September 3, 2025

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 9/3/2025

Federal Courts Bulletin

  • Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria v. United States Department of Interior, et al. (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Delegation of Statutory Authority)
  • Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. Pope Flores, et al. (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO))
  • Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation v. United States (Fifth Amendment Taking of Land; Parallel Suit; Stay Proceedings)
  • State of California, et al. v. United States Department of Interior, et al. (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Indispensable Party; Public Rights Exception)
  • Toyukak, et al. v. Dahlstrom, et al. (Voting Rights Act (VRA); Effective Language Assistance)

State Courts Bulletin

  • Matter of Dependency of C.J.J.I. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
  • Melius v. Songer (Indian Child Welfare Act)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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  • 25 years in the making: The WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge.
  • American Indian geopolitical rights.
  • Civilized enough to tax: Natives as federal income taxpayers.
  • Developing an Indigenized limitations and exceptions framework within the global intellectual property system.
  • Facilitating benefit sharing through disclosure.
  • Introduction: Traditional knowledge and property in moral communities.
  • Landscape and law: Territoriality and rights in knowledge.
  • Making room at the table: Theoretical foundations and practical implications of the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge.
  • Natural rights and ancestral writings.
  • Secret traditions as trade secrets.
  • Traditional knowledge and the limits of property.
  • Tribal lay advocates expand access to justice.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

  • In far northeastern Maine, a Native community fights to adapt to climate change
  • Tribes call on Trump to ‘do right for Indian Country,’ return federal land within Wind River Reservation’s bounds
  • The federal government is deregulating contracting. Alaska Native organizations wonder if it will hurt their business.
  • State mulls how to better track federal funding impacts to New Mexico Pueblos, Tribes
  • Alaska vowed to resolve murders of Indigenous People. Now it refuses to provide their names.

Announcements

  • The Native American Rights Fund is hiring a Staff Attorney in the Alaska office. Learn more about the vacancy on our website.