If you are a law student interested in studying abroad, the University of Tulsa offers a program in Geneva relating to Indigenous people. The 2009 program will run July 4 - August 1, 2009, and th...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/11/geneva-institute-on-indigenous-peoples.html
The transcript of the argument today in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle is available here . Surprisingly, the Court was heavily interested in the idea that a majority Indian-own...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/04/transcript-of-argument-in-plains.html
This was originally submitted to the Tulsa World as an op-ed piece, but was not published: update as of 4/10/08: The Tulsa World did indeed publish this an op-ed piece, The Native American Times...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/03/ok-ag-values-bank-over-battered-women.html
Notwithstanding the fact that section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment (the very same amendment that is the source of our Equal Protection Clause) contains an express Indian classification, recently...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/02/indians-and-equality.html
The Supreme Court granted cert today in Carcieri v. Kempthorne, No. 07-526. The case involves efforts by the State of Rhode Island to prevent additional lands from being taken in trust by the fed...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/02/legality-of-land-into-trust.html
For years scholars have described the Code of Indian Offenses, first adopted by the federal government in 1883, as a reservation criminal code designed to covered lesser misdemeanors. The Code o...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/02/code-of-indian-offenses.html
In a scary development for all of us who have been watching the Supreme Court, the Court has granted certiorari to review an Eighth Circuit decision upholding tribal court jurisdiction over a non...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2008/01/certiorari-granted-in-important-case-on.html
The Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, American Indian Policy Institute at ASU, American Indian Law Center, Inc., Native Nations Law and...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/12/igra-20th-anniversary-conference-oct-16.html
In October 2007, The Tulsa World published a story about a study regarding racism toward Native Americans. According to the researchers, who were from the University of Tulsa, “The findings sup...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/12/study-of-prejudice-against-american.html
American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is hosting a conference, What Do We Know About Tribal Courts? An Examination on the 30th Anniversary of Oliphant, examining tribal law and tri...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/12/upcoming-tribal-law-tribal-courts.html
A bit tardy, but I wanted to congratulate Matthew Fletcher, Wenona Singel, and the rest of the Michigan State Indigenous Law and Policy Center on a fabulous and informative conference. The theme ...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/10/msu-4th-annual-indian-law-conference.html
As I guessed yesterday , the Supreme Court did not grant cert. in an Indian law cases. But it didn't deny cert. in any Indian law cases, either. However, the Court granted cert. in an important ...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/results-of-long-conference.html
The new Supreme Court Term begins today as the Court holds its "long conference ." SCOTUSBlog keeps a list of "petitions to watch ," a list of cert. petitions its authors/editors think have a re...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/supreme-court-oct-2007-term.html
Though most people that read this blog have probably already seen this... The United Nations adopted the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, making it the Declaration on the Ri...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/un-adopts-declaration-on-rights-of.html
A newspaper article on the difficulties faced in increasing the number of American Indians in jury pools in New Mexico tracks Kevin Washburn's recent article on the subject.
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/indians-juries-in-new-mexico-federal.html
Here's a classic argument in favor of eliminating Indian trust, written up in todays Indianz.com: Talk to Terry Anderson of the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Mont., and y...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-ted-mumblings.html
I'm curious about the strange dichotomies that seem to have sprung up in academia (but likely not in practice) about tribal economies. For one, you have the socialism vs. capitalism dichotomy,...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/tribal-economic-development-mumblings.html
The New York Times, in Jesse McKinley's article on tribal logging proceeds entitled "For Struggling Tribe, Windfall Has a Dark Side " (Sept. 2, 2007), covers the challenges and divisions that can...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-york-times-article-on-tribal.html
The American Indian Law Deskbook, published by the Conference of Western Attorneys General, put out its 2006 supplement recently (following its 2005 supplement) to the Third Edition. There is a c...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/gripe-1-about-cwag-deskbook.html
It's a short opinion and doesn't highlight the incredible importance of this case for future generations, but Judge Martinez granted partial summary judgment to the Stevens Treaty Tribes in the ...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/us-v-washington-culverts-case.html
We all know that since Cabazon Band in 1987, as Alex Skibine wrote, tribal interests have lost 33 out of 44 cases (not including this Term's cases, if they could even be counted as Indian law cas...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/quick-empirical-study-of-cert-grants.html
In Texas v. United States , the Fifth Circuit struck down the Class III regulations (25 CFR Part 291) designed by the Secretary to allow tribes to complete the Class III compacting process where ...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/5th-circuit-strikes-down-seminole-fix.html
Yesterday afternoon, Alberto Gonzales participated in a round table discussion with leaders of the 12 federally recognized Michigan Indian tribes at the offices of the Little Traverse Bay Bands o...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/ag-alberto-gonzales-in-michigan-indian.html
The following correction has just been posted on the Inside Higher Education website. The original can be viewed at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/08/09/qt : The members of the investig...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/minor-correction-to-ward-churchill.html
MSU's Indigenous Law and Policy Center will be hosting a panel (or two) as part of its book series on the continuing legacy of Felix Cohen and his impact on Indian law and policy. Three recent bo...
http://tribal-law.blogspot.com/2007/08/updated-cohen-legacy-panel-information.html