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Native American
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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May 23, 2018
Sens. Float Bill To Protect NM Lands Sacred To Tribes
U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both New Mexico Democrats, proposed a bill Tuesday that would prevent energy leasing or development on federal land around Chaco Canyon, an area that is sacred to New Mexico pueblos and the Navajo Nation.
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May 23, 2018
NM Hits Back At Texas, Feds In High Court Water-Sharing Row
New Mexico fired back Wednesday in a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit in which Texas and the federal government accuse it of violating a Rio Grande water-sharing deal by allowing its residents to siphon off more than their share of the water before it gets delivered to Texas.
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May 23, 2018
Gov't Asks Justices To Take Up Tribal Hunting Rights Case
The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear a Crow tribe member's challenge to his conviction for illegal hunting on federal land in Wyoming, saying the tribe's hunting rights under an 1868 treaty endured through Wyoming's statehood and that the creation of the Bighorn National Forest didn't mean the hunting right was lost.
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May 23, 2018
CFPB Fights Think Finance's 'Meritless' Dismissal Bid
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday defended its suit alleging Think Finance duped borrowers and used sham tribal payday lenders to collect money it was not owed, telling a Montana federal judge that other courts have already approved substantially identical claims and calling the company's April dismissal motion "meritless."
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May 23, 2018
Cherokees Slam Drug Cos.' Bid To Pause Opioid Suit
The Cherokee Nation on Tuesday urged an Oklahoma federal judge not to pause the tribe's suit against drug distributors and retail pharmacies for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic, asking him instead to rule soon on whether the case should be sent back to state court.
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