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Spirit Lake Tribal Council approves "perpetual" use of the Fighting Sioux name for UND

trentcrable wrote 2 months ago: From the Grand Forks Herald: Tribal Council approves ‘perpetual’ use of Fighting Sioux n … more →

Tags: Indian mascots

Steve Baird Calls for "Re-Branding" of The Washington Redskins2 comments

trentcrable wrote 7 months ago: Steve Baird, the lawyer who filed the Harjo case, has a post over at the Duets Blog about the Redski … more →

Tags: Washington Redskins

More News From the Firm that Represented the Redskins

trentcrable wrote 7 months ago: According to Above the Law, the first-year associate at Quinn Emanuel who sent the e-mails challengi … more →

Tags: Washington Redskins

Interesting E-mail Exchange About the Redskins Case at the Firm Representing the Team 2 comments

trentcrable wrote 7 months ago: Above the Law, a blog (or “blawg”) about law firms and other law related stuff, has a po … more →

Tags: cultural resources, Washington Redskins, quinn emmanuel

NPR Reports Souter Will Retire

trentcrable wrote 7 months ago: At the end of the term. Read the story here. … more →

Tags: Supreme Court, justice souter

Fifty Miles From Tomorrow reviewed in the New York Times

trentcrable wrote 10 months ago: A memoir written by Inupiat elder William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was reviewed in this weekend’s … more →

Tags: Book Review

Tips from the Potlatch -- NYTs

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 12 months ago: From the NYTs: Now that hard times have arrived, now that we’re being punished for our great credit … more →

Tags: cultural resources, Kwakwaka’wakw Indians, potlatch, Kwakiutl, Thorstein Veblen

Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: …is the title of a new book written by an editor of the Harvard Review. According the the New … more →

Tags: Book Review

Plains Commerce Bank v. Long is reversed!

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: The Longs lost 5-4, opinion by Roberts, dissent by Ginsberg was joined by Stevens, Souter, and Breye … more →

Tags: News, Supreme Court, Tribal Courts

Exxon v. Baker is vacated

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: Exxon wins. According to Tom Goldstein, the Court found the punitive damages to be excessive, that t … more →

Tags: News, Supreme Court

Conyers, Freep op-ed "No Special Deals for Tribal Casinos"

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: John Conyers in today’s Freep: “I would like to add a few points concerning the upcoming … more →

Tags: News, Michigan Indian, Gaming

Makah Rez Featured in the Seattle Times Travel Section

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: To read the story, see the pictures, and watch the audio/video clip (featuring narration by my cousi … more →

Tags: News, cultural resources, Makah Nation, museum, Makah Cultural & Research Center, Cape Flattery

Malcolm Gladwell on affirmative action for law school admissions and lawyer performance (among other things)

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: Malcolm Gladwell gave the opening talk at the New Yorker Conference held earlier this month. His tal … more →

Tags: Affirmative Action

Okla Supreme Ct Holds that 18 USC 1161 Waives Tribal Immunity from Suit1 comment

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: The question is whether Congress abrogated tribal immunity from suits for “dram shop” li … more →

Tags: sovereign immunity, Indian Gaming, 18 U.S.C. 1161, Rice v. Rehner, Medios, Bittle v. Bahe, Oklahoma Supreme Court, dram shop actions

Robertson Rules on "Accounting"

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: Today in the Cobell case, Judge Robertson issued his findings of fact and conclusions of law on the … more →

Tags: Cobell, Trust Mismanagement, Litigation

DOJ Seeks Indian Fighters

trentcrable wrote 1 year ago: It seems that DOJ is looking to add to their group of lawyers defending the tribal trust fund misman … more →

Tags: Jobs, Job Opening, Department of Interior, Natural Resources Section, ENRD

Winters Centennial Conference -- Santa Anna Pueblo -- June 9-12, 2008

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 1 year ago: THE WINTERS CENTENNIAL: WILL ITS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE ENDURE? June 9-12, 2008 Hyatt Regency Tamaya … more →

Tags: Announcements, Symposia, treaty rights, Environmental, cultural resources, American Indian Law Center, University of New Mexico Law School, Rio Grande, Winters v. United States

Foxworthy Case in WA COA -- Dram Shop Actions and Tribal Immunity -- Wash SCt Petition2 comments

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 1 year ago: The Plaintiff has petitioned the State Supreme Court for review. I don’t have a copy of the Pl … more →

Tags: Research, Gaming, puyallup, Emerald Queen, Dram Shop, Foxworthy v. Puyallup, 18 U.S.C. 1161, Rice v. Rehner, Medios

St. Croix & Bad River Chippewa Trust Acquisition Lawsuit Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 1 year ago: On December 7, 2007, the St Croix Tribe of Chippewa filed a suit against Dirk Kempthorne and Carl Ar … more →

Tags: Research, Gaming, indian gaming regulatory act, Indian Gaming, Department of Interior, Bush administration, off-reservation gaming, fee to trust acquisition, St. Croix Chippewa


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