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An Alaska-sized land conservation decision that may nonetheless be news to you

In the last week of August, the Biden administration finalized protection of 28 million acres of federal land and water in Alaska that is critical for birds, fish, caribou, and the communities that rely on them. That’s an...more

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House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Slates Hearing on Four Indian Country Bills

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Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, announced a hearing scheduled for July 24, 2024, at 10:15 AM to consider four bills related to...more

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Court Vacates Decision to Take Downtown Juneau Land Into Trust for Tlingit & Haida Tribe

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In a momentous legal development, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason has vacated and remanded a decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to place a 787-square-foot parcel of land in downtown Juneau into...more

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Alaska Senators Propose Land Rights Bill to Empower Native Village Corporations

On August 3, 2023, Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Dan Sullivan introduced S.2615, which would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alaska Native Village Corporations will no longer be required to...more

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EPA Launches $20 Million Program to Address Contaminated Land in Alaska

May 10, 2023 Shareholder On May 5, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new funding program to assist Alaska Native entities to address and remediate contaminated lands in Alaska....more

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Biden Administration Authorizes Trust Lands for Alaska Tribes, Proposes Changes To Streamline Trust Regulations

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Alaskans should prepare for major changes to the unique legal framework governing tribal lands in Alaska. In mid-November, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that it can acquire lands in trust for Alaska’s...more

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U.S. Department of the Interior Announces Historic Land Acquisition in Alaska

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On November 16, the Solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior issued Opinion M-37076, clarifying that the Secretary of the Interior does in fact have authority to acquire land in trust within the State of Alaska. The...more

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SBA Proposes Rules that Could Have Significant Impact on ANCs

The SBA has published a notice of “Tribal Consultation for Ownership and Control and Contractual Assistance; Requirements for the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program and other Planned 8(a) BD Program Regulatory Proposals.”...more

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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s Preference for ‎Disadvantaged Government Contractors

In an effort to counteract the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in November of 2021. Part of that bill set aside $370 billion to improve and expand...more

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Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act Introduces Developments to Support Tribal ‎Jurisdiction and Community Safety in...

On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed an omnibus spending package for the upcoming fiscal year. Included in its nearly 3,000 pages is a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). As reauthorized, VAWA...more

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Alaska Native Corporations Are Considered Indian Tribes Under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

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On June 25, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that Alaska Native Corporations (“ANCs”), are entitled to COVID-19 relief funds; solidifying that ANCs qualify as tribes. The ruling in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of...more

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Alaska Native Corporations Now Eligible for CARES Act Funds Following Supreme Court Decision

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On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6–3 decision, in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are “Indian tribes,” as defined by the Indian...more

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Supreme Court Says Alaska Native Corporations Are Tribal Governments Entitled to CARES Act Funds

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Like the emergency relief funding provided to state and local governments during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act of 2020 allocated an...more

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Supreme Court Decides Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, holding that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) qualify as “Indian tribes” under the Indian Self-Determination and...more

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The Supreme Court - January 11, 2021

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Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., No. 20-440: Whether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, may have a defense of invalidity heard on the...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Medical Technology Company President Charged in $69 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme

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Medical Technology Company President Charged in $69 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme - A complaint in the Northern District of California was unsealed on June 9, 2020, charging the president of Arrayit Corporation, a...more

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Controversy Over Interior’s Trust Authority in Alaska Remains Unresolved

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A majority panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently dismissed the State of Alaska’s challenge to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s authority to acquire land in trust for Alaska...more

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Alaska Presses D.C. Court of Appeals to Reject Trust Acquisitions in Alaska

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The question of whether Alaska Natives may place land in the same federal trust status as Indian tribes in the lower 48 states was widely thought to have been resolved but is now before the Court of Appeals for the District...more

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Gaming Legal News: Volume 8, Number 24

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Texas Continues To Wage War Against Indian Gaming - Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton appears to not like Indian gaming. Two of the state’s three federally recognized tribes have been pursuing gaming opportunities...more

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