Category: Legal
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NNALSA Writing Competition Results
The National Native American Law Students Association has announced its writing competition results. Congrats to Katie Jones, who won First Prize. First Prize is: $1,000, sponsored by Sonosky, Chambers & Publication in the Columbia Journal of Race and Law. Katie, who attends Yale Law School, won for her piece Bringing Tribal Self-Determination and Self Governance to…
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Via Indian Country Today: Couple in Murder-Suicide Linked to Alleged Scam Embezzling Native Education Money
An excerpt: Six months after a South Dakota couple died in a murder-suicide, Attorney General Marty Jackley said they stole money meant to improve college readiness among Native American students. “There has been a loss or a theft of over $1 million,” Jackley said during a March 16 press conference. Scott Westerhuis allegedly killed his…
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Via TurtleTalk: Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcript in Dollar General
Transcript available here. Here are some interesting passages: Justice Sotamayor (questioning counsel for Dollar General at p 10): States appoint judges. Sometimes they’re elected, but often they’re appointed. We don’t think it lacks being a neutral forum because the State can sue a citizen there. We think of it as neutral because the judges are neutral.…
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2015 NCAI Resolutions
TEDNA sponsored two resolutions that passed at NCAI’s Annual Convention in San Diego last month. The first was a resolution calling on the Department of Education to utilize its authority under 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(1)(C) and 34 C.F.R. § 99.31(a)(3)(iii) to exempt tribes and TEAs from FERPA’s advance consent requirement by designating TEAs as the Secretary of…