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Ottawa Tribe v. Ohio Dept. Natural Resources Treaty Rights Claim Rejected
Here is the opinion (H/T Indianz). Here is the link to the materials we placed on the blog in December. … more »
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The Legality of Tribal Disenrollments: Greed or Growing Pains? (Part 1)
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Erick wrote 1 day ago: ** AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the first part of a multi-part article that deals with the legality … more »
Ottawa Tribe v. Ohio Dept. Natural Resources Treaty Rights Claim Rejected
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 3 months ago: Here is the opinion (H/T Indianz). Here is the link to the materials we placed on the blog in Decemb … more »
Angelique Eaglewoman: The Philosophy of Colonization Underlying Taxation Imposed Upon Tribal Nations within the United States
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 4 months ago: Angelique Eagelwoman (soon to be at Idaho Law) has posted “The Philosophy of Colonization Unde … more »
WaPo Coverage of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill S.Ct. Case
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 5 months ago: From WaPo: When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of peo … more »
DC Circuit Vacates EPA Mercury Emissions -- New Jersey v. EPA
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 5 months ago: Here is the opinion. Here is a link to our previous post that included several briefs, including the … more »
Tribal Amicus Brief in Exxon Valdez Damages Case
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 5 months ago: Brief of Amicus Curiae National Congress of American Indians et al., in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker … more »
July 2007 NY State Bar Exam Indian Law Question
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Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 6 months ago: We know that Washington, New Mexico, and South Dakota have Indian law on the state bar exam, but so … more »
Political Status of Indian Tribes Article in St. John's Law Review
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 6 months ago: My new article, “The Original Understanding of the Political Status of Indian Tribes,” p … more »
ICT Editorial on Cert Pool Memos & Indian Law
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Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: You can read my newest Indian Country Today editorial here or here. Here’s the text: Each year … more »
Reflections on Jonathan Lethem's Essay "Defending The Searchers"
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Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: I recently read Jonathan Lethem’s essay from his book “The Disappointment Artist.” … more »
WSJ Article on Tribal Judges
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: Thanks to Mike McBride and June Mamagona Fletcher, you can download the entire article here without … more »
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Speck Materials
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Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: Here are materials relating to the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma’s attempts to establish hunting an … more »
CRS Reports -- Additional Available Reports
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: We previously offered links to Congressional Research Service reports related to Indian law here. Si … more »
Blackmun Digital Archive Research -- A Concordance of Indian Law Cases (1986-1993)
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: Justice Blackmun’s papers are starting to appear online. The docket sheets and the cert pool m … more »
Marilyn Vann Talk Materials
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Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 8 months ago: On November 9, 2007, Marilyn Vann spoke about the history of the Cherokee Freedmen here at MSU law c … more »
Federal Indian Law Cert Petitions -- A Comparison of State Petitions and Tribal Petitions (1997 to present)
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 8 months ago: Using the United States Law Week online database (that goes back to 1997 or so) that lists all the p … more »
Supreme Court Outcomes: Federal Indian Law from 1959
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 8 months ago: Here’s my version of the wins and losses in the Supreme Court from 1959’s Williams v. Le … more »
US v. Washington -- Culverts Materials
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 8 months ago: In August, Judge Martinez granted the Stevens treaty tribes’ motion for summary judgment in th … more »
Challenge to EPA's Mercury Rule -- New Jersey v. EPA (CADC)
Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 8 months ago: The D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument in the challenge to EPA’s regulations applying to coa … more »
