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U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2020-2021update.html
Petition for certiorari was denied in one case on 10/19/20:
Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections, et al. v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. (IGRA)

Petition for certiorari was filed in one case on 10/9/20:
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas (Indian Gaming; Sovereignty)

Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html

  • Yazzie v. Hobbs (Voting Rights)
  • Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Trump (Keystone XL Pipeline)
  • Genskow v. Delain (ICRA)
  • Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation v. Wolf  (NAGPRA)

U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html

S.4809 - A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a new Tribal priority window for the 2.5 gigahertz band, and for other purposes.

News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:

  • F is for Fake: How a dozen possibly fraudulent and forged Indigenous artworks left Texas and ended up on museum walls in Wyoming
  • Tohono O'odham Nation to give $2 million to ASU, UA for COVID-19 research
  • National Tribal Leadership Climate Change Summit begins with virtual session on tribal climate change policy
  • The unique problems facing Native American youths in the criminal justice system
  • 'Going to fail': Using McGirt to disestablish tribal nations
  • State, tribal leaders condemn use of force against border protesters
  • Settlement will bring satellite voting offices to Blackfeet reservation
  • Nesika Illahee, Native-focused affordable housing development in Northeast Portland, receives national award for excellence in affordable housing
  • N.M. utility, tribe to break ground on solar farm
  • UW partners receives grant to develop educational pathways for Native American students
  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe partners with Lakota People’s Law Project to get out the vote in swing states and tribal nations
  • San Juan County expands in-person voting on the Navajo Nation during the pandemic
  • Four new Indigenous films by and about Native women

 

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