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San Francisco Superior Court (Commissioner: c. 1990 –2011; 2014–2015); Yurok Tribal Court (1997–present; Chief Judge: 2007–present) California: active: Dawn Baum [2] Yurok Tribal Court (appt. 2017-2023) California: deceased Jessica R. Bear (Meshwaki Nation) [3] Meskwaki Nation Tribal Court (2007–2013; Chief Judge: 2013–present) Iowa
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
The members of the tribal council serve in staggered four-year terms. The Judicial Branch acts as the tribe's Tribal Court, which is responsible for jurisdiction over all criminal and civil cases. The Chief Judge of the Wilton Rancheria Tribal Court is Christine Williams. The General Council consists of all the eligible voters of Wilton Rancheria.
Upon becoming a state in 1850, California was required by law to allow the United States government to conduct all formal relationships with tribal communities. Because California's previous Mexican government had no formal relationships with the Indians following the 1833 Secularization Act that closed the Spanish era's Catholic Missions, most ...
A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP is an international law firm based in Columbus, Ohio.With approximately 375 attorneys working out of offices in California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, D.C., London, and Berlin, the firm is among the largest 150 law firms in the United States, according to American Lawyer.
This Category includes contemporary Indian Reservations, Indian Colonies, and Rancherias within the U.S. state of California. For historical Native American settlements see: Category: Former Native American populated places in California
Tribal secretary Sam Dunlap and tribal attorney Jonathan Stein confronted each other over various alleged fiscal improprieties and derogatory comments made to each other. [99] [100] Since that time, the slash group has hired former state senator Richard Polanco as its chief executive officer. The hyphen group has allied with Stein and issued ...