Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/29

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/2020.html
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation v. Mnuchin (CARES Act; Relief Funds)
Tsi Akim Maidu of Taylorsville Rancheria v. Department of the Interior (Federal Recognition)
State of Washington, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe and Quinault Indian Nation v. EPA (Clean Water Act)
Williams & Cochrane, LLP v. Rosette, Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (Fee Agreements)
Baltas v. Erfe (RLUIPA)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Cora G. v. State of Alaska (ICWA; CINA)
In re Interest of A.K. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

• Politics, Indian law, and the Constitution.

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

• Student sues school after being turned away for wearing religious attire
• NDN Collective offers millions to tribes, Indigenous nonprofits, artists and entrepreneurs
• New research on COVID-19 infection rates in Indian Country
• Tribes, North Dakota file final agreement in voter ID lawsuits
• Nathan Tanner: Taking responsibility for the inequality facing the Navajo Nation
• Chuck Hoskin: Helping Cherokee small businesses survive
• The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 Bristol Bay fishing season
• 'We are being born Indian and dying white'
• Judge halts distribution of relief funding to Alaska Native corporations
• Water is life: It's time
• Donovan White: Standing up for Native Americans and Native American jobs

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/23

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/

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was denied in one case on 4/20/20:
Neff v. United States (RICO Act)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc v. United States (Trust Relationship; Arizona-Florida Land Exchange Act)
Adams v. Elfo (Indian Civil Rights Act)
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes v. Lake County Board of Commissioners (Trespassing; Sovereign Immunity)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Tom v. Baker (Tribal Jurisdiction)
In re Austin J. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

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

• H.R.6535 - To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury, 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/2020.html

• Aloha 'Aina: Native Hawaiian land restitution.
• Going "all in" after Murphy v. NCAA: An approach for California to legalize sports gambling.

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

• Indian Country set for historic showdown in fight for $8 billion in COVID-19 relief
• NCAI statement on the release of sensitive tribal data
• Tribes sue over distribution of coronavirus relief funding
• Mashpee Wampanoag termination: Time to expose federal Indian law
• Gaming compacts: 'Legally flawed and sow more division than unity'
• Navajo Nation extends virus restrictions till mid-May
• Book review: The people who profited off the Trail of Tears
• Lloyd Omdahl: Coronavirus exposes price of bigotry
• StrongHearts Native Helpline: Sexual violence in Indian Country
• As Native peoples self-isolate, outsiders are still demanding in
• How Native Americans made basketball their own

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/16

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/2020.html

• Penobscot Nation v. Frey (Treaty Rights)
• United States v. Cline (Criminal Jurisdiction)
• Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe v. County of Mille Lacs (Reservation Boundaries)
• Hudson v. Zinke (Tribal Elections; Trust Relationship)
• Mecautea v. State of Oregon (Tribal Court Jurisdiction)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
In Re the Petition of M.G. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

Tribal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/tribal/2020.html
Donius and Rincon Mushroom Corporation, Inc v. Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians (Tribal Jurisdiction)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

• Compensatory mitigation and public lands.
• American Indians and the right to vote: Why the courts are not enough.
• Silent intent? Analyzing the congressional intent required to abrogate tribal sovereign immunity.

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

• NCAI and NARF joint statement on recent census announcement and call for Congress to extend census operations
• How the U of Minnesota, Twin Cities doubled its retention of Native American students
• Urban Indians are largely invisible from COVID-19 reporting
• Federal court vacates Keystone XL permit, orders remand to federal agency
• Mashpee tribal members recount long history of fighting for land
• Op-Ed: Two women fighting to prevent COVID-19 from destroying rural Alaska
• SCOTUS will hear McGirt argument remotely in May -- No date set yet
• UN expert mechanism on the rights of Indigenous peoples releases statement on COVID-19
• Culture, resilience, and sustainability of the Salish people
• Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/8

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/

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was denied in one case on 4/2/20:
Buchwald Capital Advisors, LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Rule 46 Dismissal)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

• State of Texas v. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Indian Gaming)
• JW Gaming Development, LLC v. James (RICO Act)
• Scott v. Paisley (Indian Civil Rights Act)
• Bollenbach v. United States (Federal Tort Claims Act)
• Western Refining Southwest, Inc. v. Department of the Interior (Trust Relationship)
• State of California v. Bureau of Land Management v. Zinke (Mineral Leasing)
• Fercho v. United States (Tribal Court Jurisdiction)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
H.R.6448 - 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.

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

• Announcement: New Indian Country Resource Page at the Tribal Law and Policy Institute website
• Cultural lessons: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture makes Native-based curriculum available to download
• 'We need clarification now': Indian gaming industry being shut out of coronavirus relief program
• Map of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Indian Health System
• Members of Congress demand Senate address decision to nix tribe's reservation land
• Arizona Army National Guard delivers food, supplies to Navajo Nation
• Washington state tribes, allies mobilize to gather medical protection needed in coronavirus fight
• Horizon Foundation's $4.8M gift launches OU Native Peoples Initiative
• Letters: A nurse's perspective of COVID-19
• The Alaska Native teacher upending the legacy of colonial education

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 4/1

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/

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petition for certiorari was filed in one case on 3/24/20:
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. (Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

• Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. United States (IHS; Treaty Rights)
• Leachman v. United States (Indian Health Service)
• Sturdevant v. Brott (Prison Litigation Reform Act)
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. US Army Corps of Engineers (Treaty Rights; Cultural Resources)
• Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. David Bernhardt (Federal Recognition)
• Cherokee Nation v. David Bernhardt (Land Into Trust)
• Cayuga Nation v. Tanner (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act)

Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html

• Introduction: Indigenous peoples, sustainability and climate change.
• Kānāwai: Using ancient Hawaiian law to prepare for the future.

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

• 'We're building faith': Social Distance Powwow brings Indian Country together despite coronavirus
• Tribes score victory in long-running battle against Dakota Access Pipeline
• State of Washington bill to authorize tax compacting with tribes
• Supreme Court churns along with Indian Country case amid coronavirus crisis
• Mashpee Wampanoag face double crisis: COVID-19 and feds
• Why are some Native Americans fighting efforts to decriminalize peyote?
• Interview: Fighting and winning with Louise Erdrich
• Seminole Museum to Smithsonian: 'No more stolen ancestors'
• 'Be good to each other' (and share a virtual coffee)