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...
The 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit will take place on November 15 and 16, 2021. The registration deadline has been extended to Friday, November 5, 2021. Link here. Additionally, the White House has requested responses to the Tribal Nations Summit questionnaire...
The 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit will be held the week of November 8, 2021. The summit will take place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the deadline for registration is Friday, October 22. The Tribal Nations Summit provides an important opportunity...
Earlier this summer, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative to examine the troubled legacy of the federal boarding school policies in the United States. Haaland issued a memorandum on June 22,...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Treasury released its Guidance for the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund. The CCPF provides $100 million to be distributed to Indian tribes in equal shares to carry out critical capital projects that directly enable work, education,...
On August 1, 2021, ahead of recess, the U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This “traditional” infrastructure bill incorporates more than $11 billion dedicated to infrastructure needs...
