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Turtle Talk is the leading blog on legal issues in Indian Country.

 East Lansing, MI
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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Materials (so far) turtletalk.blog/2023/05/17/s…
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Materials (so far)

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Materials (so far)

Here are the materials so far in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc. 1 Notice of Removal.pdfDownload 1-2 State Court Complaint.pdfDownload 3 Tribal Court Motion to Dismis…

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Sarah Deer on Feminist Jurisprudence in Tribal Courts turtletalk.blog/2023/05/16/s…
Sarah Deer on Feminist Jurisprudence in Tribal Courts

Sarah Deer on Feminist Jurisprudence in Tribal Courts

Sarah Deer has published “Feminist Jurisprudence in Tribal Courts: An Untapped Opportunity” in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism. An excerpt: What if every gendered legal issue was not burdened …

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SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Spokane Tribe Water Agreement turtletalk.blog/2023/03/20/s…
SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Spokane Tribe Water Agreement

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Challenge to Spokane Tribe Water Agreement

Here is today’s order list. The denied petition is Sulgrove v. Spokane Indian Tribe. Lower court materials here. This has nothing to do with this case.

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Amy Cordalis Water Law Lecture @ Montana Law turtletalk.blog/2023/03/17/a…
Amy Cordalis Water Law Lecture @ Montana Law

Amy Cordalis Water Law Lecture @ Montana Law

Join us Wednesday, April 12th at noon in LAW 101, or on Zoom. Amy Cordalis, Director/Founder of Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, will give the lecture The Water Remem…

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SCOTUSBlog Preview of Arizona v. Navajo Nation turtletalk.blog/2023/03/17/s…
SCOTUSBlog Preview of Arizona v. Navajo Nation

SCOTUSBlog Preview of Arizona v. Navajo Nation

Here is “As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River.” Background materials on the case are here.

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Background Materials in Arizona v. Navajo Nation turtletalk.blog/2023/03/17/b…
Background Materials in Arizona v. Navajo Nation

Background Materials in Arizona v. Navajo Nation

SCOTUSblog preview here. Merits stage briefs: Federal Brief Colorado Brief Arizona Brief Navajo Nation Brief Arizona Reply Colorado Reply Federal Reply Joint Appendix Merits Stage Amicus Briefs (su…

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Univ. of Michigan Posts Native Studies Professor Job Opening turtletalk.blog/2023/03/17/u…
Univ. of Michigan Posts Native Studies Professor Job Opening

Univ. of Michigan Posts Native Studies Professor Job Opening

Here. ACTIVE SEARCH: NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES. The Department of American Culture and the program in Native American Studies (NAS) at the University of Michigan invite applications for an open-rank …

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Friday Job Announcements turtletalk.blog/2023/03/17/f…
Friday Job Announcements

Friday Job Announcements

To post an open Indian law or leadership job to Turtle Talk, send all of the following information to [email protected] In the email body: A typed brief description of the position which …

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UMich NALSA to Host Panel on Sacred Justice feat. Mike Petoskey, Tim Connors, Margaret Connors, and Fletcher turtletalk.blog/2023/03/16/u…
UMich NALSA to Host Panel on Sacred Justice feat. Mike Petoskey, Tim Connors, Margaret Connors, and...

UMich NALSA to Host Panel on Sacred Justice feat. Mike Petoskey, Tim Connors, Margaret Connors, and...

Visit the post for more.

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FTCA Suit Brought against Federal Bureau of Prisons for Death of Andrea Circle Bear turtletalk.blog/2023/03/16/f…
FTCA Suit Brought against Federal Bureau of Prisons for Death of Andrea Circle Bear

FTCA Suit Brought against Federal Bureau of Prisons for Death of Andrea Circle Bear

Here is the complaint in LeBeau v. United States (D.S.D.): 1 Complaint.pdfDownload We posted news coverage here way back when. Ms. Circle Bear was the first federal prisoner to die of COVID in 2020…

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Sad News — KBIC Judge Bill Jondreau Walks On youtube.com/watch?v=4-m0n5VX… turtletalk.blog/2023/03/15/s…
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GTB Citizen and Journalist to Discuss Michigan Indian Boarding Schools at Ann Arbor District Library on April 24 turtletalk.blog/2023/03/15/g…
GTB Citizen and Journalist to Discuss Michigan Indian Boarding Schools at Ann Arbor District...

