On March 14, the Trump administration issued an Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions,” which rescinded 18 previous executive orders and other presidential actions, on topics...more
On September 8, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the reserved right of the Metlakatlan Indian Community to fish in the off-reservation waters where Metlakatlans had traditionally fished, and held that...more
On March 18, 2020, the President signed into law congressional legislation responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) is a broad federal package that includes additional...more
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In an effort to protect Indian tribal members and residents of Indian reservations and slow the spread of COVID-19, several tribes have issued shelter-in-place orders. Like the orders issued by a number of state governors,...more
Indian tribal governments have the inherent power to declare states of emergency on tribal lands to protect the health and welfare of tribal members, and a number of tribes have issued emergency declarations under tribal law...more