This information is from a presentation I gave today at the Minnesota CLE. In 2011 there were 199 ICWA cases (249 in the allstate-cs Westlaw database using “Indian Child Welfare Act” searc...
Here and here.
Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter recently addressed the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs regarding Fulfilling the Federal Trust Responsibility. As Halbritter remarked, the failu...
Here: In a playful break of decorum a lawyer at respondent’s table stuck the quill pen that is traditionally given to counsel behind his ear. It should be noted that this occured a half-hour bef...
Below, The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) discusses their ongoing effort to assist a struggling Dayak community in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province. Working alongside their...
Here are the materials in Allen v. United States (N.D. Cal.): DCT Order Dismissing Allen Complaint USA Motion to Dismiss Allen Motion for Summary J...
Here: Panel # 1 Ms. Melody McCoy Staff Attorney Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO Testimony Mr. Matthew L. M. Fletcher Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center M...
Here are the materials in Cressman v. Thompson (W.D. Okla.): DCT Order Dismissing Cressman Complaint Cressman Motion for Preliminary Injunction Oklahoma Dept. of Motor Safety Motion to Dismiss Oklah...
Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, seeks an attorney for either office. Kanji & Katzen’s nationwide legal practice focuses exclusively on t...
Here: Amended Complaint Earlier federal and state court materials are here.
Here is the motion in Kumeyayy Cultural Repatriation Committee v. University of California (S.D. Cal.): California Motion to Dismiss Materials in a related case, White v. University of California, are...
17 May 2012 Rethinking the State's Housing Programme: Finding a sustainable and responsive solution to the need for adequate shelter and the right to the city by S'bu Zikode I wish to submit and insi...
Thursday, 17 May 2012 Unemployed People’s Movement Press Statement UPM Statement on the Youth Wage Subsidy and the Clash between the DA and COSATU The Unemployed People’s Movement rejects the Yout...
First part of the article from the Oregonian: The Oregon Board of Education voted Thursday afternoon to ban Native American mascots in schools across the state. The policy, which represents one of the...
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 INDIAN TERRITORY REVIVALOKLAHOMA STATE CAPITOL - 1 PM TO 6 PM By Soc...
Here: Oversight Hearing on Fulfilling the Federal Trust Responsibility...
Letter: Proposed Gas Pipelines will not be Allowed to be Constructed on Unceded Wet'suwet'en Territories "We will stop them at our traditional boundary lines and prevent them from proceeding wit...
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Shell under fire from Indigenous Peoples over human rights abuses and environmental destruction in Canada, Alaska and Nigeria Report to be launched in London on Friday at a public meeting befo...
The Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, presenting at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recently, made a case against the UN World Intellectual Property Organization as a monopolistic manifestat...
Writing at Indian Country Today, Karla E. General examines the conflict between the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and US law. In the wake of the Ninth Circuit decision that desecr...
Speak Truth to Power: The Meat is Spoiled and That is Not OK With Us by Debra White Plume Pine Ridge Lakotas say the name of the shopping center should be 'Screw' the Nation Speak Truth...
Here is the article. Here is the quote: “It really burns my ass,” he says, “that we are going to have to spend tribal dollars that could be dedicated to causes like education, health care and po...
The HEARTH Act passed the House 400 to zero on May 15. Here is NCAI’s description: The HEARTH Act (H.R. 205 and S. 703) has been favorably considered in committee in both the Senate and the Hous...
Here. From the Salt Lake Cit Weekly. H/T @pechohawk...
This is the first of a two-part feature examining the fourth annual Mining Injustice Conference, which ran from May 5-6, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canada loves to follow the lead of the mining...
Little Butterfly and her people, the Awá, are earth's 'most threatened tribe'.© Survival The extent of the peril facing the world’s ‘most threatened tribe’ was revealed today,...
Four Corners Power Plant/Jared Blumenfeld EPA Suit Filed Against Expansion of Navajo Coal Mine Polluting Four Corners Region Federal Approval Ignores Human Health and Environmental Impacts By C...
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed on May 15, 2012 the efforts of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe to stop the federal government from taki...
Top articles at Censored News By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Censored News, more censored than ever, is happy to share with you some of our top posts. Also, in case...
