Sep 25, 2020 | News
Courtesy of Irrigation Leader Magazine, July/August 2020 issue Montana’s Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC), which brings together the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation, is home to the nation’s oldest federal Indian irrigation...
Aug 31, 2020 | News
Best Lawyers has selected Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP attorneys Thomasina Real Bird, pictured here, and Jeffrey Rasmussen for inclusion in its “Best Lawyers in America” for 2021. The attorneys, both recognized in the practice area of Native American...
Aug 18, 2020 | Insights
Aug. 18, 2020 — Uncertainty surrounding the future of COVID-19 and its economic impact continues to grow. As we approach the fall and winter months of 2020, many tribes have further examined and considered the most effective ways to mitigate threats posed by the...
Jul 19, 2020 | Insights
Amidst a wave of recent positive developments for Indian country, the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a landmark decision regarding criminal jurisdiction to the benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in McGirt v. Oklahoma. On July 9, the court held that, for...
Jul 6, 2020 | News
The Yankton Sioux Tribe and its water protectors stood victorious on Monday, July 6, following a decision from Judge James E. Boasberg, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, upholding the Tribe’s long-held position that the unlawfully permitted...
