U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2024-2025update.html
One petition for certiorari was filed 1/17/2025:
- Cromwell v. United States (24-6364) (Hobbs Act)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2025.html
- United States of America, et al. v. Ballard (McGirt v. Oklahoma; Intervention; Joinder)
- United States of America v. LaBelle (Aggravating Role Enhancement; Substantively Unreasonable Sentence)
- United States of America, et al. v. Iski (Criminal Jurisdiction; Indian Country; Intervention)
- United States of America, et al. v. Ballard (Criminal Jurisdiction; Indian Country; Intervention)
- Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation v. United States Department of Interior, et al. (Trust Relationship; Land Restoration)
U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/119_uslegislation.html
- S.1468 - A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Incorporated, is recognized as a Village Corporation under that Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R.2815 - To provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes.
- H.R.2827 - To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2025.html
- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2025 Pacific Whiting Tribal Allocation and 2025 Incidental Set-Aside (Commerce)
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
- Feed it to the ocean: The federal approach to decommissioning in Alaska Native climate adaptation projects.
- Old habits die hard: How the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act perpetuates settler colonialism and denies Indigenous sovereignty.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Tribes, North Dakota partner to update 30-year-old textbooks on Native history
- Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
- Alaska Tribes sue US Army Corps of Engineers over approval of controversial gold mining operation
- Will Native Tribes secure Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?
- RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US Tribes. A key program to do that was gutted
