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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleGabe 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....
View ArticleGalanda, Penn-Roco Co-Author Indian Country Stylebook for Journalists
Gabe Galanda and Amber Penn-Roco collaborated with journalist Richard Walker (Mexican/Yaqui), publicist Jackie Jacobs (Lumbee) and indigenous artist Louie Gong (Nooksack)–all trailblazers in their...
View ArticleAnthony Broadman Quoted by National Media Re DOJ’s New Tribal Pot Policy
Anthony Broadman has been quoted or featured by the Associated Press, ABC News, Time, VICE News and other media outlets regarding the Department of Justice’s recently issued policy regarding marijuana...
View ArticleGabe Galanda Featured in NWLawyer
Gabe Galanda is featured in this month’s edition of NWLawyer in reference to the Excellence in Diversity Award he was bestowed with by the Washington State Bar Association this fall. The WSBA also...
View ArticleGabe Galanda in “Indian Gaming”: Why Isn’t the NIGC Enforcing IGRA?
In a column for the feature, “Ask the Experts: Spotlight on 2015 and Beyond,” in the New Year edition of Indian Gaming magazine, Gabe Galanda questions the NIGC’s commitment to enforcing IGRA and...
View ArticleStylebook for Indian Country Journalists Published As E-book
SEATTLE – Does the First Amendment apply to journalists covering stories on Indian reservations? What is “Indian country”? What authority do Tribal governments have on- and off-reservation? What are...
View ArticleCongress Extends Various Federal Indian Tax Incentives
According to the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA): The Indian Tax Extenders, found in the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, [H.R. 5771], cleared the Senate yesterday by a vote of...
View ArticleHopi Challenges EPA’s Approval of Navajo Coal-Fired Power Plant
By Amber Penn-Roco On August 8, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved an Air Quality Implementation Plan, allowing the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant located on...
View ArticleTribal Per Capita Poverty–How About Disenrollment Bankruptcy?
“In November, a [Las Vegas] Review-Journal reporter and photographer encountered one of the disenrolled, 52-year-old Darla Hatcher, sleeping with her meager belongings in front of an upholstery shop...
View ArticleGabe Galanda to Reprise “Finding a Cure” to Disenrollment Lecture in Tucson
Gabe Galanda will reprise his lecture, “The American Indian Disenrollment Epidemic: Finding a Cure,” in Tucson this Friday, January 30 at 2:30 PM, as a part of the Arizona Law Indigenous Peoples Law...
View ArticleThe Green Buffalo: Is Marijuana The Next Tobacco For Indian Country?
By Anthony Broadman The tribal tobacco industry has long represented a significant segment of many tribes’ economic development efforts. In the tribal tobacco hotbed of New York State, for instance,...
View ArticleTribal-State Marijuana Compacts Make Good Neighbors
By Anthony Broadman As Washington’s legal marijuana landscape evolves, certainty has been evasive. So for Tribes who are considering wading into the pot economy, knowing that the state will not...
View ArticleAnthony Broadman on Tribal Marijuana Law
Anthony Broadman has quickly become recognized nationally for his insight regarding commercial marijuana legalization in Indian Country. Having represented tribal clients in the medicinal marijuana...
View ArticleJared Miller Joins Galanda Broadman
Galanda Broadman has grown again, by adding Jared Miller, who previously served as a law clerk for the Wyoming District Court andShoshone & Arapaho Tribal Court. “Jared is a consummate...
View ArticlePot Capitas: Distributing The Fruits Of Tribal Land
By Anthony Broadman Assuming the bottom does not drop out of the legal weed market, and that Tribes are able to begin regulating and selling marijuana within their jurisdictions, how will pot farming...
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