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Employment Opportunities - Appellate Judge & Chief Judge of Trial Court

HO-CHUNK NATION SEEKS CHIEF JUDGE OF TRIAL COURT

Position:              Chief Judge of the Trial Court

Location:              Black River Falls

Submit:                Application & Resume

Pay Rate:             DOQ

Closing:               Open Until Filled

Apply to: Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Personnel, P.O. Box 667, Black River Falls, WI 54615, (715) 284-9465 - FAX

For job posting, click here.

HAVASUPAI SEEKS TRIBAL APPELLATE JUDGE

Pay:  Based on Services Rendered

Qualifications:  Have a Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school.  Be a member of good standing of the bar of any state or federal court.  Be at least (25) years of age.   Have experience as a tribal judge exercising both civil and criminal jurisdiction.  Have considerable knowledge of Federal Indian law, of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and of Evidence, and of Arizona law.  Have no felony convictions, no serious misdemeanor conviction.  Demonstrate the ability to analyze difficult and complex facts and issues and to issue clear oral and written decisions based on application of the facts and issues to the applicable law.  Be familiar with alternative sentencing and restorative justice.  Demonstrate judicial knowledge and temperament.  Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles of management/supervision/administration; personnel management, bookkeeping, record keeping, case management.  Submit to and pass pre-employment background check and drug screen, including FBI criminal history background check.  Candidates must not be a Tribal Council Member or the holder of any other elected office of the Havasupai Tribe.

For persons who meet the above minimum qualifications preference will be given in the following order, to enrolled members of the Havasupai Tribe, enrolled members of a federally recognized Indian Tribe, and then others.

Candidates should sent a resume and a letter of interest to:

Havasupai Tribe

Attn: Personnel Office

PO Box 10

Supai, AZ 86435

Phone:  (928) 448-2164

Fax:  (928) 448-2130

Email:  Htjob0@Havasupai-nsn.gov

-Carolyn

Cherokee Tribe special election thrown into turmoil over Freedmen issue

From TheBlaze.com today:

"

A federal order for one of the nation's largest American Indian tribes to restore voting rights and benefits to about 2,800 descendants of members' former slaves threw plans for a special election for a new chief into turmoil Tuesday.

The federal government sent the sternly-worded letter to the Cherokee Nation after it sent letters last week kicking the descendants out of the tribe and stripping them of benefits including medical care, food stipends and assistance for low-income homeowners.

The tribe also barred the descendants from voting in a Sept. 24 special election for principal chief. The Cherokee Supreme Court ordered the special election after it said it could not determine with certainty the outcome of a close and hotly contested June election between incumbent Chad Smith and longtime tribal councilman Bill John Baker. The results had flip-flopped between the two during weeks of counts and recounts. Baker had twice been declared winner, but so had Smith.

The federal government said that unless the descendants, known as freedmen, were allowed to vote, the upcoming election wouldn't be valid."

See the full story HERE.

 

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Lawsuit over Custer Museum raid seeking illegal eagle feathers thrown out

From the AP today:

"BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that charged federal agents with illegally raiding Montana's Custer Battlefield Museum during an investigation into the alleged sale of fraudulent artifacts and eagle feathers.

A judgment was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in favor of federal agents who participated in the raids in 2005 and 2008. Judge Richard Cebull dismissed as "frivolous" claims by museum director Christopher Kortlander that the raids were illegal.

Items were seized by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but the investigation closed in 2009 with no charges filed."

So who doesn't think that the current way the federal government handles the distribution of eagle feathers isn't ridiculous?

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Yale to host Navajo Nation Supreme Court

The Navajo Nation Supreme Court will travel in November to New Haven, Conn. to hold oral arguments before students at Yale Law School. Traveling for the Navajo Nation Supreme Court to a law school is not new. This will be the second or third time in recent years that they have done this, but it takes students and the school to invite and fundraise.

You can access the full story by clicking here.

-Carolyn

Havasupi seeks Public Defender

“The Havasupai Tribe is currently seeking a Public Defender to represent indigent persons accused of crimes in the Havasupai Tribal Court throughout all stages of the proceedings following the arrest of the defendant.

Interviews will be taking place September 19, 2011, but the position will remain open until filled.

Please submit a cover letter, writing sample three pages or longer and resume to: The Havasupai Tribal Council, P.O. Box 10, Supai, Arizona 86435”

Click here for the job description: Download Public Defender Job Description2.

-Carolyn