Native Village of Kivalina v. Exxon Complaint

The Native Village of Kivalina sued Exxon and a host of others over global warming, alleging that their village will be destroyed by rising ocean waters.
Here is the complaint.

Go MSU NALSA!

Our students have reached the sweet 16 in the National Native American Law Students Association annual moot court competition, held this year in Tempe! Go Alicia and Nova!

Washington Post Reports on the Lobbying Effort Surrounding the Sault Tribe and Bay Mills Land Claims Settlement Bills

Interests Clash as Mich. Tribes Pursue Land off Reservations
By Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 14, 2008; Page A04
An unusual effort by several powerful congressmen to clear the way for two Indian casinos in Michigan is fueling a fierce multimillion-dollar lobbying battle of a scale not seen since the fall of Jack Abramoff.
More than [...]

Casinos close to cashing in

by Chris Killian | Special to the Gazette
Saturday February 09, 2008, 6:32 PM
Two area gambling hubs could open by late next year, pending court ruling
Mark Bugnaski / GazetteKristine Albers checks new decks of cards at The Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo in August. By mid-to-late 2009, southwest Michigan could have two more casinos.
Two Native [...]

Pokagon Lawyer Becomes Director of Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

By Charles Storch |Tribune reporter

February 4, 2008

A tribal lawyer turned academic is to take over this week as executive director of the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, marking the first time in the Evanston institution’s 30-year-history that it will be led by a Native American.
John Low, 51, of Park Ridge, is familiar [...]

Anthropologists, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council investigating discovery of human remains

Saginaw Chippewa Tribe inspects Flint site where bones were found

FLINT — Members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe were in Flint today inspecting land that is believed to be an Indian burial site.
Earlier this week, construction crews dug up several bones on Stone Street and Third Avenue, which officials now believe could belong to as [...]

Odawa language course makes its way into Harbor Springs’ curriculum

By Christina Rohn News-Review Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:32 AM EST
A groundbreaking new course is being offered at Harbor Springs High School — Anishinaabemowin, the native language of Odawa Indians. The class, which is a collaboration between the Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians and Harbor Springs Public Schools, began in September [...]

Call for Proposals: Model Tribal Code Drafting at the Uniform Law Commission

The Uniform Law Commission has a special committee that drafts model codes for tribal enactment. Most recently, they’ve drafted a model tribal secured transactions act that is largely based on the UCC’s Article 9 with key changes intended to address unique tribal concerns. The committee is in the process of selecting another model [...]

Global warming, carbon credits, and Indigenous peoples

From the Phildadelphia Inquirer this week:
Posted on Mon, Dec. 10, 2007
Protection money
In the struggle between development and environment, some are proposing payments to help preserve rain forests.
By David Greising
Chicago Tribune
KWAMALASAMUTU, Suriname - The rain forest here is so dense and this village so isolated that when Russell Mittermeier arrived by bush plane, it seemed for [...]

More on the Manoomin Project - U.P. program for Juvenile Court youth

From Indian Country Today:Manoomin Project teaches at-risk youth respect, culture Posted: November 21, 2007 by: Greg Peterson

 
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Photo courtesy Greg Peterson/second photo courtesy Steve Durocher — The Manoomin Project teaches at-risk teens - sentenced in juvenile court for minor crimes - respect for themselves, Native heritage and nature. [...]