NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/22

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html

Petition for certiorari was denied in Renteria, et al. v. Superior Court of California, Tulare County, et al. (Indian Child Welfare Act) and in Norton, et al. v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. (Jurisdiction) on 2/20/18.

Petition for certiorari was filed in Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming, et al. (Reservation Boundaries - Diminishment) on 2/16/18.

Tribal Courts Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.html

In re: Challenge to the Eligibility of Randy Junior White, Candidate for Council (Elections)

Diaz v. Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (Gaming; Personal Injury - Slip and Fall)

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html

Chissoe v. Zinke (Fee-to-trust Acquisition)

News Bulletin

http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html

In the Health & Welfare section, we feature an article about Alaska transferring child welfare services for Native Alaskans to tribes.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/8

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Royal v. Murphy (Tribal Jurisdiction; Indian Reservation Boundaries) on 2/6/18.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
State of Texas v. Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act - Class II Gaming)
United States v. Board of Directors of the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (Tribal Water Rights)
Citizen Potawatomi Nation v. State of Oklahoma (Gaming - Arbitration Award)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Culture & Tradition section, we feature an article about the Transportation Security Administration's commitment to improve respectful handling of Native American sacred objects.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

• The "right" right to environmental protection: What we can discern from the American and Indian constitutional experience.
• An Arctic peril: The pitfalls and potential of a fragmentary polar law.
• Tribal sovereignty and gaming: A proposal to amend the National Labor Relations Act.
• Responsible resource development: A strategic plan to consider social and cultural impacts of tribal extractive industry development.
• A dollar for your thoughts: Dollar General and the Supreme Court's struggle with tribal civil jurisdiction.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:

• H.R.4965: To establish best practices for State, tribal, and local governments participating in the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, and for other purposes.
• H.R.4975: To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for consultation with State, tribal, and local governments, the consideration of State, tribal, and local concerns, and the approval of post-shutdown decommissioning activities reports by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• H.R.4899: Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2018 (See Sec.4 A.i.)
• H.R.4967: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve nutrition in tribal areas and for other purposes.
• S.2369: A bill to authorize aboriginal subsistence whaling pursuant to the regulations of the International Whaling Commission, and for other purposes.
• S.2375: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin   
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature a notice of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs notice of tribal consultation on the Indian trust asset management demonstration project.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 2/1

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Mandan v. Perdue (Separation of Powers; Judgment Funds) on 12/19/17.

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Yurok Tribe v. Resighnini Rancheria (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Fishing Rights)
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation v. Lawrence (Jurisdiction - Contracts)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In re R.H. v. A.N. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Tribal Intervention)
In Interest of J.L. and S.M. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Notice)
In Matter of IW, MM, Jr., and NK (Indian Child Welfare Act - Termination of Parental Rights)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Recognition & Enrollment section, we feature articles about tribes in Virginia obtaining federal recognition from Congress.

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2018.html

• Assessing political economy in Native American Nations.
• A legal practitioner's guide to Indian and tribal law research.
• Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act cannot protect sacred sites.
• Money is for nothing: The inherent want of consideration found in substantial exclusivity terms within tribal-state compacts.
• A Silent epidemic: Revisiting the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to better protect American Indian Native Women.
• Complex adaptive peacemaking: How systems theory reveals advantages of traditional tribal dispute resolution.
• Interstate water litigation in the West: A fifty-year retrospective.
• Thirty-Fifth Annual American Bar Association Water Law Conference: The future of Indian water right settlements in an age of uncertainty.
• Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water Dist., 849 F.3D 1262 (9th Cir. 2017).
• Environmental justice and tribal sovereignty: Lessons from Standing Rock.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
This bill became law:
H.R.984: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.

U.S. Regulatory Bulletin   
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
We feature a notice of the Department of the Interior of an update to the list of Indian entities recognized and eligible to recieve services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as of January 11, 2018.