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Indian Law Bulletins
from the National Indian Law Library
We have scoured the web. Here are some of the latest materials related to Indian Law. Find all of the latest updates at narf.org/nill/bulletins/
U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2020-2021update.html
Petitions for certiorari were filed in two cases on 10/21/20 and 10/23/20:
- Alaska Native Village Corporation Association v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (CARES Act)
- Mnuchin v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation (CARES Act)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
- Cayuga Indian Nation v. Seneca County (Indian Taxation; Sovereign Immunity)
- Holtz v. Oneida Hotel Airport Corporation (ICRA; Sovereign Immunity)
- South Dakota v. Frazier (Sovereign Immunity)
- Debraska v. Oneida Business Committee (Tribal Election)
- Pascua Yaqui Tribe v. Rodriguez (Early Voting; Voting Rights Act)
- Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Terwilliger (IGRA)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
- Hotch v. Chilkat Indian Village (Cultural Property; Artifacts)
- Matter of M.T. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
H.R.8683 - To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
One bill was signed into law on 10/21/20:
PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.html
Toward tribal regulatory sovereignty in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Indigenizing Minnesota’s largest courtroom
- Making an effort to get legislation for the return of land in the Black Hills
- Michigan group says archaeological findings enough to halt Enbridge tunnel project
- Lumbee Tribe recognition bill gains support
- National Park Service grant awarded to Gun Lake Tribe
- Native volunteers set up tipi camp to help address homelessness
- Judge denies tribes' request to freeze Keystone XL Pipeline construction
- COVID complicates college prep for Native students
- How Indigenous communities in Canada organized an exemplary public health response to COVID
- Off the Wall: A conversation on repatriation at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
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