U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2024-2025update.html
One petition for certiorari was filed 6/2/2025:
- Unkechaug Indian Nation v. Lefton (24-1240) (Treaty Rights)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2025.html
- Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, et al. v. Burgum, et al. (Land Into Trust; Indian Gaming)
- San Carlos Apache Tribe, et al. v. United States Forest Service, et al. (Land Exchange; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Preliminary Injunction)
- United States v. Snake (Supervised Release; Sentencing)
- Gardner v. Ute Tribal Court of the Uintah and Ouray Reservavtion (Habeas corpus; Tribal Court Proceedings)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2025.html
- Atencio v. State of New Mexico (Environmental Protection; New Mexico Civil Rights Act)
- United Indian Health Services, Inc. / Tribal First v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and Deborah Hemstead (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/119_uslegislation.html
- S.1967 - A bill to amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction, to amend the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to confer Tribal jurisdiction over controlled substances, related offenses, and firearms, and for other purposes.
- S.2015 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
- H.R.3723 - Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act / To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R.3773 - To amend the Stored Communications Act to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction, to amend the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to confer Tribal jurisdiction over controlled substances, related offenses, and firearms, and for other purposes.
- H.R.3889 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2025.html
- Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments; Annual Adjustments (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
- Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe.
- Planning a new paradigm: Tribal co-stewardship and federal public lands planning.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- NY won’t rescind Native American mascot ban despite Trump threat, may broaden it
- US Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapes
- San Carlos Tribe celebrates temporary victory in federal court to save Oak Flat
- California's Yurok Tribe gets back ancestral lands that were taken over 120 years ago
- Settlements & stalemates: Tribal leaders steer Colorado River conversation
