National Indian Law Library

July 7, 2022

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2022.html

Yurok Tribe v. Dowd (Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Tribal Sovereignty; Fishing Rights)
City of Seattle v. Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Court (Tribal Jurisdiction over Nonmembers; Dams; Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies)
Kanam v. Haaland (Federal Recognition)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html

Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2022.html

H.R.8108 - Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act
H.R.8109 - Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act
H.R.8115 - Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
H.R.8286 - To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2022.html

Mohegan women, the Mohegan church, and the lasting of the Mohegan Nation.
An uncomfortable truth: Law as a weapon of oppression of the Indigenous peoples of southern New England.
Uncomfortable truths about sovereignty and wealth.
Returning home and restoring trust: A legal framework for federally non-recognized tribal nations to acquire ancestral lands in fee simple.
The continued impact of Carcieri on the restoration of tribal homelands: In New England and beyond.
Resisting Indigenous erasure in Rhode Island: The need for compulsory Native American history in Rhode Island schools.
Colonial legislation affecting Indigenous peoples of southern New England as organized by state.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

In 5-4 ruling, court dramatically expands the power of states to prosecute crimes on reservations
The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
The Indian Country abortion safe harbor fallacy
Onondaga Nation will regain 1,000 acres of New York forest in historic agreement
Washington State Patrol rolls out new alert system to locate missing Native Americans
National Congress of American Indians adapts resolution supporting the rights of nature
Who does the state of Wyoming consider a poacher?
Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe celebrates the creation of a culturally reflective Indian French immersion school
4 Native nonprofits form Good Relatives Collaborative to Indigenize grant making
Indigenous and Two-Spirit identity through the airwaves

One case was decided this week on 6/29/22:
- Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (Criminal Jurisdiction; McGirt v. Oklahoma)
One petition was denied this week on 6/27/22:
- Alexander v. Gwitchyaa Zhee Corp. (ANCSA; Fifth Amendment)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2022.html

Apache Stronghold v. United States (Cultural Resources; Sacred Sites; Chi'chil Biłdagoteel)
United States v. State of Alaska (Subsistence Rights; Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html

In the Interest of T.W. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
In re Wardia (Indian Child Welfare Act; Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act)

S.4439 - A bill to take certain Federal land located in Siskiyou County, California, and Humboldt County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Karuk Tribe, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2022.html

Empty graves and full museums: The need to include non-federally recognized tribes in NAGPRA claims.
Tribes, firearm regulation, and the public square.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

Supreme Court limits historic McGirt ruling
Federal appeals court greenlights destruction of sacred Native land
University of Arizona to provide tuition-free education for Native American undergraduates in Arizona
NJ Superfund lawsuit offers tribal land a path from contamination to cultural restoration
Women of Indian Country respond to the overturning of Roe v. Wade
Oregon tribe, state leaders enter historic agreement
Appeal filed in BIA road washout lawsuit
Biden administration backs Indian boarding school bill
Native American Development Center weighs creating new business incubator
Harvard returns Standing Bear's tomahawk
University of Alaska Southeast to offer free Alaska Native language courses
Cherokee Nation investing in public art projects

Two cases were denied this week on 6/21/22:
- Acres Bonusing, Inc. v. Marston (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
- Adams v. Dodge (Tribal Courts; Tribal Court Exhaustion Doctrine)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2022.html

S.4412 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to provide safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals performing services placing such individuals in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations, and for other purposes.
H.R.8068 - Tribal Energy Investment Act of 2022
S.4421/H.R.8108 - Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act
S.4423/H.R.8109 - Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act
S.4424/H.R.8115 - To amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2022.html

"We hold the government to its word": How McGirt v. Oklahoma revives aboriginal title.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and five tribes of the Bears Ears Commission commit to historic co-management of Bears Ears National Monument
‘Historic appointment’: Tribal leader named Treasurer of the United States
In New Jersey, Ford faces lawsuit over polluting tribal land
Navajo Nation reaches $31M settlement for Gold King Mine spill
Nooni Project aims to reclaim breastfeeding among tribes
Committee approves bill to allow Maine tribes to benefit from future federal laws and benefits
For some tribe members in Nevada, hurdles to voting remain
Indian Affairs makes significant investment to protect and preserve Native languages
Native couple still championing LGBTQ rights