Monthly Archives: July 2010
NYTs: Roberts Court Most Conservative Court Since 1953
Here.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News, Supreme Court
Fourth Circuit Upholds North Carolina Statute Encouraging Black and Indian Public Contracting
Interesting case, quite possibly going to the Supreme Court for review (assuming the CA4 doesn’t reverse en banc) — H.B. Rowe Co. v. Tippett.
BLT Cobell Update
From BLT: Members of Congress are still looking for a way to authorize two, billion-dollar agreements that would settle litigation involving the federal government and minority groups. The House of Representatives had included authority for the settlements in a bill … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Washburn Law Journal Symposium on Tribal Economies and Infrastructure
Here: Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure Introduction Articles Exercising and Protecting Tribal Sovereignty in Day-to-Day Business Operations: What the Key Players Need to Know (395 KB PDF) S. Chloe Thompson America’s War on Tribal Economies: Federal Attacks on Native … Continue reading
Help Support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
July 7, 2010 – Chief Darwin Hill, Tonawanda Seneca Nation, addresses U.S. Department of State officials in Washington, D.C. on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The United States is currently reviewing its position on the United Nations … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Michigan Indian Legal Services Summer 2010 Newsletter
Here: MILS_Newsletter_Spring-Summer_2010_Issue. News about Aaron Allen (MSU Law grad), Erin Lane (current MSU law student), and John Petoskey.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Michigan Indian
Key Bank Consents to Navajo Court Jurisdiction in Lending Agreement
From the Navajo Times: * * * Shirley pointed to an unprecedented $60 million loan agreement with Cleveland-based Key Bank to fund construction of justice complexes in Crownpoint and Tuba City. Shirley signed the agreement, which had previously been endorsed … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News, tribal courts
News Coverage of GTB Election Delays (and Copies of GTB Election Board Decisions)
Election Board decisions: Election Board Opinion Russell McClellan 7 13 10 and Election Board Supplemental Opinion. From the Leelanau Enterprise: A General Election to seat three members of the seven-member Tribal Council of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Michigan Indian, News, Research, tribal election
National POC Legal Scholarship Conference Preliminary Program
Here: POC Preliminary Program july 20. Indian law profs participating include Bob Miller, Ray Austin, Gloria Valencia-Weber, and me.
Filed under Announcements, Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Symposia
White House Press Release on TLOA
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2010 Statement by the President on the Passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act Today’s passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act is an important … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
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
