NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/24

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2015-2016update.html
Petition was filed in California v. Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation (Gaming Compact - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity) on 3/17/16.

U.S. Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2016dct.html
Maniilaq Association v. Burwell (Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; Health Services)
Tuttle v. Jewell (Indian Long-Term Leasing Act; Property Rights)
Pearson v. United Debt Holdings, LLC (Debt Collection; Tribal Exhaustion)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
State in Interest of M.D. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Active Efforts)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Tribal Jurisdiction section, we feature a couple of articles on the recent U.S. Supreme Court reservation diminishment opinion.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
Six bills we added:
S.2728: Alaska Native Access Card Act.
S.2711: Native American Education Opportunity Act.
S.2727: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.
S.2732: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
S.2739: Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act.
S.2717: DRIFT Act of 2016.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
We feature a notice of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on an extension of an effective date for the final rule on rights-of-way on Indian lands.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
We feature an article on Indian lands and jurisdictional challenges.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/22

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2015-2016update.html

Opinions were issued in Sturgeon v. Frost (Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act - Regulatory Control; National Park Service) and Nebraska v. Parker (Reservation Lands - Diminishment) on 3/22/16.

Petition for certiorari was denied in Wasatch County, Utah, et al. v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (Indian Reservation - Diminishment) on 3/21/16.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/17

U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2016cta.html
Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources v. U.S. (Quiet Title; Rights - of Way)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Sacred Places section, we feature some articles about the battle over sacred Apache land in Arizona. In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article and information regarding the new Supreme Court nominee.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
Two bills were added:
H.R.4737: State and Tribal Government Sovereignty Protection Act of 2016.
H.R.684: Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act of 2015.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
We feature a notice of the Bureau of Indian Affairs relating to proclaiming certain lands as reservation for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
We feature an article about a current U.S. Supreme Court case relating to reservation diminishment.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/10

NEW ONLINE RESOURCE:
NILL has added a new research guide to our section on Indian child welfare.  The new page provides information about Title IV-E funding for tribes.  Visit the Title IV-E page now.

U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2016cta.html
U.S. v. Reza-Ramos (Major Crimes Act; Jurisdiction Over Non-Indian)

U.S. Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2016dct.html
Grand Canyon Skywalk Development, LLC v. Cieslak (Tribal Land; Tribal Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
Lewis v. Clarke (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Vehicular Accident)
Denny M. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services (Indian Child Welfare Act - Active Efforts)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Sacred Places section, we feature an article about a federal appeals court rejecting a challenge to a solar plant on sacred tribal land.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
We added three bills:
S.2636: Reservation Land Consolidation Act of 2016.
S.2643: Pueblo de Cochiti Self-Governance Act.
H.R.4685: To take certain Federal lands located in Tulare County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Tule River Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, has revised its internal agency directives for American Indian and Alaska Native relations to update the existing direction for the agency to work effectively with Indian tribes.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2016lr.html
We feature an article that provides an overview of the tribal-National Parks Service relationship.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/03

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2015-2016update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Seminole Tribe v. Stranburg (Taxation) on 2/19/16.

U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/2016cta.html
Alaska Oil and Gas Ass'n v. Jewell (Endangered Species Act - Polar Bears)
Longo v. Seminole Indian Casino-Immokalee (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Civil Rights)

U.S. Federal Trial Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/dct/2016dct.html
Doe v. Piper (Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act - Notice)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2016state.html
In re G.V. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Application of)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Culture & Tradition section, we feature a story on an historical agreement that gives a tribe control over foster cases.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/114_uslegislation.html
One bill became law:
H.R.487 became Public Law 114-127. To allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer certain lands.
Four bills were added:
S.2580: RAISE Act of 2016.
S.1436: Nevada Native Nations Land Act.
S.2242: Save Oak Flat Act.
H.R.4629: Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2016fr.html
We feature a notice of the Bureau of Indian Affairs relating to a revised list of designated tribal agents for service of notice under the Indian Child Welfare Act.