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Supreme Court decides Match-E-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak

On June 18, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Match-E-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak, permitting an individual who owns land near a tribal casino in Michigan to challenge...more

A New Paradigm for Aboriginal Consultation in Ontario: What Miners Need to Know

The repeal and re-enactment of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (“CEAA”) and amendments to other federal environmental legislation amounts to the most significant change in federal environmental assessment (“EA”)...more

MDC-T spools Dhlodlos and Madanhires as electoral defeat looms

Zimbabwean Politics is dynamic as Zimbabweans at home and abroad have come to appreciate. The return of ZAPU into the epicentre of the Zimbabwean body politic has not only upset those that thought they had everything in the...more

United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation

Brief of the National Association of Home Builders as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondent

For more than a century, the federal government has held substantial funds and 2.9 million acres of land in Arizona in trust for the Tohono O'odham Nation. In United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, No. 09-846 (cert. granted...more

California Lawyer’s analysis of Indian Law, Tribal Law and Native American Law

Perhaps there is no area of law in California where there are so few knowledgeable attorneys than in the area of Tribal Law and Native American Law. Perhaps in no area of law are there so few resources for lawyers to even...more