American Indian Law
Topics include federal/tribal relations, state/tribal relations, tribal jurisdiction and authority, and business law.
Vincent Schilling | March 16, 2020 | American Indian Law
Legislation addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women gets unanimous approval.U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, applauded the unanimous passage of two bills — directed to...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Kaighn Smith, Jr., Wenona T. Singel and Lauren Klosinski | March 6, 2020 | American Indian Law
Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians Reporter Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Associate Reporters Wenona T. Singel and Kaighn Smith Jr. recently teamed up with ALI CLE to offer two courses on the Law of American Indians.Economic Development in Indian Country:...
Richard Monette | March 2, 2020 | American Indian Law
ABSTRACTFrank Pommersheim’s Braid of Feathers: American Indian Law and Contemporary Indian Life offers a thoughtful invitation and a skillful guide into the largely uncharted terrain where federal Indian law meets tribal Indian law. Although of broad scope, including...
Lauren Klosinski | January 30, 2020 | American Indian Law
On Jan. 29, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the first meeting of a White House task force to address the incidence of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. The following is the press release. The Department of...
Jennifer Morinigo | January 28, 2020 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Conflict of Laws, Government Ethics, Property, Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
At its meeting in Philadelphia on January 16 and 17, 2020, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of ten projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed below.*American Indian Law: The Council approved Council Draft No. 6, containing all...
Lauren Klosinski | January 22, 2020 | American Indian Law
In “A 41-year-old law designed to protect Native American families is under attack. Here’s what that means for Colorado’s tribes,” The Denver Post takes a look at the potential effect of recent rulings on the Indian Child Welfare Act to Colorado’s Indian...
