May 7, 2025

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 5/7/2025

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2025.html

  • Webster v. Burgum (Racial Discrimination; Indian Preference)
  • Englebright, et al. v. Buhl, et al. (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA))

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/119_uslegislation.html

  • S.1574 - A bill to amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.
  • S.Res.200 - A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2025, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls."
  • H.Res.381 - Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2025, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls."

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2025.html

  • Notice of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe (Interior)
  • Land Acquisitions; Cherokee Nation, Bartlesville Site, City of Bartlesville, Unincorporated Washington County, Oklahoma (Interior)

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

  • Advancing tribal co-management: Lessons learned from international comparisons.
  • It's about all relations: Indigenous feminist theory of relational freedom.
  • Land-back to move forward? The measurable relationship between land-back movements and economic outcomes in Indigenous communities within the U.S.
  • The potential intercontinental railway between Siberia and Alaska and its implications for Alaska Native corporations and federally recognized Tribes.
  • Rosalind's refund: The woman, the lawyers, and the time that created McClanahan v. Arizona.
  • Sexual assault in tribal appellate courts: Case studies of tribal jurisprudence.
  • Strategic litigation in pursuit of Indigenous justice.

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

This week, in brief:

  • Under settlement, Montana Board of Public Ed vows to improve how state teaches Native American history and culture
  • How the feds abandoned reservations to burn
  • Oregon lawmakers celebrate 50 years of Native American legislative commission
  • Graduation regalia: more Native students get green light to wear tribal regalia this year
  • Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites