Tribal Law / Indigenous Peoples

Legal news, topics, and the latest litigation that impact Native-American Communities and tribes are covered by the National Law Review. Visitors will learn about different communities in the United States and other indigenous populations globally, and the legal ramifications of their situations. Coverage includes issues that are facing tribal courts throughout the United States, which include patent litigation, sovereign immunity claims, reservation and land boundaries, easements being granted/denied, and different uses of tribal land.

Visitors to the National Law Review can also read about the tribal authority as it relates to the Clean Water Act, environmental programs, gaming, and tribal casinos. Topics that are further covered by the National Law Review include environmental programs, land use restrictions, union organizing activities, oil and gas extraction on Indian Land, wage and hour regulations, and hydraulic fracturing.

A major controversy involving tribal law can be the conflict between interests attempting to use tribal land for oil, gas, and other pipeline issues.  For example, the controversy in Standing Rock involved a clash between tribal wishes and the interests of organizations and governmental agencies.  The National Law Review covered this controversy and provides updates on litigation involving similar environmental issues as they develop.

Another major area involving tribal law involves gaming and tribal casinos.  Many tribes have incorporated casinos on their reservations, and these casinos have become major sources of revenue for the tribe.  Updates on litigation related to the casinos, as well as dispatches from the major regulatory agencies of these tribal casinos, are covered by the legal experts at the National Law Review.

Details on actions that may affect Native American Tribes from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and other government agencies, are covered by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review.

For hourly updates on the latest in tribal law and legislation, government regulation & compliance, litigation, court procedures, and indigenous people's rights news, be sure to follow the National Law Review Twitter feed and sign up for complimentary e-news bulletins.

 

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Jan
20
2021
Building Relationships with Tribes And Operating On Reservation Lands: Lessons From FMC V. Shoshone K&L Gates
May
28
2016
NLRB Defends Attempt to Enroach on Tribal Sovereignty Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
14
2020
What Tribal Entities Need to Know to Pursue Business Interruption Coverage for COVID-19 Losses Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jun
16
2018
"Culvert Case" Affirmed - Potential Implications for Northwest Regulators and Private Parties K&L Gates
Sep
3
2013
"Reservation Shopping" Circa 2013 Re: Gaming Dickinson Wright PLLC
Mar
27
2020
$2T CARES Act Moves Toward Enactment Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jan
7
2023
2022 Mississippi Milestones Jones Walker LLP
Jan
21
2022
2022 Promises Greater Focus on Tribal Consultation and Incorporation of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Permitting Process Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
5
2023
2023 SMART Funding Open Until October 10, 2023: Check It Out. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
27
2024
2024 Litigation Look Ahead Series: SCOTUS’ Pass on Cases Sets Up Continued Fight Over Tribal Water Rights, State Mineral Development Cases in Coming Year Beveridge & Diamond PC
Dec
8
2021
A Reflection on ANCSA at 50 Van Ness Feldman LLP
May
1
2020
Access to COVID-19 FEMA Funding for Tribal Governments Van Ness Feldman LLP
Mar
16
2015
Affordable Care Act Deadlines Do Apply to American Indians, But There are Many Exemptions Varnum LLP
May
31
2016
Alabama Legislature Ends Session at Impasse Over Gaming Bracewell LLP
Mar
4
2016
Alabama: Indian Gaming Benefits More Than Just Tribes Bracewell LLP
Jan
30
2024
Alabama’s 2024 Legislative Session Jones Walker LLP
Jan
5
2016
Alaska Presses D.C. Court of Appeals to Reject Trust Acquisitions in Alaska Dickinson Wright PLLC
Jan
12
2015
Alaska Tribes Move Closer to Parity with Other Federally Acknowledged Tribes Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Aug
5
2022
All Things Chemical: The National Tribal Toxics Council — A Conversation with Dianne Barton, Ph.D. [PODCAST] Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Mar
19
2018
Amended Child Protection Law Benefits Tribes Varnum LLP
Jul
26
2017
An Update from the National Indian Gaming Association’s Annual Legislative Summit Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
31
2021
Another Judge Who Couldn't Care Less What EPA Thinks -- Will the Chaos Created In Arizona Spread? Mintz
Dec
27
2013
Aquinnah’s Long and Winding Road to Gaming May Have Hit the Ultimate Roadblock Dickinson Wright PLLC
Apr
11
2022
Are the Shadows Lifting?: SCOTUS Today Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
7
2022
Army Corps Signals Narrowing Nationwide Permit 12 Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jan
11
2018
As Legislation Stalls, Tribes Remain Under National Labor Relations Act: What Should Tribal Employers Do Next? Varnum LLP
Oct
13
2012
At Long Last, Tribal I-Gaming Is On! (Well, Sort Of…) Dickinson Wright PLLC
Feb
7
2024
Australia: How Financial Services Entities Can Better Respond to the Needs of First Nations Consumers K&L Gates
Jan
25
2022
Australian Government Acquires Copyright in Aboriginal Flag Design K&L Gates
Oct
25
2023
B&D Forecast: 2023 Litigation Trends to Watch Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
27
2022
B.S.ing with John Haney [PODCAST] Major Lindsey & Africa
Dec
18
2020
Before the Supreme Court… Van Ness Feldman LLP
Dec
9
2021
Before the Supreme Court…December 9, 2021 Van Ness Feldman LLP
Apr
20
2018
Beltway Buzz, April 20, 2018 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Nov
17
2016
Best Practices for Tribes When Faced with Union Organizing Activity Varnum LLP
 

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