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Latest News in Native American

  • November 06, 2026

    Navajo Nation Elects First Woman Prez Amid Recount Push

    The Navajo Nation has elected Crystalyne Curley as the federally recognized tribe's first female president, but her opponent called the race "very close" and is pushing for a recount.

  • November 06, 2026

    Creek Freedmen Say Chief Can't Defy Citizenship Ruling

    Two descendants of Black people once enslaved by an Indigenous tribe implored an Oklahoma federal court to keep alive their challenge to an effort to deny them citizenship in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, saying the tribe's principal chief has for more than a year defied a tribal Supreme Court ruling that gave them the right and is wrongly trying to use an immunity claim to avoid a federal treaty that guarantees them citizenship.

  • November 06, 2026

    Kalshi Hit With Order To Show Cause Over NY AG Subpoena

    A New York state court Friday ordered Kalshi to show why it should not comply with a subpoena from New York Attorney General Letitia James regarding a civil investigation into the prediction market giant's potentially fraudulent and deceptive advertising.

  • November 06, 2026

    Judge's Oregon Water Reservoir Ruling Faces 9th Circ. Appeal

    A city and county in Oregon have appealed to the Ninth Circuit a federal judge's decision refusing to block a water reservoir drawdown plan by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed to protect endangered salmon in the Willamette Valley System.

  • November 06, 2026

    Up Next At High Court: Pipeline Takings & H-2A Fines

    The U.S. Supreme Court will wrap up its November sitting by hearing disputes over whether federal or state law should control how much compensation landowners receive for private condemnations under the Natural Gas Act and if the U.S. Department of Labor can use in-house courts to issue civil penalties for violations of its temporary agricultural worker program. 

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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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