Monthly Archives: December 2010
Ute Nuisance Complaint against Questar Dismissed
Here are the materials: DCT Order Dismissing Ute Nuisance Complaint Questar Motion to Dismiss Ute Complaint Ute Tribe Opposition
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research
White Earth Band Awarded Millions in Tribal Court Dispute with Former Chair and Gaming Management Co.
From the Bemidji Pioneer: An $18,562,767.45 money judgment was recently awarded to the White Earth Band of Chippewa against Angelo Medure and Gaming World International, Ltd. (GWI). The award culminates a 14-year struggle of the people of White Earth to … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, gaming, News, tribal courts
ICT Article on Hopi Constitutional Reform and Village Sovereignty
From ICT (via Pechanga): Voting on a proposed revision to the Hopi Constitution could violate village sovereignty and the results might create an ill-conceived fourth branch of government, according to a former Hopi Tribal Court chief judge. “The Hopi Constitution … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News, tribal courts
New Scholarship on American Indian Land Reform
Richael Faithful has posted “An Idea of American Indian Land Justice: Examining Native Land Liberation in the New Progressive Era” on SSRN, forthcoming in the National Lawyers Guild Law Review. Here is the abstract: This article is inspired by Professor … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Scholarship
NYTs: Debate over Little Big Horn Battlefield on Crow Land
An excerpt from yesterday’s NYTs article (full article here): Nearly 30 years ago, a group called the Custer Battlefield Preservation Committee began buying up land around the monument — some 3,300 acres in all — in an effort to stave … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Alaska Supreme Court Decides ICWA Active Efforts Case
Here is the opinion Lucy J. v. State of Alaska, Dept. of Health and Soc. Services.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research
NYTs: Quoting Haudenosaunee Leaders on Obama’s Promises to Indian Country
Here is the article. An excerpt: Robert Porter, the president of the Seneca nation in Western New York, said in an interview with the Caucus that Mr. Obama had failed to purse a legislative agenda that would help empower the American … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Challenge to NIGC General Counsel Opinion Dismissed
Here are the materials in Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. NIGC (W.D. Tex.): NIGC Motion to Dismiss Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Opposition NIGC Revised Motion WD Tex Order of Dismissal
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, gaming, Research
Official Announcement of U.S. Support for the UNDRIP
Here it is. Thanks to Brent Leonhard for sending this our way!
Filed under Author: Peter Vicaire, international law
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