GTB Citizen and Journalist to Discuss Michigan Indian Boarding Schools at Ann Arbor District...

Here.

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Ninth Circuit Reinstates Alaska’s Challenge to Kake Emergency Subsistence Hunt turtletalk.blog/2023/03/14/n…
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Alaska’s Challenge to Kake Emergency Subsistence Hunt

Ninth Circuit Reinstates Alaska’s Challenge to Kake Emergency Subsistence Hunt

Here is the opinion in State of Alaska v. Federal Subsistence Board. Briefs here.

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New Mexico SCT Suspends Lawyer for 18 Months for Criticizing Judge in Navajo Water Rights Case turtletalk.blog/2023/03/14/n…
New Mexico SCT Suspends Lawyer for 18 Months for Criticizing Judge in Navajo Water Rights Case

New Mexico SCT Suspends Lawyer for 18 Months for Criticizing Judge in Navajo Water Rights Case

Here is the opinion in In re Marshall: Opinion .pdfDownload

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Colorado Federal Court Refuses to Accept Plea Deal for Lesser Included Offense in Major Crimes Act Prosecution turtletalk.blog/2023/03/13/c…
Colorado Federal Court Refuses to Accept Plea Deal for Lesser Included Offense in Major Crimes Act...

Colorado Federal Court Refuses to Accept Plea Deal for Lesser Included Offense in Major Crimes Act...

Here are the materials in United States v. English (D. Colo.): 1 Indictment 33 Joint Memorandum in Support of Plea Agreement 36 Magistrate Minute Order: “This Court does not have jurisdiction…

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Update in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Claim against United States and City of Pocatello turtletalk.blog/2023/03/13/u…
Update in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Claim against United States and City of Pocatello

Update in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Claim against United States and City of Pocatello

Here are the materials in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. United States (D. Idaho): 77-1 US Motion to Dismiss 91 Tribe Response 94 US Reply 102 DCt Order 108-1 US Motion to …

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Velchik and Zhang — An Empirical Examination of Restoring Reservation Status in Oklahoma turtletalk.blog/2023/03/11/v…

Velchik and Zhang — An Empirical Examination of Restoring Reservation Status in Oklahoma

Michael K. Velchik & Jeffery Y. Zhang have published “Restoring Indian Reservation Status: An Empirical Analysis” in the Yale Journal on Regulation. PDF I posted about this excellent article a …

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Friday Job Announcements turtletalk.blog/2023/03/10/f…
Friday Job Announcements

Friday Job Announcements

To post an open Indian law or leadership job to Turtle Talk, send all of the following information to [email protected] In the email body: A typed brief description of the position which …

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State ICWA Law Updates (MN, WY) turtletalk.blog/2023/03/10/s…
State ICWA Law Updates (MN, WY)

State ICWA Law Updates (MN, WY)

This week both Minnesota and Wyoming adopted new state ICWA laws. After nearly a year of dedicated work by stakeholders, including tremendous tribal leadership, Minnesota updated the Minnesota Indi…

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Fletcher on Tribal Customary Law and an Indigenous Canon of Construction turtletalk.blog/2023/03/10/f…
Fletcher on Tribal Customary Law and an Indigenous Canon of Construction

Fletcher on Tribal Customary Law and an Indigenous Canon of Construction

Check out “The Three Lives of Mamengwaa: Toward an Indigenous Canon of Construction” on SSRN. Abstract: This paper will survey the history of tribal courts, which allows for an explanation for the …

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