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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/
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
United States v. Clark (Sentencing Guidelines)
Jim v. Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc. (Title VII; Sovereign Immunity)
Hardwick v. United States (Fee to Trust)
Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (ICRA)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Louisa M. v. State of Alaska (Indian Child Welfare Act)
U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
- H.R.8751 - To provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
- S.4886 - A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes.
- S.4889 - A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to increase the dividend exclusion, to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under that Act, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
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
- McGirt v. Oklahoma.
- The equal-protection challenge to federal Indian law.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Often overlooked Native American voters poised to become powerful voting bloc in Michigan
- National Indian Congress passes historic tribal citizenship protection measure
- The case for a Native American Secretary of the Interior
- ‘They’ve been following the science’: How the Covid-19 pandemic has been curtailed in Cherokee Nation
- Whitmer moves to shut down Enbridge's Line 5
- CU to work with state legislature to offer in-state tuition to Indigenous students from outside Colorado
- History: Dr. Lowell John Bean worked to change the depiction of Californian Indians
- Meet the Native scholar helping tribal communities through interdisciplinary research
- A champion of Indigenous filmmaking
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