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Indigenous Rights
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Turtle Talk
Congress could override a court ruling for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and ratify Simplot’s waste-stack expansion
In 2020, BLM transferred about 713 acres of ceded lands of the former Fort Hall Reservation to Simplot. The Ninth Circuit held that the 1900 law ratifying the Tribes’ 1898…
Critical Legal Thinking
Law & Critique: When Sacred Mountains Meet Investment Arbitrators: Decolonizing Investment Arbitration
We are working with the leading critical legal journal Law & Critique to bring their brilliant output to a broader audience. Many of the papers published with Law & Critique will be…
Kubernan Blog
L’avenir comme limite : l’interprétation du concept de « générations futures »
Par Charles Gauthier, avocat, LL.M. (Université de Sherbrooke), doctorant en droit, chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université de Sherbrooke, Centre de recherche sur la régulation et le droit de…
Law Times News
UNDRIP does not automatically prevail when inconsistent with Canadian law: Fed. CA
The ruling upheld the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s approval of a nuclear waste site in Ontario
Turtle Talk
Tenth Circuit Sitting En Banc Holds Indian Status is an Affirmative Defense a Criminal Defendant Must Prove
Here is the consolidated opinion in United States v. Hebert and United States v. Ruiz. Prior post with materials here.
Turtle Talk
NARF Report Shows How Voting Barriers Compound in Indian Country
A recent report from NARF examines Native voting across the entire election process, from registration and voter roll maintenance through mail voting, provisional ballots, and ballot counting. The report is…
Turtle Talk
Job Postings 10/1/26
Associate Attorney Peebles Bergin Schulte & Robinson LLP; Sacramento, CA Peebles Bergin Schulte & Robinson LLP – a national law firm dedicated to the representation of Native American tribes and…
Turtle Talk
Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Committee Review Committee FY2026 Annual Report
FY2026 Review Committee Report to Congress_FINAL (9-30-2026)Download
Legal History Blog
Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop
By Dan Ernst
[We have the following announcement. DRE]The Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop is an informal evening seminar, starting at 6.30 p.m., and conducted over zoom. Participants are graduate students and faculty…
Turtle Talk
Happy Michigan Indian Day: A Snapshot of Michigan Tribes Exercising Sovereignty
Today is Michigan Indian Day, designated by Michigan law as the fourth Friday of every September. In honor of the day, I’m offering a snapshot of what Tribal sovereignty looks…