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The House is set to pass legislation on Friday to legalize ma*****na nationwide, an effort that has unprecedented levels of support in both chambers of Congress. The bill is likely to pass t…
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Tuesday morning medicine. Lol
Interesting CLE opportunity
One of three cases that make up the Marshall Trilogy. States have no authority or jurisdiction on Indian Land.
On this day in history: The third of three court cases (the “Marshall Trilogy”) that become the foundation of American Indian law is decided. Samuel Worcester, a white missionary living on Cherokee lands, brings a suit to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Cherokee Nation. The state of Georgia had demanded that Worcester obtain a state license to live on Cherokee land. Chief Justice John Marshall rules for the Cherokee, finding that the U.S. is legally bound to treat the tribes “as nations, respect their rights, and manifest a firm purpose to afford that protection which treaties stipulate.”
“Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil ... The very term nation so generally applied to them, means ‘a people distinct from others.’” —U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515, 561 (1832). Other cases in the “Marshall Trilogy” are Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) and Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831).
In my opinion, Tribes should be allowed to operate and regulate cannabis on tribal land just like the states do. This is no different than casino gaming. If states allow it for some then it shouldn't be denied to Tribes.
Bay Mills Indian Community, based in the rural eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, broke into the cannabis market as a way of diversifying the tribe’s economy during COVID-19.
Register to vote! We need a Governor who wants to work with the tribes, not against them.
A local discount to***co smoke shop co-owner claims the to***co tax compact Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Sac and Fox Nation is the reason she has to close her shop for good at the end of the week.
The National Congress of American Indians and the Native American Rights Fund released the following statement late Friday after President Joe Biden earlier in the day announced his nomination of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the nex...
Guest Opinion. For the second time in less than two years, the Supreme Court spoke clearly: The United States must keep its treaty promise to Cherokee Nation. Now, let us move forward.
Governor Stitt….shameful
https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/784-five-tribes-issue-statement-on-governor-stitt-canceling-hunting-and-fishing-compacts?fbclid=IwAR2z3rN2Egnb7KB5eQJ3XnuTyGDsiLjUCrrL29Xl0xuzTjf_2XtbvG-BuBE
Anadisgoi is the Official Newsroom for the Cherokee Nation
It’s nice to have a Native American at the helm of the Dept of Interior who understands all the issues that tribes have been fighting for and against.
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday that the federal government will establish a process to review and replace racially derogatory terms used in place names.
Good job President Biden!
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 that will restore the original boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the White House confirmed Thursday evening.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes legislation to address the slaughter of hundreds of Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee massacre a century ago.
Oklahoma is still trying to skirt its way around the McGirt ruling.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday again ruled that Oklahoma has no concurrent jurisdiction over crimes committed on tribal lands by non-American Indians against American Indians.
Paralegal needed.
Attorney position available
All that glitters is not gold!
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New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) Staff Attorney position available at Native American Program (
Only Congress can disestablish an Indian reservation.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has already adopted boilerplate language for criminal case reversals under McGirt ruling.
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The Interior Department has reversed a Trump administration decision determining that a portion of the Missouri River was under the jurisdiction of the state of North Dakota rather than a Native American reservation.
WASHINGTON, D.C — Congress approved a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package last week, including a historic appropriation of $31.2 billion dedicated to stabilizing Native communities, the largest one-time investment in history for Indigenous peoples.
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The Senate voted Monday to confirm Deb Haaland as President Joe Biden's Interior secretary, a historic move that will make her the first Native American Cabinet secretary.
Congrats! Anxiously awaiting the confirmation of Deb Haaland as the Secretary of the Interior.
Former Bay Mills Indian Community Chairman Bryan Newland was announced as a new member of the agency leadership team as the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Amazing the non-stop battles in courts that Indian tribes face just to provide safety and law enforcement on their OWN LAND!!!!
Tribal nations were concerned about "bad men" when they negotiated treaties. Will the U.S. Supreme Court uphold those promises?
President Joe Biden is directing the Department of Education Wednesday to extend the suspension of federal student loan payments and interest.
Passes in the House...onto the Senate.
The House of Representatives voted 228-164 to pass the Ma*****na Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act Friday morning, the first time either chamber of Congress has ever voted to decriminalize ma*****na.
Could it actually happen....🤔
The proposal would end a federal ban on ma*****na and create a pathway to expunge related criminal records.
Yes!!!
Opinion. It took until the 116th Congress for the glass ceiling to be broken to have an American Indian woman serve as a member of the House of Representatives.
The National Archives has scanned more than 300 agreements between the United States and Indigenous tribes
Good decision Governor Stitt. Treat tribes as partners and the sovereign nations that they are.
Governor Kevin Stitt said he will not appeal a U.S. District Court’s ruling that Oklahoma’s tribal gaming compacts automatically renewed in January.
If the ACA gets repealed, so does the permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA). This would be bad news for IHS and Indian Country!
The fate of the Indian health care system is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court in a case where not even the Trump administration is defending the trust and treaty responsibility to tribes and their citizens.
Happening right now!
Who should participate? Attorneys, paralegals, tribal leaders, lay advocates, court personnel, and anyone interested in this historic Supreme Court decision.
TU NALSA and the Office of Diversity & Engagement is excited to share our speakers for the Criminal Law Practice and McGirt discussion on Wednesday, October 14th at Noon.
The panel will include:
Sarah Deer - Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas
Chrissi Ross Nimmo - Deputy Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation
Mike McBride III - Shareholder and Chair of Indian Law & Gaming at Crowe and Dunlevy
The discussion details and Zoom link can be found in the TU Events link below and is free and open to the public!
https://calendar.utulsa.edu/event/tu-nalsa-mcgirt-webinar-series-1-criminal-law-practice-mcgirt/
Foray - making moves in enemy territory. I love it!!
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, the gaming arm of the Mohegan Tribe, opens Virgin Hotels Las Vegas January 15, 2021.
I believe the appeals court got it right.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled this afternoon that Alaska Native Corporations are not eligible to share in $8 billion of relief funding for tribal governments under Title V of the CARES Act.
Jurisdictional law is getting real interesting in Oklahoma.
McClain County judge is set to hold a hearing involving Oklahoma death row inmate Shaun Bosse, a non-Indian convicted of killing a mother and her two children, all of whom
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