Jun 23, 2021 | News
Over the last couple of weeks, tribal governments have begun receiving their share of the $20 billion in Fiscal Recovery Funds provided under the American Rescue Plan Act. The funds are intended to support the efforts of tribal governments as they respond to the...
Jun 23, 2021 | News
On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in United States v. Cooley holding that tribal police have the “authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way (highways) running through a...
Jun 3, 2021 | News
This spring, Native Law Group has welcomed three new members to its staff in Louisville, Colorado: Erin Obray, Jan McMinn, and Savannah Hook. Erin serves as firm administrator and as legal secretary to partner Jeremy Patterson. She has been in the legal field since...
Jun 3, 2021 | News
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a new senior associate to its team in Washington, D.C. Attorney Xavier Barraza officially joined Native Law Group on June 2, 2021. With offices in Louisville, Colorado, and...
May 18, 2021 | News
On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Department of Interior issued a new Secretarial Order and released a series of legal decisions intended to streamline Interior’s process for taking land into trust on behalf of tribal governments, and also to empower tribes to pursue...