August 21, 2024

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 8/21/2024

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

  • NDN Collective, et al. v. Retsel Corporation, et al. (Summary Judgment; Discrimination; Class Action)
  • Hinton v. Cherokee Nation, et al. (Cherokee Freedmen; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
  • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. United States (Breach of Trust; Fort Laramie Treaty)
  • Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Tribal Contract Health; Discovery)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2024.html

  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Johnson (Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction)

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

  • In re Dezi C. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
  • In re Kenneth D. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 118th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/118_uslegislation.html

  • H.R.9371 - To take certain lands in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, and for other purposes.
  • H.R.9372 - To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.

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

  • Ballot collection and Native American voters: An assessment of benefits and costs.
  • Battle in the digital sphere: The repatriation of digitized Native American cultural properties.
  • Beyond #landback: The Osage Nation's strategic relations.
  • Dual taxation.
  • Haaland v. Brackeen — A window into presenting tribal cases to the court.
  • Haaland v. Brackeen and Mancari: On history, taking children, and the right-wing assault on Indigenous sovereignty.
  • Interrogating Haaland v. Brackeen: Family regulation, constitutional power, and tribal resilience: The Connecticut Law Review symposium.
  • Nondelegation and Native Nations.
  • The original meaning of commerce in the Indian Commerce Clause.
  • The statutory influence of tribal lay advocates.

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

This week, in brief:

  • Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline
  • Three CT Tribes rejected by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs 20 years ago could get recognized
  • Drawing on her past, a Hopi adoptee champions the rights of Indigenous families
  • Hualapai Tribe sues feds over lithium mining project near sacred spring
  • Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation asks federal court to resolve jurisdiction dispute with sheriff