April 15, 2026

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/15/2026

Federal Courts Bulletin

  • Arizona Mining Reform Coalition v. United States Forest Service (cultural resources/property, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act (SALECA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), Free Exercise Clause)
  • Douglas v. Wisner (law enforcement jurisdiction; Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA))
  • Arizona v. Biden (cultural resources/property)

Tribal Courts Bulletin

  • In the matter of A.L. (criminal jurisdiction)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin

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  • Buried burdens: Contaminated lands and the unfinished business of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
  • Indigenous constitutionalism.
  • The intangible NAGPRA.
  • The challenge of Indian Child Welfare Act enforcement in the modern age of child dependency.
  • Recovering scale for climate action: Indigenous Peoples, nonanthropocentric ethics, and caretaking institutions.
  • A right, not a request: International human rights law and the repatriation of remains from former Indigenous boarding schools in the United States.
  • Subsistence as resistance: Reconceptualizing the theory of progressive property to incubate resistance to consumerism.

News Bulletin

This week, in brief:

  • Eco jurisprudence – international momentum is growing
  • Plans to withdraw protections from oil and gas development around Chaco prompt 70,000 public comments to federal agency in one week
  • Lawsuit challenges prison ban on Indigenous faith practices
  • New Wisconsin law allows Indigenous students to wear regalia at graduations
  • What you need to know about Tribal sovereignty and birthright citizenship

Announcements

  • The Native American Rights Fund is hiring a Director of Development, an Annual Giving and Digital Fundraising Manager, and a Law Fellow in the Boulder office and a Staff Attorney in the Alaska office. Learn more about the vacancies at our Career Center.