Native American Issues

Foul play over US trademark

by Edward Lee, Douglas N. Masters | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/15/2013

The Washington Redskins name has attracted fierce debate over the years. Edward Lee and Douglas Masters, attorneys at Loeb & Loeb, discuss the latest attempt to revoke the mark - US trademark law prohibits the...more

Gaming Legal News - April 24, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 11

by Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 4/26/2013

In This Issue: - THE MASSACHUSETTS MUDDLE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MASHPEE WAMPANOAG? The Mashpee Wampanoag casino project planned for the town of Taunton in southeastern Massachusetts received a major...more

US District Court Judge Orders Washington Highway Culverts Opened for Fish Passage

by Lane Powell PC - Environmental Law on 4/11/2013

Federal district court Judge Ricardo Martinez has issued a permanent injunction requiring the Washington State Department of Transportation (“WSDOT”), the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and the Washington...more

VAWA Now Covers LBGTs and Native Americans

by Janet Raasch | Lawyers.com on 4/4/2013

Since passage of the original Violence Against Women Act in 1994, reported incidents of violence against women in the United States have decreased by an impressive two-thirds. Still, violence against women remains a...more

Indian Tribal Documents Are Not Documents From The Federal Government Even When The Federal Government Wants Them To Be

by Matthew G. Kaiser | The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC on 3/25/2013

My grandmother was part Cherokee. I am, I understand, something around one sixty-fourth Cherokee. And, I understand, for years my grandmother's family tried to hide their Indian status....more

Team Mascots: Balancing Tradition and Cultural Sensitivity

by Anjali Shankar | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 3/21/2013

During my years at the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign as an undergraduate student, the student body became embroiled in a heated debate about the continued viability of our team’s mascot. Our mascot was the...more

Appropriations Hearing on the Bureau of Indian Affairs/Indian Health Service Budget Request

by Philip Baker-Shenk, Jennifer Christopher, Kathleen M. Nilles | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/20/2013

On April 24 at 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., and on April 25 at 9:30 p.m., the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold three separate American Indian and Alaska Native Public and...more

Federal Court Extends Federal Jurisdiction to Métis and Non-Status Indians: No Impact to Resource Developers

by Jeremy Barretto, Shawn Denstedt Q.C., Jessica Kennedy, Terri-Lee Oleniuk | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 1/14/2013

A recent Federal Court decision clarifies and extends federal jurisdiction to Métis and non-status Indians. This ruling is significant because there could be broad financial and policy implications for the federal government....more

CFPB highlights collaboration with tribal governments

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/3/2013

A recent CFPB blog post warning Native Americans receiving payments from the settlement in Cobell v. Salazar that they could be targeted by scammers also highlights the CFPB’s collaboration with tribal governments....more

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