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Latest News in Native American

  • February 06, 2026

    WithU, Scratchpay Sued Over Alleged 568% Loan Interest Rate

    Online direct lender WithU and California fintech platform Scratchpay were hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court on Friday by a consumer who claims he was cornered into borrowing a loan with a nearly 568% interest rate to pay for his cat's cancer treatment.

  • February 06, 2026

    'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.

    D.C. Circuit judges struggled Friday with whether to unblock a federal funding freeze carrying multitrillion-dollar implications, as a Trump administration lawyer disclaimed interest in a vast spending halt but also dodged opportunities to rule it out unequivocally.

  • February 06, 2026

    Kalshi Says CFTC Backs Sports Bets Without Tribal Regs

    Prediction market platform Kalshi has told a Wisconsin federal court that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's chair has thrown his support behind the agency's view that it has exclusive jurisdiction over the event contracts at issue in a Native American tribe's case against the company.

  • February 06, 2026

    BIA Officer Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Tribal Shooting

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs and one of its police officers have been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit in North Dakota federal court claiming the BIA officer shot and killed a resident of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa within the tribe's reservation.

  • February 06, 2026

    Kalshi Given 30 Days To End New Sports Wagers In Mass.

    A Massachusetts state court on Friday gave Kalshi 30 days to comply with a preliminary injunction barring the prediction market from offering new sports-related event contracts to state residents, denying a request for a stay pending an anticipated appeal.

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Areas of Coverage

  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Board of Indian Appeals
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • National Indian Gaming Commission
  • Indian Health Service
  • Office of Indian Education
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  • Civil Rights Act
  • Tribal recognition rules
  • Native American trust fund and land issues
  • Gaming compact negotiations
  • Federal and state tax policies and revenue-sharing
  • Native American lobbying groups
  • LITIGATION
  • Suits over development projects involving Native American groups, including mining and drilling, casinos and resorts, and shopping centers
  • Disputes over land use and other natural resources
  • Breach of trust and mismanagement of tribal resources suits
  • Native American rights, sovereignty, and tribal recognition disputes
  • Cases involving tribal employers
  • Criminal jurisdiction disputes
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of Native American and tribal law practices

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  • Tribal leaders and tribal government officials
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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