Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a new partner and a new Great Plains office. Attorney Erin Shanley officially joined the firm on Oct. 4, 2021, and she will manage Native Law Group’s new North Dakota-based office....
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP announced today that it received a top-tier ranking in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Firms” list for 2022. In the practice area of Native American Law, the firm received a Tier 1 ranking for the Colorado...
On October 8, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden became the first president to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. He issued a proclamation calling upon the American people to recognize October 11, overlapping Columbus Day, as a day of recognition and celebration of...
Several programs authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) continue to provide financial assistance to tribal members and other individuals to address the devastating economic impacts of COVID-19. These include advance and regular Child Tax Credit...
On October 6, 2021, Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) President Andrew Werk Jr. testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on the “Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021. This is...
In a letter to tribal leaders on October 19, 2021, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland rescheduled dates for tribal consultation on Interior’s Indian Boarding School Initiative. The Assistant Secretary also extended time period for written comments to...
