Monthly Archives: December 2011
LEAD Summer Business Institute for American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian High School Juniors
Deadline: January 9, 2012 LEAD Summer Business Institute for Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian High School Juniors Dartmouth College Duke University Stanford University University of Pennsylvania The LEAD Summer Business Institute is a dynamic summer program open to … Continue reading
Oklahoma Senators Appear to Have Blocked Arvo Mikkanen’s Nomination
Here is the coverage, h/t to How Appealing.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, News
Update in Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter Cert Stage
Here are additional cert stage briefs: Ramah Navajo Chapter Cert Opp Salazar Cert Reply The cert petition is here.
South Dakota Supreme Court Finds Indian Boarding School Plaintiffs Complied with Service of Process Rules
Here are the opinions in R.B.O. v. Priests of the Sacred Heart and R.B.O v. Congregation of the Priests of Sacred Heart.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research
Ninth Circuit Denies Fourth Amendment Challenge to Search on Crow Reservation
Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Littlebird. An excerpt: More importantly, significant intervening circumstances exist to sufficiently purge the taint of the illegal stop. First, prior to the interview, Littlebird was arraigned in the Crow Tribal Court and received … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Criminal, Research, tribal courts
Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms State Law Prosecution for Trafficking in American Indian Artifacts
Here is the opinion in State v. Taylor. Also, a concurring and dissenting opinion. And the COA opinion.
Native Wholesale Supply Bankruptcy Filings
Here: NWS Bankruptcy Complaint NWS Motion for PI
On Second Thought Issue: “The Think Indian Issue”
Here: secthought_thinkindian Articles and poems by Richard Williams, Susan Power, Heid Erdrich, Philip Deloria, and Lucy Annis Ganje, among others.
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Chappabitty v. IHS Complaint and Press Release
Here: FTCA Complaint Order.Motion for Relief Press Release 12.8.11 An excerpt from the press release: On December 7, 2011, Edwin Chappabitty, Jr., MD, Lawton, Oklahoma, filed a Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit for monetary damages in the United States Court for … Continue reading
Filed under Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research
Update in Saginaw Chippewa Suit against NLRB
Much like the 2009 letter from the Interior Solicitor’s Office in relation to the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, a new letter from the Interior Solicitor makes the same argument — that the National Labor Relations Act does not … Continue reading
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
