by calindian-admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Initiatives, Protect Native Veterans
By Jay Petersen, CILS Sacramento Office Senior Staff Attorney CILS Sacramento is launching a new project, The Military Discharge Upgrade Project (MDUP), to help Native veterans with less than honorable military discharge histories improve their discharge...
by calindian-admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Initiatives, Land Back, Uncategorized
By Mike Godbe, CILS Bishop Office Directing Attorney This is the third in a three-part series providing an overview of Indian Water Rights in California. This installment focuses on California’s Integrated Regional Water Management grant-funding system. Part 1 on...
by calindian-admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Initiatives, Land Back, Uncategorized
By Mike Godbe, CILS Bishop office Staff Attorney This is the second in a three-part series providing an overview of Indian Water Rights in California. This installment focuses on federal reserved rights, also known as Winters rights. Part 1 on state water rights may...
by calindian-admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Initiatives, Land Back
By Mike Godbe, CILS Bishop office Staff Attorney California faces record-low snowpack, with 94.7% of the state currently in Severe Drought and 85.4% in Extreme Drought.[1] It is critical for California Indian allotment owners and tribes to take stock of their water...
by calindian-admin | Jan 26, 2016 | Announcements, Initiatives
Escondido, CA – January 11, 2016: The CILS Board of Trustees selected Jim Ham, a former member of the Board of Trustees and law partner at Pansky Markle Ham LLP, and Mary Ann Andreas, the Vice Chairperson at Morongo, as Co-Chairs of the newly formed Advisory Board....
by calindian-admin | Apr 6, 2015 | Initiatives, MMIWP, News
California Indian Legal Services (CILS) and our partner, Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition (SHNWC), will provide holistic, comprehensive, culturally appropriate advocacy and legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and...
