Mar 29, 2023 | Insights
By Logan Big Eagle, Contributing Attorney On March 3, 2023, Deb Haaland issued Secretarial Order No. 3410 on the “Restoration of American Bison and the Prairie Grasslands.” The purpose of the Order is “to enhance the Department of the Interior’s work to restore wild...
Mar 29, 2023 | Insights
On February 3, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released a new Tribal Action Plan titled “Strengthening Tribal Consultation and Nation-to-Nation Relationships.” The Plan aims to strengthen Tribal consultation...
Mar 29, 2023 | Insights
The 118th Congress has gotten off to a busy start. In addition to hearings on funding for the Federal government, identifying tribal priorities, and bills on energy issues, in late February, Members of Congress introduced two bills that would address long-standing...
Feb 28, 2023 | Insights
On Monday, March 20, 2023, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case threatening the ability of Indian tribes to protect and enforce their water rights. Last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Navajo Nation can pursue its water...
Feb 28, 2023 | Insights
Committees in the United States Congress, both the Senate and the House of Representatives, convened recently to hold organizational meetings, welcome new members, and vote on their rules for the 118th Congress. The committees involved include the Senate Committee on...
Feb 28, 2023 | Insights
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies announced it will take in-person testimony from Indian tribes and Alaska Natives on March 8 and 9, 2023. This is the first time since the...
Jan 27, 2023 | News
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...
Jan 27, 2023 | Insights
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 Appeals decision that the Crow Tribe has...
Jan 27, 2023 | Insights
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...
Jan 27, 2023 | Insights
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....
