American Indian Law
Topics include federal/tribal relations, state/tribal relations, tribal jurisdiction and authority, and business law.
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel, Kaighn Smith, Jr. and Jennifer Morinigo | May 17, 2019 | American Indian Law
Tentative Draft No. 3 Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians will be presented to membership at ALI’s 96th Annual Meeting. The following entry is the Introductory Note to Chapter 3, Subchapter 2 on the Indian Child Welfare Act and Similar State Laws...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel, Kaighn Smith, Jr. and Jennifer Morinigo | April 30, 2019 | American Indian Law
Restatement of the Law, the Law of American Indians The following entry contains the Black Letter and Comments of Tentative Draft No. 3, Section 58. Tribal Economic Enterprises. The full draft contains Reporters’ Notes. This draft will be presented to membership at...
Amy Dalrymple | April 22, 2019 | American Indian Law
North Dakota tribal leaders urged members of Congress Tuesday (Apr. 16) to protect Native American voting rights, highlighting a state voter identification law they said creates unequal access to the ballot box.Representatives from four of North Dakota’s tribal...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Wenona T. Singel, Kaighn Smith, Jr. and Jennifer Morinigo | April 19, 2019 | American Indian Law
The following entry is excerpted from the Reporters’ Introductory Note on Chapter 5 – Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction, and Black Letter and Comments of § 100. Indian Country. Please see the link at the end of this post view the full Introductory Note and § 100,...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel | March 19, 2019 | American Indian Law
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, renowned experts on American Indian law and policy, Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel, discuss the nuanced and highly complex field of American Indian Law. Matthew and Wenona begin by exploring the history of tribal...
Pauly Denetclaw | March 14, 2019 | American Indian Law
A total of 325 tribal nations, 57 Native organizations, 21 states, 31 child welfare organizations, 7 members of Congress, and dozens of scholars of federal Indian law and constitutional law supported the law. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments...