NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/20

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Harvey, et al., v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. (Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies) on 3/7/18.

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

• Tribal lending and tribal sovereignty.
• Beyond trademark: The Washington Redskins case and the search for dignity.
• International Indigenous economic law.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Railway Company (Rights-of Way; Trespass)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section we feature an article about an NCAI five-year report on tribal nations exercising the Violence Against Women Act.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bills were added:
H.R.5317: To repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/15

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

• Justice for Native Nations: Insights from legal pluralism.
• GMOs, International law, and Indigenous peoples.
• May the spirit of section 106 yet prevail?: Recognizing the environmental elements of Native American intangible cultural heritage.

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

• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Lambert (Impeachment)
• Apachito v. Navajo Election Administration (Elections)
• Northern Edge Casino v. Window Rock District Court (Personal Injury)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
State v. Zack (Jurisdiction)

Regulatory Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2018.html
The Department of the Interior has issued a notice relating to a list of programs eligible for inclusion in funding agreements negotiated with self-governance tribes. 

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Health & Welfare section, we feature a couple of articles about Congressional efforts to battle opioid addiction in Indian Country. 

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

• S. 2514: PACED Act (Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs) [bill to abrogate tribal sovereign immunity]
• S. 2545: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a special behavioral health program for Indians.
• H.R.5244: To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 3/8

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition was filed in Osage Wind, LLC, et al. v. United States (Mining; Surface Estate; Mineral Estate) on 3/2/18.

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

• "Animals may take pity on us": Using traditional tribal beliefs to address animal abuse and family violence within tribal nations.
• Affirming a pragmatic development of tribal jurisprudential principles.
• Public lands, conservation, and the possibility of justice.
• Affirming a pragmatic development of tribal jurisprudential principles.
• Traditional problems: How tribal same-sex marriage bans threaten tribal sovereignty.
• Close to zero: The reliance on minimum blood quantum requirements to eliminate tribal citizenship in the Allotment Acts and the post-adoptive couple challenges to the constitutionality of ICWA.
• Sufficiently criminal ties: Expanding VAWA criminal jurisdiction for Indian tribes.
• When Patents are sovereigns: The competitive harms of leasing tribal immunity.

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In Re M.J. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Termination of Parental Rights; Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Federal Courts Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Perkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Federal Income Tax)
Stand Up for California! v. United States Department of Interior (Land into Trust; Federal Vacancies Reform Act)

The great kiva in the plaza of Chetro Ketl, Chaco Canyon

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Environment & Energy section, we feature an article about a gas lease sale near Chaco Canyon.

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

• H.R.5140: To make improvements to the Account for the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis to improve tribal health. 
• H.R.5172: To assist Indian tribes in maintaining, expanding, and deploying broadband systems.