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Tribal Marijuana Lawyers
Amidst the tribal marijuana gold rush that was set off by the DOJ “Wilkinson Memo” in December, some folks are selling snake oiled legal services. Others are intelligently discussing the legal issues,...
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Tribal Carbon Credit Dealing Is Where It’s At–Or Will Be
We are proud to have counseled the Round Valley Indian Tribes in regard to their groundbreaking carbon offset credit deal (news here and here). That carbon credit deal is the first to involve Indian...
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State Superior Court Strikes Down HB 1287, and PILTs as “Taxes”
On Wednesday, King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts ruled in rather scant fashion that the “payment in lieu of tax” (PILT) component of Washington State Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1287 is...
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Shame On You, ACLU, For Defending Dan Snyder’s “Racist” Trademark
We have closely collaborated with the ACLU in defense of Native civil liberties (see here and here) and even advertised ourselves as proud partners of the ACLU. So our disappointment with the ACLU’s...
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Disenrollment Could Happen to You Too. Really.
Do you have a county birth certificate for your great grandmother from the late 1800s? Were your ancestors listed on federal Dawes rolls then or Indian Censuses by the mid-1900s? Do you have records...
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Is Tribal Grass Really Greener?
By Anthony Broadman It is hard to think if there has ever been a furor in Indian Country like we are witnessing amidst the tribal marijuana gold rush. Nor could there be a more dynamic tribal issue,...
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Wash. St. Supremes Further Tangle the PL 280 Web in State v. Shale
By Anthony Broadman The Washington State Supreme Court wove new threads into the already tangled web of Washington partial P.L. 280 jurisprudence today. The practical result of Washington v. Shale was...
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Federal Court Rules No Tribal Exhaustion Required For ERISA Claim Against Casino
By Joe Sexton A Kansas federal court’s decision further limiting the jurisdiction of tribal courts in the employment realm, is a decision that tribal governments operating commercial enterprises in...
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Gabe Galanda: Paskenta Civil RICO Suit “A Proxy for Disenrollment”
Law360 quotes Gabe Galanda regarding a civil RICO lawsuit filed in California federal district court by a Paksenta Tribal Council faction against a family of ousted Tribal leaders. Gabriel S. Galanda...
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Galanda Broadman Profiled by Law360 as “Nimble Boutique”
As Galanda Broadman celebrates our 5th-year anniversary today, we are honored to have been featured by Law360 as a “go to” tribal boutique law firm nationally. Handling the array of everyday legal...
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Disenrollment Lawyering Deemed “Immoral and Unethical”
In a historic stance against disenrollment, the National Native American Bar Association has declared: that it is immoral and unethical for any lawyer to advocate for or contribute to the divestment or...
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The Potentially Ruinous Tribal Financial Implications of Disenrollment
We have previously written about how disenrollment financially ruins affected tribal members. Now consider how disenrollment can cause financial ruin to those tribes engaged in the colonialist...
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Dreveskracht, Galanda Publish ABA “Tribal Court Litigation” Deskbook Chapter
The American Bar Association Business Law Section just published the 2015 edition of Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, which includes a 41-page Tribal Court Litigation...
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New Washington Law Empower Tribes to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
Today, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill giving tribal law enforcement and prosecutors access to an important tool to fight prescription drug abuse. The Muckleshoot Tribe spearheaded the bill’s...
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Hollywood’s Portrayal Of Tribal Disenrollment Is Another Bad Look
Amidst the furor about Adam Sandler’s racist depiction of Indians in his forthcoming movie, consider another narrative about Indian C0untry that is increasingly being told by Hollywood and its Indian...
View ArticleICRA, Obergefell, and Tribal Marriage Equality
Tuesday’s marathon oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States won’t immediately impact same-sex marriage equality in Indian Country. In fact, the Court’s decision won’t even come down...
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Disenrollment Drains Tribal Human Capital from Reservation Economies
Leading tribal political scientists and economists make clear that human capital is an oft-missing but critical component of any successful tribal nation building or economic development effort....
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Ryan Dreveskracht to Discuss Tribal Banishment on Native American Calling
Ryan Dreveskracht will appear on Native American Calling this Tuesday at 10 AM Pacific, along with Professor Matthew Fletcher, to help ask and answer: “Banishment: Good or Bad for Tribal Communities?”...
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Ryan Dreveskracht Publishes Law Review Article Assailing the MSA
Ryan Dreveskracht has published, “Forfeiting Federalism: The Faustian Pact With Big Tobacco,” in the Richmond Journal of Law and The Public Interest, which assails the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)...
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