SCOTUSBlog isn’t taking any chances with Indian law now.
The Kickapoo v. Texas petition is on its watch list for the May 29, 2008 conference (here).
Docket: 07-1109
Case name: Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas v. Texas, et al.
Issue: Whether, following Seminole Tribe v. Florida (1996), the Secretary of the Interior may establish procedures for Indian [...]
From ICT:
The federal government’s recent actions involving its authority to make decisions on acquiring land in trust for tribal gaming purposes may inadvertently threaten the authority and duty of the secretary of the Interior Department to take land into trust for Indian tribes.
On April 29, the D.C. Circuit decided an innocuous case involving the secretary [...]
Yesterday’s per curiam opinion in MichGo v. Kempthorne, while very, very important to the Gun Lake Band and other Michigan tribes, did not break any new ground. It was the third time in recent years that citizens groups challenged the Secretary of Interior’s decision to take land into trust for gaming purposes for the three [...]
“Update on Proposed Class II Gaming Regulations,” DesRosiers, Knudson & McBride, INDIAN GAMING magazine 34-42 (April 200
update-on-proposed-class-ii-gaming-regs
Panel 1
THE HONORABLE DIANE ENOS
President, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Scottsdale, AZ
THE HONORABLE JOE SHIRLEY JR.
President, The Navajo Nation
Window Rock, AZ
THE HONORABLE DANIEL EDDY
Chairman, Colorado River Indian Tribes
Parker, AZ
From the House Resources Committee:
Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Carl Artman, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, DC
Panel 2
The Honorable Lorraine White, Chief, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, Akwesasne, NY
The Honorable Vincent Armenta, Tribal Chairman, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Santa Ynez, CA
The Honorable Hazel Hindsley, Tribal Chairwoman, St. [...]
Kevin Washburn has posted on SSRN his testimony for tomorrow’s hearing before the House Resources Committee on the new guidance for the acquisition of off-reservation trust lands for gaming purposes.
St. Croix Band of Chippewa lost a motion for a preliminary injunction in their attempt to avoid the new off-reservation gaming rules [see here for Bryan Newland's analysis of the new rules].
Here are the materials:
Motion for TRO or Preliminary Injunction
Friend of the blog Eric Biber has posted “Too Many Things to Do: How to Deal with the Dysfunctions of Multiple-Goal Agencies” on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
All federal agencies must cope with the challenges of trying to achieve success on the multiple goals laid out for them by Congress, the President, or the [...]
Here is the opinion.
Here is a link to our previous post that included several briefs, including the tribal brief.
Congrats to the petitioners!
