http://rezjudicata.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/navajo-supreme-court-confirms-nations-regulatory-authority-over-arizona-school-districts/ Self-Determination Through Law Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://rezjudicata.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/navajo-supreme-court-confirms-nations-regulatory-authority-over-arizona-school-districts/#comment-13 2/15 Conference Update: MacArthur v. San Juan County « Rez Judicata Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:21:32 +0000 http://rezjudicata.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/navajo-supreme-court-confirms-nations-regulatory-authority-over-arizona-school-districts/#comment-13 [...] Justice Yazzie of the Navajo Supreme Court had an interesting take on this case in the context of a case recently decided by the Court. In Cedar Unified School Dist. v. Navajo Nation Labor Commission, Yazzie pointed out that the MacArthur dispute arose out of activities on Utah fee land. If the case had arisen on the “Arizona side” of the reservation, however, any federal court would have to consider the Treaty of 1868, which explicitly grants the Navajo Nation the right to exclude. Id, slip op. at 6, fn. 7. Rez Judicata’s write-up on Cedar Unified is here. [...] [...] Justice Yazzie of the Navajo Supreme Court had an interesting take on this case in the context of a case recently decided by the Court. In Cedar Unified School Dist. v. Navajo Nation Labor Commission, Yazzie pointed out that the MacArthur dispute arose out of activities on Utah fee land. If the case had arisen on the “Arizona side” of the reservation, however, any federal court would have to consider the Treaty of 1868, which explicitly grants the Navajo Nation the right to exclude. Id, slip op. at 6, fn. 7. Rez Judicata’s write-up on Cedar Unified is here. [...]

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