Deanna Tamborelli | February 10, 2021 | American Indian Law
Deanna Tamborelli of Boston University School of Law has published “Beyond VAWA: Localism as an Argument for Full Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction” (Boston University Law Review). The following is the abstract. American Indian and Alaskan Native (“AI/AN” or...
Lauren Klosinski | February 8, 2021 | American Indian Law
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, UC Hastings Indigenous Law Center is hosting its inaugural panel event, co-sponsored by the UCSF-UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. The panelists will discuss the Impact of COVID on Native and Indigenous Communities....
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,...
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...
