Professors Art Hinshaw, Patty Ferguson-Bohnee and Marcy Karin recently represented the College of Law at the Conference on Clinical LegalEducation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The annual conference is organized by the Association of…

Regents’ Professor Rebecca Tsosie recently authored an article, “A Philosophy of Hope   and a Landscape of Principle: The Legacy of David Getches’s Federal Indian Law Scholarship,” that was published in the…

Regents’ Professor Rebecca Tsosie recently authored a book chapter, Climate Change  and Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Models of Sovereignty in the book, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Search for Legal Remedies. The…

The Tribal Law & Policy Institute recently released a web page with information about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and how it applies to tribes.  VAWA was reauthorized on March 7, 2013, with the inclusion of Title IX –…

* U.S. Courts of Appeals Bulletin http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/cta/currentcta.htmCases featured:Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. U.S. (tribal lands)Cahto Tribe of Laytonville Rancheria v. Dutschke (disenrollment)* U.S. Federal…

* News Bulletin  http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.htmIn the "Health & Welfare" section we include an article describing some of the changes and benefits of the Affordable Healthcare Act for tribes.Native Land…

The Government of Alberta introduced Bill 22 - the Aboriginal Consultation Levy Fund in the legislature today. A copy of the Bill can be found here. [More…]

The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU") on the substitution of environmental…

Recently, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the “Ministry”) posted proposed regulations pursuant to section 176 of the Mining Act on Ontario’s Environmental Registry (the “EBR”). The proposed regulations attempt to…

Tribal leaders will gather in Washington DC on December 4 and 5 to attend two high-level events–the 2012 White House Tribal Nations Conference and the National Indian Gaming Association's Tribal Leaders Winter Legislative Summit. The…

In a decision issued November 13, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge to the tribal cigarette taxing authority, upholding the district court ruling.  In Miller v. Wright the court held the tribe's sovereign immunity…

Governor Gregoire proclaims November 2012 as American Indian Heritage Month. Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories, and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people.

If you are a law student interested in studying abroad, the University of Tulsa offers a program in Geneva relating to Indigenous people. The 2009 program will run July 4 - August 1, 2009, and the classes offered for the first two weeks are…

The transcript of the argument today in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle is available here. Surprisingly, the Court was heavily interested in the idea that a majority Indian-owned corporation might be considered an Indian…

This was originally submitted to the Tulsa World as an op-ed piece, but was not published:update as of 4/10/08: The Tulsa World did indeed publish this an op-ed piece, The Native American Times reprinted it and the Cherokee Phoenix plans to…