by webadmin | Aug 20, 2020 | Announcements
By Alexis Lindquist, CILS Escondido Staff Attorney American Indians were excluded from the first six censuses from 1790 through 1850. The original mandate in the US constitution excluded Indians because they were not taxed. This theory was based on the premise that...
by webadmin | Aug 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Tribal Leaders and Tribal Representatives and Grant Managers, Share with your Tribal networks and other interested partners who may be interested in the “Pre-Orientation Summit”scheduled on September 10, 2020 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This pre-orientation summit...
by webadmin | Aug 14, 2020 | For Tribes or Tribal Orgs, Protect Tribal Sovereignty
By Mica Llerandi, CILS Escondido Staff Attorney 2020 is a big election year. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many state and tribal governments are looking to voting by mail (VBM) as a safe way to conduct elections. However, Native voter advocates raise concerns that VBM...
by webadmin | Aug 14, 2020 | For Tribes or Tribal Orgs, Tribal Alerts
To all Tribal Leaders: Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) has a proposed bill, AB 3099, that his office has requested tribal support for. It would require CA DOJ to provide technical assistance on tribal issues to local law enforcement agencies and tribal...
by webadmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Since the enactment of AB 3176 in 2019, California case law has begun to define when there is “reason to believe” a child is an Indian child (which comes with the duty of further inquiry of Indian status by the county agency), and “reason to know” (which comes with...
