Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/24/21

The Native American Rights Fund Boulder office is hiring for the open position of Staff Attorney. Learn more about the vacancy at: https://www.narf.org/contact-us/join-team/

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2021.html

• Eagle Bear, Inc. and William Brooke v. The Blackfeet Indian Nation and The Blackfeet Tribal Court (Tribal Court Jurisdiction)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html

• In the Matter of the Determination of the Rights to the Use of Surface Waters of the Yakima River Drainage Basin v. Acquavella (Water Rights)
• In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: L.L.H. and C.A.M., Parents. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
• Acres v. Marston (Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Indian Gaming; Tribal Courts)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• S.3242 - Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2021.
• S.3259 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs.
• S.3269 - A bill to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
• H.R.6063 - To provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.

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

• Interior secretary seeks to rid U.S. of derogatory place names, including those to Native Americans
• Broken US-Indigenous treaties: A timeline
• Utah Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women task force hears about jurisdiction issues in first meeting
• States fail to adequately address climate change: An Indigenous peoples' analysis of COP26 decisions
• Read and watch Secretary Haaland's historic remarks on the power of Indigenous representation on the 52nd anniversary of the Alcatraz Island Occupation
• Infrastructure bill amendment creates flexibility to serve urban Natives
• Native American kindergarten student punished for having long hair
• Four cultural centers that are opening up the conversation about Native American art and identity
• Native American chefs share Thanksgiving recipes

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/17/21

The Native American Rights Fund Boulder office is hiring for the open position of Staff Attorney. Learn more about the vacancy at: https://www.narf.org/contact-us/join-team/

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html

• Grossman v. Ciy of El Paso (Cultural Resources; Antiquities Code of Texas)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• S.3204 - A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, 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/2021.html

• United States v. Cooley.
• Race to jurisdiction: Forum determination in DV-related child custody actions when survivors flee across reservation lines.
• Anishinaabe-inaakonigewin: Principles for the intergenerational preservation of mino-bimaadiziwin.

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

• Overview of the National Indian Law Library
• Biden administration protects portion of New Mexico's Chaco Canyon from oil and gas leasing
• ICWA experts say state laws could protect Native families
• Interior Dept. creates tribal consultation committee; advocates hope model could improve other federal agencies
• Long-running battle over a sacred tribal site at Mount Hood back in court
• Redistricting leads to concern over diluted Indigenous voting power
• USDA announces a new focus on Indigenous food and agriculture
• Report: LGBTQ Native Americans face discrimination, healthcare disparities
• Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts
• Little Shell Tribe opens health clinic in Montana
• UArizona Health Sciences study identifies breast cancer treatment disparities among Native American, Indigenous women
• U.S. judge won’t reconsider tribes’ bid to block Nevada mine
• ‘Indigenous identity and the land are inseparable’: Menominee Forest researcher to start podcast
• Why I'm thankful for Indigenous resistance

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/10/21

The Native American Rights Fund Boulder office is hiring for the open position of Staff Attorney. Learn more about the vacancy at: https://www.narf.org/contact-us/join-team/

U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2020-2021update.html

• One petition for certiorari was filed this week on 11/4/21:
• Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Bonta (Indian Reorganization Act; Taxation)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2021.html

• Acres Bonusing, Inc. v. Marston (Tribal Sovereign Immunity)
• Bartell Ranch LLC v. McCullough (Lithium Mining; Federal Land Policy and Management Act; National Historic Preservation Act; Tribal Consultation)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html

• In re P.G. (Indian Child Welfare Act)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• S.Res.440 - A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
• S.3168/H.R.5880 - A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.
• S.3200/H.R.5855 - A bill to authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, to conserve the Little Missouri National Grasslands, and for other purposes.
• H.R.5822 - To extend Federal recognition to the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, 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/2021.html

• Mountains, telescopes, and broken promises: The dignity taking of Hawai'i's ceded lands.
• Man camps and bad men: Litigating violence against American Indian women.

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

• Tribal law enforcement officials say McGirt strengthening public safety
• Historic alliance is formed in pursuit of improved Native American healthcare
• Harvard researchers blast Treasury’s ARPA tribal distribution formulas as ‘nothing short of shocking’
• Judge rejects a Trump-era water contract in a win for tribes in California
• Native American maps (and ideas) that shaped the nation
• 'Financial colonialism': A bitcoin mine in Navajo Nation flares tensions
• 11 influential Native American artists

Indian Law Bulletins Updated 11/3/21

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2021.html

• Corey Lee Dove v. Patuxent Facility (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act)

State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2021.html

• North Dakota v. Suelzle (Law Enforcement Jurisdiction)
• Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation California v. Flynt (Indian Gaming; IGRA)

U.S. Legislation - 117th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/117_uslegislation.html

• S.3113 - A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State and Tribal courts in order to allow the electronic service of certain court orders, and for other purposes.
• S.3123 - A bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes.
• S.3126 - A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, 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/2021.html

• Commandeering the Indian Child Welfare Act: Native American rights exception to Tenth Amendment challenges.
• Indian Country post-McGirt: Implications for traditional energy development and beyond.
• Mentorship, leadership, and being an Indigenous woman.
• A rite of passage: Perpetuating the invisibility of American Indian lawyers.

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

• Indian Country bills set for passage in U.S. House of Representatives
• Why protecting tribal rights is key to fighting climate change
• The University of Minnesota offers tuition waiver for Native American students
• One of America’s last remaining Native birchbark canoe builders launches elaborate 16-foot hunting boat constructed at Northwestern: ‘We don’t just take, we give back.’
• IHS and VA renew partnership to improve health of Native veterans
• Cherokee Nation responds to McGirt challenges
• The Lewis and Clark expedition from an Indigenous perspective
• Adapting to climate change by saving sacred seeds
• Donlin Gold mine jeopardizes a way of life in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
• Economic impact study reveals Native tourism is a $14 billion industry
• Native tribes have lost 99% of their land in the United States
• Red Nation Film Festival: Native film festival founder focuses on telling Native stories onscreen