Lauren Klosinski | January 30, 2020 | American Indian Law
On Jan. 29, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing the first meeting of a White House task force to address the incidence of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. The following is the press release. The Department of...
Donald R. Pongrace, Allison C. Binney and Michael G. Rossetti | July 24, 2018 | American Indian Law
All three branches of the federal government had a busy spring. The U.S. Supreme Court just completed its 2017 term in June with a full-strength bench after spending much of the previous term with only eight justices after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in...
James Diamond | June 5, 2018 | American Indian Law
As a result of changes in federal law, criminal defendants or defense attorneys are now more likely to find themselves appearing in American Indian tribal courts. This article summarizes the very knotty jurisdictional maze that surrounds criminal law and American...
