U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2024-2025update.html
One petition for certiorari was denied 6/30/2025:
- South Point Energy Center v. Arizona Department of Revenue (24-952) (State Taxation of Non-Indian Entity)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2025.html
- Holl, et al. v. Avery, et al. (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Federal Recognition; Indian Gaming)
- United States v. Parisien (Federal Jurisdiction; Indian Country)
Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2025.html
- George, et al. v. Sam, et al. (Incorporate State Statute; Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO))
- George v. Jursek, et al. (Sovereign Immunity; Separation of Powers)
- Moses v. George and Rivas (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA))
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2025.html
- In the matter of the income tax protest of Alicia Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission (Tribal Citizen Income Tax Immunity; McGirt v. Oklahoma)
- In the matter of: I.R.S. and M.W.A.H., youths in need of care (Indian Child Welfare Act)
- Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Tulsa (Criminal Jurisdiction)
U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/119_uslegislation.html
- S.2160 - A bill to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan as a federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
- H.R.4147 - To reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and for other purposes.
- H.R.4258 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of critical access hospital under the Medicare program to include certain hospitals on Indian reservations.
U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2025.html
- Rescission of Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; Voter Registration Notic (HUD)
- Notice of Adoption of Categorical Exclusion Under Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act (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
- Abandoning the iron horse: Railroad rights-of-way and the implied Doctrine of Reverter on Indian reservations.
- Ho‘oku‘ikahi: Reconciling land dispossession, culture, history, and law in Hawai‘i.
- A most essential power: The case for restoring comprehensive land use authority in Indian Country.
- Treaty justice: Charles Wilkinson's homage to the Boldt Decision.
- Water knows no boundaries: Tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians' off-reservation conduct that threatens on-reservation Tribal water resources. (written by NARF Staff Attorney Wesley J. Furlong)
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Wisconsin’s Brothertown Indian Nation is fighting for federal acknowledgement
- Coeur d’Alene Tribe celebrates the renaming of Camp Larson to ch ułts’e’l
- Tribal Nations band together to denounce 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Florida ancestral homelands
- Indigenous leaders at UNPFII underscore the need for genuine consent
- Oklahoma Supreme Court rules 'McGirt' precedent doesn't apply in state income tax protest
