by BHdesign15 | Jan 23, 2012 | Announcements, For Tribes or Tribal Orgs
New BOE Regulations Apply Sales and Use Tax Exemptions to Landless Tribes PLEASE POST and/or DISTRIBUTE Recent amendments drafted by the State Board of Equalization (BOE), with comments and feedback from California Indian Legal Services and many tribes throughout the...
by BHdesign15 | Jan 16, 2012 | Announcements
Message from the Executive Director Devon L. Lomayesva, Executive Director With the arrival of 2012, CILS prepares to celebrate our 45th anniversary of service to the California Indian community. With planning well under way, CILS is developing a 45th Anniversary...
by BHdesign15 | Jan 16, 2012 | About CILS, Announcements, CILS Board of Trustees
CILS Board of Trustees 2012 The new year begins with a new CILS Board Chair. Rachel A. Joseph, was seated as the Chair on September 3, 2011. Ms. Joseph is an enrolled member of the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe and served as the Tribe’s Chairwoman and...
by BHdesign15 | Jan 10, 2012 | Protect ICWA
How is the Indian Child Welfare Act doing? CILS Board member and law professor Cheyanna L. Jaffke examines ICWA’s present-day struggles with the doctrine known as the Existing Indian Family. The abstract to her article entitled, “Judicial Indifference:...
by BHdesign15 | Jan 2, 2012 | Announcements
CILS wishes everyone a happy & safe 2012!