Here: Job Announcement – TUL Prosecutor...
Here is the unpublished opinion in Chavez v. Navajo Nation Tribal Courts. An excerpt: The district court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. The court held that Mr. Chavez’s lawsuit against...
Aborigines request United Nations peacekeepers to protect them against aggression by the Australian Government.
Writing at Black Agenda Report, Dave Lindorff examines the National Operations Center through which the White House directs the coordinated efforts of federal, state and local police against Occupy. A...
On May 8, the organizing committee of the “Indigenous Peoples of Caucasian-Caspian region” conference gathered in Nagorno-Karabakh to discuss the details of the upcoming conference (5-7 October, 2...
Here, via How Appealing. Some of the criticism comes from Charles Fried, former SG under Reagan: Scalia’s tone this year, particularly in cases involving the Obama administration, is raising new cri...
Here is the opinion in United States v. Wright (D. S.D.): DCT Order Dismissing Wright Complaint An excerpt: Although this Court does not need to reach the merits of Wright’s claims, this Court h...
Here is the complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Missouri: Eagle Private Equity Complaint Here are snippets of the alleged facts: 6. Brule Community is the lender and Western Holdings is the b...
Here is the complaint in Hopkins-Dukes v. Two Hatchet (W.D. Okla.): Hopkins-Dukes v Two Hatchet Complaint...
Here is the Administration’s policy statement on the VAWA reauthorization, largely opposition to the House version. And here is the House Judiciary Committee Report on the H.R. 4970, VAWA Reauth...
My co-panelists, Melody McCoy of NARF and Daniel Rey-Bear of the Nordhaus Law Firm, have submitted their prepared statements for tomorrow’s hearing: NARF Testimony 05_17_12 2012-05-15 SCIA DRB t...
A Nanti man. His tribe's land is set to be invaded as Peru furthers its gas exploration into protected areas. © Survival Secret plans reveal Peru is actively pursuing new gas reserves inside pr...
AIM-WEST to screen its latest documentary at San Francisco’s BRAVA T...
VIDEO WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION! The Zapatista leadership in Oventic (JBG) and the family of a Zapatista prisoner made this important and unprecedented audio message presented with English translat...
My prepared statement is available here, on SSRN. A snippet: Today, I hope to provide a brief overview of the historic underpinnings of the federal trust responsibility to Indian nations; discuss the...
Mary and Carrie Dann/Photo courtesy Right Livelihood Award. Carrie Dann: Civil disobedience is one way to protect Mother Earth from gold mining Carrie Dann delivering testimony in Tucson to UN Ra...
Here is the agenda: 2012_indianlaw Keynote speaker is Patrice Kunesh, and featured speakers include Tracy Toulou, Andrew Adams III, Colette Routel, and Hon. Korey Wahwassuck. I was going to be there a...
Here are the materials in Timbisha Shoshone Tribe v. Salazar: CADC Opinion Timbisha Opening Brief Interior Answering Brief Timbisha Reply Timbisha Supplemental Brief Background materials are here.
Here is the House Bill: BILLS-112-HR4970RH H.R. 4970, the VAWA reauthorization bill will be considered by the Rules Committee today at 5pm. The hearing can be viewed at: http://rules.house.gov/Legis...
Commentary by Karla E. General The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples presents a new opportunity and a new kind of legal authority that could help Native peoples to secure rights to s...
In his post The Media and the Message, Nicholas Mirzoeff discusses the learned helplessness produced by mainstream media, neoliberalism’s administration of fear, and the counter-narrative of Occupy.
The Portland Harbor Superfund Site feasibility study released last [month] by the Lower Willamette Group (LWG) proposes a range of clean-up options by the parties responsible for the contamination in...
On May 8th, the House Judiciary Committee marked up and passed H.R. 4970, a stripped-down Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) that excludes a number of key provisions found in the Senate...
Here is the order in United States v. Booth (W.D. Mich.): US v Booth...
I just posted on SSRN a short paper I prepared for the National Native Law Students Association annual meeting career panel last month at the Pojoaque Pueblo: “On Becoming an American Indian La...
Here is the complaint in Reedy v. Montgomery County VA (W.D. Va.): Reedy v Montgomery County VA Fake Cherokee alert?