Eric Williamson | November 18, 2020 | American Indian Law
A federal adoption law mandating that Native American children should be kept with Indian families whenever possible is under challenge by a white couple in Texas. They argue in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, a decision currently with the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,...
Bethany Berger | October 27, 2020 | American Indian Law
Bethany Berger of University of the University of Connecticut School of Law has posted “McGirt v. Oklahoma and the Past, Present, and Future of Reservation Boundaries” (University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: “Unlawful...
Lauren Klosinski | October 1, 2020 | American Indian Law
On September 30, 2020 The DOJ announced it had awarded more than $295.8 million in grants to serve Native communities. The following in a excerpt from the press release. The Department of Justice today announced it has awarded more than $295.8 million to improve...
Lauren Klosinski | September 23, 2020 | American Indian Law
On Sept. 21, 2020, a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the issue of missing and murdered Native Americans passed the U.S. House. The following is an excerpt from a press release from The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Senator John Hoeven, chairman...
Elizabeth A. Reese | September 15, 2020 | American Indian Law
ABSTRACTAmerican legal scholarship focuses almost exclusively on federal, state, and local law. However, there are 574 federally recognized tribal governments within the United States whose laws are largely ignored. This Article brings to the fore the exclusion of...
