September 25, 2024

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 09/25/2024

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

  • Channing, et al. v. Seneca-Cayuga Nation, et al. (Indian Civil Rights Act; Writ of Habeas Corpus; Tribal Exhaustion)
  • Calamar Construction Services, Inc. v. Mashpee Wampanoag Village Limited Partnership, et al. (Diversity Jurisdiction; Stateless Party)

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

  • Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Paddlety (Muscogee (Creek) Nation Constitution; Oklahoma's "Stand your Ground" law)
  • Sharp v. Sault Tribe Housing Authority (Landlord/Tenant; Eviction)
  • Hatch v. Election Commission of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Tribal Election Contest; Jurisdiction; Election Ordinance)

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

  • In the matter of V.J.R. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
  • Hoffman v. Hollow Horn (Fee Land)

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

  • S.5115 - A bill to support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes.
  • H.R.9695 - To support Tribal co-stewardship, restore and protect bison, grizzly bear, and wolf populations, and for other purposes.

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

  • Expanded Burial Benefits (Veterans Affairs)
  • Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week, 2024 (Presidential Proclamation)

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

  • Finding a pathway.
  • Review of law in the 50 states in 2023: ICWA survives and state courts tackle thorny jurisdictional issues.
  • Rights of nature: The Indigenous-led movement for sovereignty and a sustainable future.
  • Statutes and special interests.
  • Subsistence as resistance: Implications of an Alaskan cultural practice to property theory.
  • Trial by ambush: The prosecution of Indians in federal court.

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

This week, in brief:

  • Challenge to Antiquities Act threatens wildlife, Indigenous sites, cherished lands
  • Oklahoma Supreme Court takes up Indian eviction case
  • Announcing an historic data sharing agreement between Census Bureau and Osage Nation
  • The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak returns to Native American name
  • Why aren’t Tribal Nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’