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Exposing Abramoff’s Playbook: Plays #3-4
“It’s just a Tribal membership dispute.” (Plays #1 and 2 are exposed here and here.) Play #3—Cause a Tribal Membership Dispute. The bad guys know that if they style the Tribal leadership dispute as a...
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Indian Energy Grants Are Nice, But Tribal Sovereignty is Where the Money’s At
Under 25 U.S.C. § 415, every lease of a tribe’s lands must undergo federal review and approval by the Secretary of the Interior under a sprawling, burdensome set of regulations. Approval is also...
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Redskins: Looking In The Mirror
Some colleagues have reacted negatively to my posts about Nike’s N7 Fund (here and here), mostly saying that N7 has done a lot of good in Indian Country and thus shouldn’t be criticized. Indeed, N7...
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Exposing Abramoff’s Playbook: Plays #5-6
Plays #1-4 have been exposed (here, here and here). Here are #5 and #6, with new plays already in design by the bad guys. Play #5—Make Political Rounds. The bad guys rush to visit officials at all...
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Rejoice! It’s Indigenous Peoples Day
“Indigenous peoples have the right to the full enjoyment, as a collective or as individuals, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in . . . international human rights law.” Article...
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Gabe Galanda to Stump Against Disenrollment at Lewis & Clark
On Monday, October 27, Gabe Galanda will deliver a lecture, “The American Indian Disenrollment Epidemic: Finding A Cure,” at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. Gabe has previously...
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Tribal Online Lending Smackdown
By Anthony Broadman The Second Circuit’s recent body-slam of tribal online lenders in Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians v. New York State Department of Financial Services unnecessarily confused an...
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Indian Voters: “Maintain” Tribal Lands Tax Policy Per Advisory Vote 9
By Anthony Broadman Thanks to Tim Eyman, recent Washington State Indian tax legislation is subject to a non-binding advisory vote. This year, an Eyman advisory vote dealing with “a leasehold excise...
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Finding the Cure for the American Indian Disenrollment Epidemic
In a lecture at Lewis & Clark Law School on October 27, Gabe Galanda preliminarily proposed several cures to the disenrollment epidemic that is now sweeping Native America. Gabe lecture (slides...
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Gabe Galanda to Lecture Boeing on Indian Law
Gabe Galanda will deliver a lecture to Boeing executives and lawyers on November 13, 2014. The event commemorates national Native American History Month, and will highlight notions of tribal governance...
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Galanda Broadman Named “Best Firm” in Native American Law by U.S. News
Galanda Broadman, PLLC, has been named a “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers in the arena of Native American Law, for the third year in a row. According to U.S. News – Best Lawyers, the firm’s...
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Gabe Galanda to Offer Seattle U Law Students Tribal Career Advice
Gabe Galanda will discuss career opportunities in federal Indian and tribal law, with students at the Seattle University School of Law, on November 6, 2014. Gabe is a member of the Seattle University...
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Joe Sexton Shines Bright Light on BIA’s Badly Proposed Right-of-Way Regs
As featured on Turtle Talk, Joe Sexton has published a Galanda Broadman, PLLC, Occasional Paper, “21st Century Proposed BIA Indian Land Regs In a 19th Century State of Mind.” An excerpt: The Bureau...
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Keeping Indian Law on State Bar Exams
As reported on Turtle Talk, South Dakota, one of three states to include Indian law on their bar exams, recently became the second state to maintain the topic while adopting the multi-state bar exam...
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Gabe Galanda Teaches Tribal Airpsace Sovereignty & Aviation Jurisdiction
On November 13, Gabe Galanda delivered a lecture to Boeing’s legal department titled, “American Indian Law for the Boeing Lawyer.” In that presentation he discusses the intersection of tribal...
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Gabe Galanda Delivers Tribal Lawyer Ethics Paper & Slides
On November 14, Gabe Galanda addressed the Federal Bar Association at its 16th Annual DC Indian Law Conference on a panel that asked and helped answer the following question: “What are the ethical...
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Ryan Dreveskracht Chronicles States’ Devilish Deal With Big Tobacco
Ryan Dreveskracht has published a law review manuscript titled, “Forfeiting Federalism: The Faustian Pact With Big Tobacco.” The paper has been accepted for publication by the Richmond Journal of Law...
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“Who’s Who” Expected at 12th Annual NW Gaming Law Summit in Dec.
The Pacific Northwest Gaming Law Summit, now in its twelfth year, has become a veritable “who’s who” event for the Pacific Northwest and national gaming industry. It takes place this year on December...
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Gabe Galanda Quoted by AP re Lawyer-fueled Tribal Civil Wars
The Associated Press quotes Gabe Galanda regarding Indian lawyer/lobbyist-fueled tribal civil wars. Tribal affairs attorney Gabriel Galanda said some lawyers are exploiting casinos to run up fees....
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Galanda, Penn-Roco Co-Author Indian Country Style Guide for Journalists
Gabe Galanda and Amber Penn-Roco collaborated with tribal journalist Richard Walker (Mexican/Yaqui), publicist Jackie Jacobs (Lumbee) and artist Louie Going (Nooksack)–all trailblazers in their...
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