Native Law Group Delivers Christmas Gifts for Toy Drive
Right before Christmas, Native Law Group attorneys and staff helped spread joy through their effort to deliver hundreds of toys for the Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Native Law Group helped...
Supreme Court Maintains Crow Tribe’s Control Over Electric Cooperative
By Barry C. Bartel, Contributing Attorney On December 12, 2022, the U.S Supreme Court refused an electric utility’s request to hear a long-disputed case about tribal jurisdiction. The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case leaves in place a Ninth Circuit Court of...
Interior Proposes Rule to Improve Fee-to-Trust Process
On December 5, 2022, the Department of the Interior (Interior) published in the federal register a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the fee-to-trust regulations at 25 C.F.R. Part 151. The federal register notice is available here. Interior is proposing the...
Energy Efficiency Funding Available for Tribes
The Department of Energy announced the availability of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding for Indian tribes. Congress authorized a total of $550 million for states and tribes. Of this amount, 2 percent or $8 million was allocated to tribes....
Native Law Group Recognized in “Denver’s Top Lawyers 2023”
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP – also known as the Native Law Group – is honored to be recognized in “Denver’s Top Lawyers 2023” by 5280 Magazine. Five hundred of Denver Metro’s most skilled attorneys were selected through peer surveys and editorial...
Native Law Group Promotes JR Loera and Welcomes Logan Big Eagle
Native Law Group proudly announces JR Loera's promotion to Senior Associate, and Logan Big Eagle joins the firm as an Associate Attorney. Both attorneys bring unique experiences and perspectives to the firm to further support tribal governments and entities. "We are...
2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit Recap
On November 30th and December 1st, 2022, President Joe Biden and Secretary Deb Haaland held the administration's second White House Tribal Nations Summit. After hosting a virtual summit in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit...
New Policies and Initiatives Announced at White House Tribal Nations Summit
President Joe Biden, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, and other cabinet secretaries and federal officials stood alongside tribal leaders to announce new policies and initiatives to strengthen the nation-to-nation relationship between the United States and Indian...
Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act Introduced in Congress
Contributor: Jason Decker, Senior Associate On December 5, 2022, Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA) introduced the Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act in Congress. Warren and then-Congresswoman Deb Haaland originally released the...
Congress Passes Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act
Contributor: Cassondra Britton, Associate Attorney On November 29, 2022, Congress passed the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act of 2021, and the bill is on its way to being signed into law by President Biden. The Act intends to prevent the international...