by calindian-admin | May 1, 2025 | Announcements, News, Protect ICWA, Protect Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Alerts, Tribal Justice
From Classroom to Courtroom, California Indian Legal Services 2025 Law Fellowship Cohort: Four new fellows to support legal services for California tribal communities. Kelly Valentine (She/Her/Hers) UC Irvine School of Law – 1L Kelly Valentine is a 1L at UC Irvine...
by calindian-admin | Nov 8, 2022 | Tribal Alerts
CILS is partnering with Kevin Washburn, former Assistant Secretary of the BIA and now Dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, to ensure that all tribes are aware of the opioid settlement reached in several different cases throughout the country and their...
by calindian-admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Tribal Alerts
This morning the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in Brackeen v. Haaland, the federal court case challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The case comes to Court from a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that...
by calindian-admin | Mar 31, 2021 | For Tribes or Tribal Orgs, Tribal Alerts
To All Tribal Leaders; The BIA is proposing to set aside $772.5 million dollars of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) appropriation for “public safety and justice (PSJ)”. This set aside will be distributed “based on the existing allocation of base (reoccurring annual)...
by calindian-admin | Nov 19, 2020 | For Tribes or Tribal Orgs, Special Benefits, Tribal Alerts
Hopefully, you have received the email sent out today from the Native American Financial Officers Association (NAFOA) urging you to send a letter of support for S. 4898. This new legislation will extend the period for all states, tribes, and territories to use the...
by calindian-admin | Sep 24, 2020 | For Tribes or Tribal Orgs, Tribal Alerts, Tribal Justice
To All Tribal Leaders: Governor Newsom has four (4) Native American bills on his desk that will: AB 275- Amends CA Native American Grace Protection and Repatriation Act; AB 2112- Create a statewide “Office of Suicide Prevention”; AB 2314- Increase Native...
