Michael Blumm and Cari Baermann | June 12, 2019 | American Indian Law
AbstractFifty years ago, Judge Robert Belloni handed down an historic treaty fishing rights case in Sohappy v. Smith, later consolidated into United States v. Oregon, which remains among the longest running federal district court cases in history. Judge Belloni ruled...
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 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...
Rebecca Nagle | October 9, 2018 | American Indian Law
Native professor Matthew Fletcher: “Indian Country should be terrified. This is the fight of the 21st Century.” The Indian Child Welfare Act was dealt a substantial blow on Friday, when a U.S. Federal Judge in the Northern District of Texas ruled the landmark...
