civil jurisdiction in divorce and family law matters.
  • Ombuds programs: how alternative dispute resolution improves the lives of Native long-term care residents.
  • Poking a sleeping bear: Cultural landscapes in the 1906 Antiquities Act.
  • Quantifying Winters rights.
  • Sovereignty and dependence in the American empire: Native Nations, territories, and overseas colonies.
  • Trust the process: Interior promises final rule will streamline tribal trust land acquisitions.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html

This week, in brief:

  • Proposed changes to Indigenous education standards available for public comment
  • Tribe sues interior department over approval of Arizona lithium project
  • National Park Service awards $3 million to aid return of Native American remains, sacred objects
  • Mississippi returns Indigenous remains, artifacts to Chickasaws
  • New electronic evidence bill could help tribal courts bring justice to MMIP crisis