Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/26/2025

Federal Courts Bulletin

• Pueblo of San Felipe v. Haaland, et al. (File Amended Complaint; Resurvey of Property Boundary: Disputed Land)
• Pueblo of San Felipe v. Haaland, et al. (Disputed Land; Intervention)
• Mundo v. Vandever and Navajo Family Court (Child Custody; State-Tribal Jurisdictional Conflict; Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies)

State Courts Bulletin

• People of the State of Michigan v. Walter Joseph Caswell (Fishing Rights)

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin

• S.3219 - A bill to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
• S.3236 - A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure Tribal consultation and representation under the food distribution program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.
• S.3242 - A bill to amend the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to facilitate implementation of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes.
• H.R.6162 - To transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
• H.R.6205 - To amend the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to facilitate implementation of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes.
• H.R.6285 - To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act.
• H.Res.911 - Recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin

• Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification of Tribal Portions of the Greater Connecticut Ozone Nonattainment Area as Serious for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (EPA)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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• Indigenous children and environmental racism.
• Unfulfilled obligations: Realizing the promise of Tribal sovereignty.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• Tribal leaders say Trump administration failed to consult with them on Education Department changes
• Whitmer asks U.S. Supreme Court to weigh state immunity in Line 5 case
• Oklahoma wildlife officials ask Drummond to butt out of pending cases amid Tribal hunting conflict
• 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe to be returned to California Tribe in historic land deal
• Northern California Tribe and Humboldt County settle lawsuit over extended foster care

Announcements

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

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/19/2025

Federal Courts Bulletin

• United States v. Hebert (Indian Status; Criminal Jurisdiction)
• Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Henryetta, City of (State Authority in Indian Country; McGirt v. Oklahoma)
• Mazur v. Garrison, et al. (Tribal Identification; Tribal Registration Plate)
• Hokanson v. Juarez, et al. (Vexatious Litigant)
• Native American Guardian's Association, et al. v. New York State Board of Regents, et al. (Indian Sports Mascots; Lack of Standing)
• Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. v. United States (Breach of Trust; Arizona-Florida Land Exchange Act)

Tribal Courts Bulletin

• Kayden Midas Lambert v. Fort Peck Tribes (Tribal Law)
• Fort Peck Tribes v. Longtree (Tribal Law)

State Courts Bulletin

• In re C.L. et al. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
• Orutsararmiut Native Council v. Boyle (Resource Management; Water Rights)

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin

• H.R.6067 - To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to add access to telecommunications and information services in Indian country and areas with high populations of Indian people to the universal service principle relating to access to such services in rural, insular, and high cost areas.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin

• Rescinding Regulations Regarding Management Systems Pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program (DOT)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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• Child-taking justice and the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.
• Corporeal property and the limits of NAGPRA.
• The other taxation: Tribes, territories, and fiscal autonomy.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• Tribes file federal suit over state prosecution of hunting, fishing on Tribal land
• Civil War general becomes first Native American posthumously admitted as a lawyer in the US
• California State University launches system-wide Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act policy
• Trump wants to renew hydropower project permitting on reservations without Tribal consent
• The DOJ took down a report on Indigenous People — mandated by a law Trump signed — to comply with an anti-DEI order

Announcements

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

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/12/2025

Federal Courts Bulletin

• Blue Lake Rancheria, et al. v. Kalshi Inc., et al. (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA); Event Contracts)
• Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy, et al. (Fishing Rights; Rule 19; Tribal Sovereign Interests)
• State of California ex rel. Bonta v. Del Rosa, et al. (Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 (PACT Act); Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
• Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Kunzweiler (Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction; Preliminary Injunction)
• Boyd v. United States, et al. (Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA); Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

Tribal Courts Bulletin

• Tarabochia v. Quinault Indian Nation (Disenrollment; Tribal Membership)

State Courts Bulletin

• In re the Termination of Parental Rights to L.J.L. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin

• H.R.5935 - Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Water Rights Settlement Act / To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and for other purposes.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe argues against pipeline lawsuit dismissal in latest DAPL filing
• The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
• Lumbee recognition debate rekindled in Senate hearing
• In Maine prisons, Native American sweat lodges are part of the program
• Gorsuch, Thomas want to ‘correct’ 139-year-old Supreme Court ruling

Announcements

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

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/5/2025

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

The Tribal Supreme Court Project published an Update Memorandum on October 31, 2025.

Federal Courts Bulletin

• Cayuga Nation, et al. v. Parker, et al. (Economic Development; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO))
• Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, et al. v. Burgum, et al. (Land Into Trust; Indian Gaming)
• Farden v. United States (Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA); False Arrest)

U.S. Legislation - 119th Congress Bulletin

• H.R.2916 - To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
• H.R.5910 - To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
• S.Res.475 - A resolution designating November 1, 2025, as "National Bison Day".

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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• Another broken promise: The MMIWG2S crisis and the violation of the federal Indian trust obligation.
• Blowing in the wrong direction? United States v. Osage Wind, LLC.
• Cross-border law enforcement after McGirt and Castro-Huerta.
• The Indian Child Welfare Act.
• The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act as a model of cultural sovereignty for protecting Indigenous sacred sites.
• The status of Texas Indigenous groups.
• #TaxBack? Prohibiting state real property taxes on land in Indian Country.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

• Franciscan Sisters transfer land to Lac du Flambeau Tribe in bid to repair boarding school legacy
• Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
• Army Corps approves Enbridge pipeline reroute around Wisconsin reservation
• Oklahoma AG vows to protect Tribal Nations' rights to hunting, fishing
• Tule River Indian Tribe of California reclaims 17,030 acres and reintroduces tule elk on ancestral land

Announcements

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