Legislative Policy Sector Articles
Investigation Into Claims of Minority Status to Win Federal Contracts Prompts St. Louis to Decertify 5 Operators
Officials in St. Louis have decertified at least five businesses that had claimed Native American status to receive minority set-aside government contracts.
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Okla. Tribal Leaders Sign Joint Resolution Opposing Governor Stitt’s Repudiation of State-Tribal Compacts
On Friday, the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes signed a resolution, opposing Gov. Stitt’s attempt to renegotiate the Tribal-state compacts.
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Ordinance Would Regulate Medical Marijuana Cultivation, Production & Distribution on St. Regis Mohawk Reservation
If approved a draft ordinance would legalize, license and regulate medical marijuana for cultivation, production and distribution on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in Franklin County, New York.
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Okla. Governor Wants Bigger Cut of State’s Tribal Gaming Revenue
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, published an op-ed Monday in the Tulsa World asserting that Oklahoma should renegotiate for a more substantial share of the billions of dollars that Tribal casinos generate each year.
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Meet Gabriel Galanda, Founder of Galanda Broadman, PLLC, and a Native Business Top 50 Entrepreneurs Honoree
Galanda Broadman, PLLC, counts eight lawyers, and tackles critical and complex litigation, bet-the-company business matters and regulatory disputes for Tribal governments, enterprises and citizens.
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Osage Casino Hotel Expands to Meet Demand, Breaking Ground on $28M Hotel Tower
Osage Nation officials and casino management dug shovels into dirt this week to break ground on another expansion to the Tribe’s flagship resort property in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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House Subcommittee to Hear Testimony About ‘Drastically Underfunded’ Tribal Infrastructure Needs
The chronically underfunded infrastructure needs of Indian Country take center stage today at the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States hearing.
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Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Lac Vieux Desert, Determining That Lending Business Is an Arm of the Tribe Entitled to Sovereign Immunity
In a highly anticipated and long-awaited ruling handed down on July 3, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed that two companies owned by the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians are indeed legitimate arms of the Tribe and as such, are entitled to Tribal sovereign immunity.
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Sequoyah Simermeyer Nominated as NIGC Chair
E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, a member of the North Carolina state-recognized Coharie Tribe, has been nominated by President Trump to the position of chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC).
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Native Federal Prosecutor Recognized for Superior Performance in Indian Country
A Native federal prosecutor and Tribal liaison has earned a national award for his work strengthening South Dakota’s ties with Tribal law enforcement officers, Tribal courts, Tribal social service agencies and Tribal decision-makers.
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