Warm Welcome to Associate Attorney Tiana Wilson-Blindman

Patterson Real Bird & Rasmussen is pleased to announce the addition of Associate Attorney Tiana Wilson-Blindman to the firm’s Louisville, Colorado office. Tiana joins the firm as a Litigation Associate, where she will focus on litigation matters affecting...
EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations

EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards for Indian Reservations

On May 5, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Proposed Rule to establish baseline federal water quality standards for Indian reservation waters that currently do not have standards in effect under the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA says this rule...
GAO Report on Management of Indian Trust Accounts

GAO Report on Management of Indian Trust Accounts

On April 27, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled “Actions Needed to Improve Interior’s Management of Trust Services.” In this report, GAO assessed the Department of Interior’s evolving management of trust funds for Indian tribes...