The University of Michigan has a complicated history with Native American communities, which were vital to its very existence. Join us for a discussion with Bethany Hughes, assistant professor of American Culture, on the historic and ongoing activism of Native American students. Can U-M Fulfill Its Promise to Native Americans?Fifty Years of Native American Student ActivismThursday, […]…
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ACS Supreme Court Preview Panel [featuring Singel on Brackeen) — Turtle Talk
The Brackeen Case will be heard in front of the US Supreme Court in November of this year. Learn more about what the Brackeen case is about in relation to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and its broader implications for the US relationship with Indians and Indian Law. This is a BIG case folks….
Amicus Briefs in Haaland v. Brackeen — Turtle Talk
FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE ICWA CHALLENGE CASE, LOOK AT THE SUPPORT THE SIDE TO KEEP IT IN PLACE HAS GENERATED. STRONG STRONG STRONG SUPPORT FOR ICWA. YES! We have a total of 21 pro-ICWA Amicus Briefs. Here they are in some rough categories and some VERY rough summaries. In writing this post, I became overwhelmed…
Tribal Defendants/Intervenors Brief in Haaland v. Brackeen — Turtle Talk
REMEMBER THIS CASE ABOUT ICWA? HERE IS THE LATEST ON IT Merits brief on behalf of the intervening tribes–Cherokee Nation, Oneida Nation, Quinault Indian Nation, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Navajo Nation–in the Haaland v. Brackeen Supreme Court case. IntervenorTribeBrief Pace yourself–she’s a long one. Tribal Defendants/Intervenors Brief in Haaland v. Brackeen — Turtle Talk
D.C. Circuit Rejects Oglala Sioux Tribe Challenge to Uranium Mine — Turtle Talk
Excerpt from the Tribal Brief: This case concerns the proposed Dewey-Burdock in situ leach uraniumextraction project in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The project lands are withinthe traditional aboriginal territory of the Tribe and included in the 1851 FortLaramie Treaty and the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty (15 Stat., 635). The Project areais known to…
City of Nome to Pay $750K + Apologize for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault against Native Woman — Turtle Talk
Remember the case about all of the people being sexually assaulted in Nome, Alaska and the police weren’t doing anything about it in a great number of cases? Well, there has been some movement in the case. Major movement. One case got settled. I cannot help but wonder, since our country is based on case…
Hugh Theut Appointed Incoming Editor-in-Chief of Michigan State Law Review — Turtle Talk
Happy News for Michigan State Law Review, and by extension, the citizens who live in this fair state. Here: As the 2021-22 academic year draws to a close, the passing of the torch is happening among many student organizations and leadership groups at the College of Law. Michigan State Law Review, the law school’s flagship…
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