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Subject: Russell Means v. The Navajo Nation
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As expected, on Monday, June 14, 1999, Russell Means filed a petition for a
writ of habeas corpus or prohibition against the Navajo Nation in the United
States District Court in Phoenix. The case number is 99-CV-1057-PCT-LHC-SLV.
This case will be unique, because the Navajo Nation Supreme Court ruled that
it has jurisdiction over those who "assume tribal relations" under the United
States-Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868. The Court did not rely upon the "Duro
Fix" amendments to the Indian Civil Rights Act, which Means also challenges.
This suit affects the criminal jurisdiction over the more than 275 Indian
nation courts within the United States, and Indian nation leaders should be
made aware of the suit.
Indian nation leaders should also lobby Attorney General Janet Reno to have
the United States enter the suit in support of Indian nation jurisdiction.
James W. Zion, Solicitor to the Courts of the Navajo Nation
Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html
doctrine of international copyright law.
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