Earlier this week, on October 23, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission issued wireless spectrum licenses to Indian tribes through the FCC’s first-of-its-kind Rural Tribal Priority Window. The FCC granted 154 applications to use the 2.5 GHz band spectrum. The...
The Native Law Group team is proud to announce the addition of Evan DeWitt as an associate to our office in Louisville, Colorado, following his successful completion of the Colorado Bar Examination. Since joining the firm, Evan has worked in the areas of Commercial...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a prior district court order which restored Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park, agreeing with the Appellees—Crow Indian Tribe et. al.—and the lower court’s decision on...
During the past year, the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019 was introduced in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives and currently is awaiting potential hearings in both...
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...
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...
