BOE Regulations 1616

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...

ED’s Message 2012

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...

Existing Indian Family

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:...