Tag Archives: Federal Lawyer

Professor Tsosie on Indigenous Identity & Sports Mascots

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

Professor Tsosie’s excellent Federal Lawyer article on identity and sports mascots is available below. Her longer law review article on these subjects is available here. Tsosie Fed Lawyer Art on Mascots As one of the curators of the Indian law … Continue reading →

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Two New Indian Law Articles in the Federal Lawyer

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

Here: Tribes, Same-Sex Marriage, and Obergefell v. Hodges: Tweedy on Same Sex Marriage Implementing VAWA 2013: Leonhard on Implementing VAWA

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Jessica Intermill on Federal Statutes of General Applicability

Posted on September 4, 2015 by

Jessica Intermill has published “Competing Sovereigns: Circuit Courts’ Varied Approaches to Federal Statutes in Indian Country” in the September 2015 issue of the Federal Lawyer. The article details the Sixth Circuit’s varied approaches in Little River Band of Ottawa Indians … Continue reading →

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Two Indian Law Articles in New Issue of Federal Lawyer

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

Here: Diversely Native Many federal Indian law professors have experienced some version of the following: We go to a law school to give a workshop on a specific aspect of federal Indian law and get a question along the lines … Continue reading →

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2015 Indian Law Issue of the Federal Lawyer

Posted on March 30, 2015 by

The annual Indian Law issue of the Federal Lawyer — which includes an article on Native veterans-active duty servicemembers by Kate Fort and Peter Vicaire — is here: April 2015 Current Judicial Profiles  Hon. William D. Johnson Chief Judge, Umatilla … Continue reading →

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Kate Fort & Peter Vicaire on Child Welfare and American Indian Active Duty Servicemembers and Veterans

Posted on January 21, 2015 by

Kathryn E. Fort and Peter S. Vicaire have posted “The Invisible Families: Child Welfare and American Indian Active Duty Servicemembers and Veterans,” forthcoming in the Federal Lawyer. The abstract: Child welfare issues as they involve Native military families are rarely discussed. … Continue reading →

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Federal Law 2014 Indian Law Issue

Posted on April 9, 2014 by

Here. Judicial Profiles of Tribal Judges (!) Hon. Theresa M. Pouley Chief Judge, Tulalip Tribal Court Tulalip Indian Reservation, Tulalip, Wash. Hon. Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner Acting Chief Judge, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Court of Appeals And … Continue reading →

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Federal Lawyer: 2013 Indian Law Issue

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Here. Recognizing the Importance of Indian Law on State Bar Examinations In many areas of federal Indian law, practitioners must understand substantive principles coupled with the unique relationship between tribal nations and the United States at the federal and state … Continue reading →

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FBA’s Federal Lawyer Publishes Annual Indian Law Issue

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Here. The Potential Impact of the Growing Mobile Society on Tribal Identity (Venus McGhee Prince) When most Americans think of tribes in this country, they don’t think of modern Indians who may live next door and may look and act much … Continue reading →

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Fletcher on Cabazon Band in the Federal Lawyer

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

I’ve posted my short paper, “California v. Cabazon Band: A Quarter-Century of Complex, Litigious Self-Determination,” in this month’s Federal Lawyer on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s decision in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. … Continue reading →

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