Jul 27, 2021 | News
President Biden and Congress have been working hard to finalize an infrastructure package, but reaching agreement remains difficult. As a part of his Build Back Better plan, the president first proposed a $7 trillion infrastructure plan including traditional...
Jun 23, 2021 | News
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a nomination hearing to consider the appointment of Bryan Todd Newland to serve as assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Newland is a tribal citizen...
Jun 23, 2021 | News
On June 17, 2021, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States — part of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources — held a hearing titled, “Examining Federal Facilities in Indian Country.” The hearing focused on the significant need to improve...
Jun 23, 2021 | News
On June 9, 2021, TC Energy terminated its proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. The decision comes after 13 years of tribal opposition, and after President Biden revoked the cross-border permit on January 20, 2021, the first day of his presidency. Without this permit, the...
Jun 23, 2021 | News
Over the last couple of weeks, tribal governments have begun receiving their share of the $20 billion in Fiscal Recovery Funds provided under the American Rescue Plan Act. The funds are intended to support the efforts of tribal governments as they respond to the...
Jun 23, 2021 | News
On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in United States v. Cooley holding that tribal police have the “authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way (highways) running through a...
Jun 3, 2021 | News
This spring, Native Law Group has welcomed three new members to its staff in Louisville, Colorado: Erin Obray, Jan McMinn, and Savannah Hook. Erin serves as firm administrator and as legal secretary to partner Jeremy Patterson. She has been in the legal field since...
Jun 3, 2021 | News
Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a new senior associate to its team in Washington, D.C. Attorney Xavier Barraza officially joined Native Law Group on June 2, 2021. With offices in Louisville, Colorado, and...
May 18, 2021 | News
On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Department of Interior issued a new Secretarial Order and released a series of legal decisions intended to streamline Interior’s process for taking land into trust on behalf of tribal governments, and also to empower tribes to pursue...
May 18, 2021 | News
On May 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced its distribution plans for $20 billion in Covid-19 Fiscal Recovery Funds for tribal governments. These funds are part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) that was signed into law by...
