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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D.C. Federal Court Awards $15M+ to Navajo Nation for Judicial Costs under PL638 — Turtle Talk
I’d like to see what would happen if the U.S. courtrooms across the nation were denied their funding. What a victory for Navajo Nation to have their courts funded and able to effect due process as part of self-determination. Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. United States (D.D.C.): 17 Navajo MSJ 19-1 US…
Court of Federal Claims Dismisses Bad Men Clause Suit over Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by Stanley Weber — Turtle Talk
This is one of those cases where you wish you were in a nightmare and could wake up from it. It is about a known pedophile that abused and exploited children at a health clinic for over 20 years. The pedophile was eventually charged and convicted for some of the abuses years later and now…
Update in Suit against Nome Police for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault against Native Woman — Turtle Talk
Excerpts from the complaint: Plaintiff Clarice Hardy is an Alaska Native woman from Nome, Alaska, who worked at the Nome Police Department (NPD) as a dispatcher. In March 2017, Ms. Hardy reported to her superiors at the NPD that she had been sexually assaulted.2. The NPD left her case uninvestigated and untouched for over a…
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Challenge to Arizona School District Ban on Beaded Graduation Cap — Turtle Talk
Excerpt from the legal challenge: The District’s refusal to allow Larissa to wear her NativeAmerican religious regalia at the graduation, while permitting otherstudents to wear comparable expressive secular messages, was aviolation of Larissa’s rights to free exercise of religion and free speechunder the U.S. Constitution and under Arizona law. First word that comes to mind:…
Job Announcements — Turtle Talk
Looking for an Indian law or leadership job? To post an open Indian law or leadership job to Turtle Talk, send the following information to indigenous@law.msu.edu: In the email body: A typed brief description of the position which includes: Position title Location (city, state) Main duties Closing date Any other pertinent details such as links…
Fletcher, Fort, and Singel: “Defending the Indian Child Welfare Act” — Turtle Talk
For anyone interested in learning more about the mission and activities of the Michigan State University’s Indigenous Law & Policy Center, this one-hour video gives you a very good look at who they are and what they do. It’s important. The issues span generations and across the United States. Indian Child Welfare Matters! If you…
