National Indian Law Library

November 19, 2019

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Clements v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Tribal Jurisdiction)
FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Hazardous Waste Storage; Tribal Court Jurisdiction)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

S.2871 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.
H.R.5153 - To assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo and buffalo habitat and for the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian lands.

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

Tribes' water rights at Klamath River upheld by federal circuit court
Native American students left behind by S.D. education system
'We want to be calling the shots': Naat'aanii partnership poised to deliver Medicaid to Navajo
Yaqui, O'odham history and sovereignty in the borderlands
'Homecoming': Pueblo of Acoma set to reclaim sacred item
Cherokee Nation celebrates grand opening of largest tribal outpatient health center in country
How an Arrow Lakes elk hunt became a case of tribal recognition

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Oneida Indian Nation v. Department of the Interior (Federal Recognition)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

S.2616 - A bill to provide civil and criminal jurisdiction over Alaska Natives and non-Alaska Natives for certain Indian tribes in the State of Alaska.
H.R.4752 - To accept land into trust for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community as compensation to the Tribe for Tribal lands that have been rendered dangerous by the use and storage of highly toxic nuclear materials, some of which also have been inundated by flood waters, to release the United States from related claims, 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/2019.html

Overlooking canon: How the Alabama Supreme Court used a footnote to disregard tribal sovereign immunity in Wilkes v. PCI Gaming Authority.
Internet gaming on & off tribal lands.
Digging deeper to protect tribal property interests: United States v. Osage Wind, LLC.
"Perhaps Congress Would, Perhaps Congress Should"--Why Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians c. Patchak and Carcieri v. Salazar must be legislatively overridden to protect the IRA Trust Acquisition Authority.

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

RECAP: National Congress of American Indians opens annual convention #NCAIAnnual19
New judicial order gives northern Alaska tribes more say in criminal sentencing
The reality of Native American Studies
Alaska Federation of Natives declares climate emergency
Southwest tribes oppose storage plans for tons of spent nuclear fuel
Are Wisconsin schools willing to end Native American nicknames? Some don't even want to talk about it.
Addressing food insecurity in northeast Oklahoma

We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/index.html

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was denied recently in this case on 10/15/19:
Smith v. United States (Assimilative Crimes Act)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2019.html
Johnson v. Oneida Nation Enterprise, LLC (Title VII)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
A NARF attorney spoke at the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, regarding S.46 (Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act).

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

For Indigenous Peoples Day, tribes return to Alcatraz 50 years later
Cherokee Nation and CNB minimum wage increases will boost economy, help families
Johns Hopkins' American Indian research hub celebrates its grand opening
The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West
The Native American Journalists Association condemns Muscogee (Creek) Nation Council denial of citizen free press vote
Yakama and Lummi Nation leaders call for removal of three Lower Columbia River dams
Empowering tribal nations at the voting rights conference