NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/28

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was granted in Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den (State Taxation) on 6/25/18.
Petition for certiorari was granted in Herrera v. Wyoming (Treaty Hunting Rights) on 6/28/18.
Petitions for certiorari were denied in Eastern Shoshone Tribe v. Wyoming, et al. and Northern Arapaho Tribe, et al. v. Wyoming, et al. (Reservation Diminishment) and in Sharp Image Gaming, Inc. v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Indian Gaming Commission - Collateral Agreements) on 6/25/18.

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

• Polar opposites: Assessing the state of environmental law in the world's polar regions.

Tribal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2018.htmlSpurr v. Spurr (Harassment - Personal Protection Order)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
Matter of IW (Indian Child Welfare Act - Expert Witnesses)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article about U.S. Supreme Court end of term action on Native American law cases.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/22

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Read the latest Tribal Supreme Court Project update published on 6/20/18.

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

• Through a Federal Habeas Corpus glass, darkly- Who is entitled to effective assistance of counsel in tribal court under ICRA and how will we know if they got it?
• Tribal sovereignty and the recognition power.
• Twenty-five years later: The amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act and Tribal Consultation.
• Foreign-Trade zones in Indian Country: Is a foreign-trade zone right for your tribe?
• Silence is anything but golden: Laws of general applicability in Indian Country.
• Alvarez v. Lopez: The Ninth Circuit overextends Congress's intended use of plenary powers with its interpretation of the ICRA jury provision.
• Lessons from relocations past: Climate change, tribes, and the need for pragmatism in community relocation planning.
• Water exchanges: Arizona's most recent innovation in Water Law and Policy.
• Ensuring Arizona's future today: The Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan and its implementation in Arizona.
• Overcoming constitutional obstacles to the resolution of general stream adjudications.
• Retail Canyon: The failure of Environmental Law within an American treasure.
• The ubiquitous ubiety of Native American Law.
• An overview of practicing American Indian Criminal Law in Federal, State, and Tribal Courts, and an update about recent expansion of criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians.
• Data sovereignty and the Tribal Law and Order Act.
• The effect of state marijuana legalization on tribes: One tribe's unexpected journey.
• A former tribal leader's thoughts on serving tribal clients.
• NHPA 106 Consultation: A primer for tribal advocates.
• Conquering injustice: An analysis of sexual violence in Indian Country and the Oliphant gap in tribal jurisdiction.
• Patchak v. Zinke (16-498).
• The National Historic Preservation Act: An inadequate attempt to protect the cultural and religious sites of Native nations.
• Why try to change me now?: The basis for the 2016 Indian Child Welfare Act Regulations.
• Highway culverts, salmon runs, and the Stevens Treaties: A century of litigating Pacific Northwest Tribal Fishing Rights.
• Do borders make a difference behind bars? The scope of prisoners' free exercise of religion protection in Canada and the United States.
• A view from American courts: The year in Indian Law 2017.
• Resources for relocation: In search of a coherent Federal policy on resettling climate-vulnerable communities.
• Implementing the Federal Trust Responsibility to Indians after President Nixon's 1970 message to Congress on Indian Affairs: Reminiscences of Reid Peyton Chambers.
• The State, the Tribe, and the ugly: The Ninth Circuit stakes a bad claim on Indian Land for tribal civil jurisdiction over nonmembers in Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
Chinook Indian Nation v. Zinke (Federal Recognition)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
In re C.A. (Indian Child Welfare Act - Application of)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Land & Water section, we feature a couple of articles relating to an effort to nullify a tribal water rights settlement deal.


U.S. Legislation Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html
The following bill was added:
H.R.6124: To amend Title II of the Social Security Act to authorize voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian tribal council members, and for other purposes.

NILL added new content to the Indian Law Bulletins on 6/14

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2017-2018update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in Citizen Potawatomi Nation v. Oklahoma (Indian Gaming - Arbitration) on 5/30/18.
A Per Curium Opinion was issued in Washington v. U.S. on 6/11/18.

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

• Rejecting the Zero-Sum game in daily fantasy sports: A proposal for Arizona.
• The Supreme Court's last 30 years of Federal Indian Law: Looking for equilibrium or supremacy?
• Valuable lessons to learn from Tribal innovation.
• The rapidly increasing extraction of oil, and Native Women, in North Dakota.
• Statutory divestiture of Tribal Sovereignty.
• Breaking faith with the Tribal Sovereignty Doctrine.
• The puzzle of traditional knowledge.
• Tribes and Cannabis: Seeking parity with States and consultation and agreement from the U.S. Government.
• Lewis v. Clarke (15-1500).
• DAPL: Storm clouds on the horizon in Indian Country.
• The Volkswagen Settlement: An opportunity for Tribes to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions in Indian Country.
• Domestic Violence.
• Indian Nations and The Constitution.

Federal Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2018.html
United States v. Jim (Gaming Revenue Distributions; Taxation)
California v. Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California (Official Tribal Government)

State Courts Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2018.html
White v. Schneiderman (Cigarette Taxation)

News Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
In the Intergovernmental section, we feature an article about a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upholds protections for salmon.

U.S. Legislation Bulletin 
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/115_uslegislation.html

• The following bills were added:
• H.R.6030: Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act.
• S.3046: Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2018
• H.R.3744: Tribal Recognition Act of 2017
• S.1285: Oregon Tribal Economic Development Act

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, regarding the new list of designated tribal agents for service of notice in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act.