Aug 24, 2022 | Insights
From September 21 to 23, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) will hold its 17th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation. The Consultation will be held virtually and in person in Anchorage, Alaska. The Dear Tribal Leader letter...
Jul 27, 2022 | Insights
On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its controversial decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, holding against decades of precedent that states possess concurrent authority with the federal government to prosecute non-Indians for crimes committed against...
Jul 27, 2022 | Insights
On June 21, 2022, President Biden announced that he intends to appoint Mutáwi Mutáhash (Many Hearts) Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, Chief of the Mohegan Tribe, as the first-ever Native American to serve as Treasurer of the United States. As Treasurer, Chief...
Jul 27, 2022 | Insights
On June 3, 2022, the Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint notice, proposing to amend their regulations implementing the Community...
Jul 27, 2022 | Insights
On Monday, July 18, 2022, U.S. House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva held a roundtable with tribal leaders regarding his proposed bill, H.R.2021 – Environmental Justice for All Act. Read the act here. The bill calls for...
Jun 23, 2022 | Insights
On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Denezpi v. United States affirming the conviction of a criminal defendant in a federal court even though he had already been prosecuted and sentenced under tribal law in a Court of Indian Offenses. The...
