Monthly Archives: May 2010
Michigan Indian Day SAVE THE DATE — Sept. 24, 2010
The Ingham County Health Department and Michigan State University ask you to SAVE THE DATE (flyer here: save the date michigan indian day) and invite you to attend the 2010 Michigan Indian Day event. The event will be taking place Friday … Continue reading
Eleventh Circuit Holds that Indian Tribes Cannot Sue to Enforce Tribal Court Judgment against Parties Located in the Same State
Baffling. Here is the opinion in Miccosukee Tribe v. Kraus-Anderson Constr. Co.: 11th Circuit Opinion And here is the Tribe’s complaint, which includes the 166-page tribal court opinion as an attachment: Miccosukee Complaint w Tribal Court Decision Here is the … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research, tribal courts
BLT: House Passes Cobell Settlement
From BLT: House Passes $1B Settlements for Indians, Black Farmers The U.S. House of Representatives voted today for a jobs-and-tax package that includes approval of two $1 billion-plus settlements for American Indians and black farmers. The 215-204 vote is a … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Navajo Supreme Court Decides Cases on the Removal of the President and the Reduction of the Tribal Council
Here are these opinions: NNSC OPVP v TNN Council OPINION NNSC Initiative Committee to Reduce Council
Runyon v. River Rock Entertainment Authority–Tribal Immunity Forecloses Employment Arbitration
Here is the unpublished opinion from the California Court of Appeals. River Rock is owned by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians.
Ninth Circuit Decides Wenatchi and Yakama Fishing Rights at Wenatshapam Fishery
Here is the opinion in U.S. v. Colville, and an excerpt: This appeal is the latest chapter in the saga of Pacific Northwest Native American treaty fishing rights; a saga that has spanned many generations and over forty years of … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research, treaty rights
ICT Article on Schaghticoke Federal Recognition Cert Petition
From ICT: WASHINGTON – The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether a lower court should have considered the appearance of undue political influence as well as its actual effect on Interior Department officials, who rescinded … Continue reading
30th Anniversary of Grand Traverse Band Federal Recognition!!!!
Here’s a pic of the Michigan Indian Defense Association headed by Ben Peshawbe: And the government offices in Peshawbestown:
Saginaw Chippewa Activist Loses Title VII Claim Against E. Illinois Univ.
Here is the Seventh Circuit’s opinion in Leonard v. Eastern Illinois University.
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
