Legal Opinions - U.S. Supreme Court - Carcieri v. Salazar, S. Ct. No. 07-526 The Daily Record March 16, 2009   BOTTOM LINE: Secretary of Interior did not have authority to take a 31-acre parcel of land into trust from the Narragansett Tribe since the tribe was not under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted. 

 

High Court Ruling Rekindles Old Debate March 15, 2009 The Day, Conn. By Larry Greene THE AUTHOR IS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST WHO LIVES IN NORWICH. Both Connecticut tribes have successfully annexed land in the past, and both surely own taxable property now. Presently, the ruling prevents them from annexing land from local tax rolls. The ruling also means that land previously annexed for the benefit of those tribes was done so in violation of the law, i.e., The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) enacted in 1934. 

Casino tailors air to delight the nose By Onell R. Soto March 16, 2009 San Diego Union Tribune LAKESIDE - High above the Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino, the air smells of the meat roasting in the kitchens below, but it's a different scent that has brought Mark Peltier to the roof. He's squeezed himself into an air handling unit, and he's got a big bottle of concentrated cedar fragrance. Over the next few weeks, the contents of that bottle - "cedarwood spice" - will make their way through ventilation ducts and into the noses of thousands of gamblers and hotel guests. 

Native Americans Need the Rule of Law By TERRY L. ANDERSON The Wallstreet Journal March 16, 2009 Two vital steps in this direction are to strengthen property rights and the rule of law on reservations. Virtually every study of international development shows that both of these are crucial to prosperity. Indian country is no different. The effect of insecure property rights is evident on a drive through any western reservation.

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