Supreme Court Miniseries: Tribal Rights in the 21st Century
DE Talk | Building Foundational Relationships in Native American & Tribal Communities
Proof in Trial: Appellate Edition: Stand Up for California et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior et al.
Tribal Tax Exemption Under McGirt Gains Preliminary Victory
McGirt Uncertainty Extends to Federal Environmental Regulations in Indian Country
Revisiting McGirt: New Legal Developments Challenge Oklahoma’s Landmark Ruling
The Immediate and Lasting Impacts of McGirt: A Novel Ruling for Oklahoma
A Way Forward: Energy Industry Ready to Fuel Canada's Recovery
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the Department of the Interior hosted a Tribal Consultation on Workforce Efficiency and Productivity (EO 14210) and Emergency Permitting Procedures to Strengthen Domestic Energy Supply in Anchorage,...more
On April 14, 2025, the United States Department of the Interior announced a series of Tribal Consultations. The purpose of the consultations is to address the new administration’s goal of “working to enhance government...more
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administration issued an Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions,” which rescinded 18 previous executive orders and other presidential actions, on topics...more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 June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the consolidated cases of Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe (No. 23-250) and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe (No. 23-253)....more
On November 17, 2023, the Department of Energy Office of State and Community Energy Programs (DOE OCEP) announced the final program requirements for the Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program (the “Tribal...more
For our clients in Indian Country, the recent Executive Order is a welcome development as Tribal Nations plan and allocate funding to future projects. On Dec. 6, during the White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden...more
Revised regulations to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) went into effect January 12, 2024, setting a five-year deadline for museums and Federal agencies to consult and update inventories of...more
On October 18, 2023, 58 projects across 44 states were awarded funding to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The Confederated Tribes of the Warm...more
Tribal governments have joined state and local governments in their request to include funding for cybersecurity in the next COVID-19 relief package. As the pandemic has forced tribal governments to move their governmental...more
The CARES Act was signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act established a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund (Fund)...more
On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following cases: Trump v. Vance, No. 19-635: Whether as part of a district attorney’s criminal investigation targeting the President of...more
All three branches of the federal government had a busy spring. The U.S. Supreme Court just completed its 2017 term in June with a full-strength bench after spending much of the previous term with only eight justices after...more
When Congress returned after the December break, it needed to reach a spending agreement on government funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2018. Since October 2017, the government had been funded through a series of...more
The OIG added six items to its Work Plan with the December 2017 update, as listed in the chart below. Interestingly, three of the new items relate to Medicaid, and two relate to the opioid abuse problem. Medicare Advantage...more
Court: Bureau of Indian Affairs Failed to Act in Timely Manner on Tribal Funding Proposal - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 4, 2017, ruled that the Navajo Nation is entitled to...more
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) on Nov. 15, 2016, to deploy funds for clean energy and energy efficiency projects in Indian...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico has preliminarily approved a final settlement for the parties in Ramah Navajo Chapter et al. v. Jewell, a class action against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)...more
In recent years, the parties proposing Indian water settlements have struggled to find federal funding, and budget offsets, to pay for settlement projects. But a concurrent by the House and Senate Budget Committee may pave a...more