Attorneys and staff at Native Law Group were honored to be able to participate in the Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive. CRYP has been bringing holiday joy to over 1,000 youth on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation with their Wo Otúh’an Wi...
On December 6, 2023, as a part of the White House Tribal Nations Summit, the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) announced a Final Rule (rule) which updates regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). NAGPRA was enacted...
On December 4, 2023, the Department of the Interior announced the conclusion of the Land Buy-Back Program (“Program”) for Tribal Nations. The Program was established in December 2012 as a part of the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Agreement, which provided a $1.9...
On December 12, 2023, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) finalized new regulations for taking fee lands into trust. The Fee-to-Trust regulations implement a provision in the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) that allows the Secretary of the Interior to take lands...
On December 6th and 7th, 2023, President Joe Biden held his administration’s third annual White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington, D.C. The Summit was attended by hundreds of Tribal leaders from across the United States. President Biden addressed Tribal...
On October 5, 2023, the Arizona Court of Appeals issued a decision upholding tribal jurisdiction and refusing to expand U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Strate v. A-1 Contractors, 520 U.S. 438 (1997). In Strate, the Supreme Court ruled that a tribal court lacked civil...
