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Native American Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on regulation and legislation related to Native American tribes. The section also tracks litigation and deals involving Native American tribes and Native American-owned businesses.
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Latest News in Native American
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January 23, 2026
Feds' Wind Farm National Security Claim Faces Skepticism
Federal courts aren't buying the Trump administration's argument that construction of offshore wind farms should be halted for national security reasons, with some judges suggesting that the government isn't making its claim in good faith.
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January 23, 2026
Judge Blocks DOJ Anti-Diversity Conditions On Police Grants
A California federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding community policing grants from a group of cities and counties that refuse to scrap their diversity programs and certify compliance with all of President Donald Trump's executive orders, saying those conditions directly conflict with the law that created the grants.
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January 23, 2026
Green, Tribal Orgs. Fear Utah Lawmaker 'Attack' On Monument
Environmental and tribal groups have warned that Utah's Republican members of Congress are planning to launch an "attack" against the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as they seek to overturn a resource management plan designed to protect the public land as an ecological and cultural resource.
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January 23, 2026
Enviros Seek Quick Win In Mont. National Forest Logging Row
A group of environmental nonprofits is asking a federal district court for a summary judgment win in their challenge to a plan to clear-cut 12,331 acres in Montana's Flathead National Forest, saying the project's biological opinion does not reflect the litany of construction that is already underway adjacent to the property.
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January 23, 2026
Voter Groups Ask To Renew Halt On Ga.'s Food & Water Ban
Voting rights groups asked a federal judge Thursday to reinstate an injunction against Georgia enforcing a ban on handing out food and water to voters in line outside of polling places, arguing a recent Eleventh Circuit opinion vacating the injunction didn't undermine any of their substantive arguments.
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
Readership
- 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