Monthly Archives: June 2010
Highly Recommended New Book: “North Country: The Making of Minnesota”
From Indianz: “Mary Lethert Wingerd’s “North Country: The Making of Minnesota” is a history of the Indian experience in Minnesota, from the first encounters with Europeans to the removal of tribes in the aftermath of the Sioux Uprising. This era … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Book Review, Great Lakes
“Indians Gave Cows”? HAHAHA!
From Shit My Dads Says: “Engagement rings are pointless. Indians gave cows…Oh sorry, congrats on proposing. We good now? Can I finish my indian story?”
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Fiction
New Book: “Citizenship and Its Exclusions” by Ediberto Román (NYU Press)
From the Faculty Lounge (Kevin Maillard): Ediberto Roman’s new book, Citizenship and its Exclusions, has just been published by NYU Press. He has been at Florida International since 2003, and previously served as Associate Dean. Prof. Roman is also the editor … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Scholarship
NYTs Article on Law School Grade Inflation: Do Grades Mean Anything Anymore?
Here is the article. An excerpt: Law schools seem to view higher grades as one way to rescue their students from the tough economic climate — and perhaps more to the point, to protect their own reputations and rankings. Once … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Education, News
Government Opposition to Hoopa En Banc Petition in Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act Dispute
Here: US Opposition to En Banc Petition. Earlier materials are here.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research
NYTs on Shinnecock Recognition
From the NYTs: There’s no irony or attitude at the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, just the whaling artifacts, the carved elk on the front door, the portraits and memorabilia of a people whose history on Long Island goes back … Continue reading
Crow Photographer Sings in the Timber in NYT’s Lens Blog
From the NYT’s Lens Blog–click through for the slideshow of Adam Sings in the Timber’s photos. It often seems as if America has only two frames through which to view its native culture: ceremony and pageantry or poverty and addiction. … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Kate E. Fort, News
NYTs Book Reviews of New Work on Custer and Quanah Parker
From the Legal History Blog: Also in the NY Times, a review of THE LAST STAND: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick, and EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Book Review
José Saramago Dies
From the NYTs: José Saramago, the Portuguese writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998 with novels that combine surrealist experimentation with a kind of sardonic peasant pragmatism, died on Friday at his home in Lanzarote in the Canary … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Are Law Review Articles Worthless to Practicing Lawyers and Judges?
From the Cal. Lawyer via the Law Librarian blog: In 1980 the California Supreme Court reviewed a tort claim filed on behalf of women afflicted with cancer because their mothers had taken diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen, during pregnancy. But, … 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
