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Latest News in Native American

  • November 25, 2025

    Nev. Judge Denies Robinhood's Bid To Shield Event Contracts

    A Nevada federal judge declined to bar the state's gaming regulators from taking action over Robinhood's sports wagers for now in a Tuesday order that marked U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon's second refusal to shield an event contract offering despite previously granting the relief to Kalshi.

  • November 25, 2025

    FBI 'Surge' Tackles Violent Crime, Missing Indigenous Cases

    The U.S. Justice Department says a six-month "surge" of FBI assets in Indian Country to address crimes relating to missing or slain Indigenous people has yielded hundreds of criminal charges and arrests and provided services to nearly 2,000 victims and their family members.

  • November 25, 2025

    EPA Tells DC Circ. Biden-Era Soot Rule Flawed, Can't Stand

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told the D.C. Circuit that its 2024 rule tightening soot pollution standards, which the EPA has been defending in litigation, is legally and scientifically flawed and must be vacated.

  • November 25, 2025

    Court Rejects Cherokee Entity's Push To End Bias Dispute

    A Missouri federal court judge won't reconsider an order that denied a bid by a Cherokee Nation entity to dismiss a discrimination claim lodged last year by a former employee, saying it failed to show why a second chance is warranted.

  • November 25, 2025

    HUD Housing Aid Limits Will Drive Homelessness, States Say

    Washington and 19 other states launched a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Rhode Island federal court, seeking to stop abrupt policy changes they claim will result in tens of thousands of formerly homeless people being ousted from publicly subsidized housing and onto the streets.

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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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  • Attorneys who focus on Native American law
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Native American-owned companies
  • 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.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals