Monthly Archives: May 2009
Suit re: Tribal Police Tort Claim Dismissed
The case is Wallulatum v. Warm Springs Confederated Tribes (D. Or.). Here are the materials: Wallulatum DCT Order Warm Springs Motion to Dismiss
Sault Tribe to Vote on Chairman/CEO Separation
From AIPBlog: Tonight the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians voted to have a referendum to change the Tribes Constitutional By-Laws and Separate the Chairman/CEO position into two distinct positions: one elected and one otherwise. AIPBlog followers realize I … Continue reading
SCOTUSblog on the SCIA Hearing on Carcieri
From SCOTUSblog: Today, at 2:15 pm the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will conduct a hearing in response to the recent Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The decision limited the Secretary of the Interior’s authority to place land … Continue reading
Major League Baseball Pulls Chief Wahoo From Stars and Stripes Cap
From Yahoo: MLB pulls Chief Wahoo off Cleveland’s ’09 Stars and Stripes cap By ‘Duk Major League Baseball is rolling out a new round of Stars and Stripes caps for Memorial Day and it appears that they designed the lids … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, cultural resources, News
More National Granholm Coverage
Full article at the Washington Post: Governor Granholm’s Rise to Politics A Career That Began With a Reganesque Start By Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 20, 2009; 3:43 PM Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is a darling of … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Kate E. Fort, News, Supreme Court
More News From the Firm that Represented the Redskins
According to Above the Law, the first-year associate at Quinn Emanuel who sent the e-mails challenging the firm’s representation on the Redskins case (see previous post here), has been fired for failing the California bar for a second time. Read … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Trent S.W. Crable
NCAI Written Testimony for the SCIA Hearing on Carcieri v. Salazar
NCAI Testimony to SCIA on Carcieri – final Here is NCAI’s proposed legislative “fix”: 25 U.S.C. §479: The Act entitled “An Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend to Indians the right to form business and … Continue reading
Complaint of Former Chief Judge of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Dismissed
The case is Miner v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (D. N.D.). Here are the materials: Miner Motion for Summary Judgment [no response] SRST Motion to Dismiss Miner Response to Motion to Dismiss SRST Reply Brief Miner v Standing Rock DCT … Continue reading
NYTs on New BIA Head
From the NYTs: A member of the Pawnee tribe who was Idaho’s attorney general is the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. By a voice vote late Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Larry EchoHawk, 60, a law professor at … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Rebecca Tsosie Postings on SSRN
Rebecca Tsosie has posted several of her past articles on SSRN: Challenges to Sacred Sites Protection Denver University Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 963, 2006 Rebecca A. Tsosie Arizona State University – College of Law Date Posted: May 7, 2009 … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Scholarship
American Indian Tribal Law
Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30
Federal Indian Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed.)
The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
