INDIAN LAW, TRIBAL GOVERNANCE, AND NATIVE-OWNED BUSINESSES
The attorneys at mctlaw have extensive experience helping tribal leaders and businesses navigate the legal challenges facing Indian governments nationwide. We represent tribes of all sizes across Indian country as in-house counsel, gaming issues, tribal governance, code drafting, child welfare, historic preservation, land use issues, and business and economic development. Our goal is to ensure that our tribal clients succeed as sovereign governments.
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Indian Gaming
The casino and gaming industry is a complex web of regulations and rules. Indian gaming adds an additional layer that can be nearly impossible to navigate. Our tribal gaming practice helps bridge the gaps between federal government, state government, tribe, business and consumers. Our Firm’s Indian gaming practice includes:
- Drafting Tribal Gaming Codes and Regulations
- Negotiating Class III Gaming Compacts with State Governments
- Advising Tribal Regulators on Compliance Matters
- Working with Casino Business and Finance Partners
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Tribal Governance and Indian Sovereignty
Tribal governments have the sovereign right to govern themselves and their lands, and to exercise that sovereignty in many different ways. mctlaw can help tribal governments protect those rights, uphold tribal sovereignty, and exercise it for the long term benefit of the tribe and its citizens. That includes:
- Developing Tribal Codes and Court Rules
- Negotiating Governance and Tax Compacts with Other Governments
- Obtaining Pub. L. 638 Self-Determination Contracts and Self-Governance Compacts from the Department of the Interior
- Representing Tribal Government in Tribal Court
- Advising on Economic Development Opportunities such as Government Contracts
Land Use and Environment
Our Firm also helps with complex issues relating to environmental problems or land-use planning, as well as agricultural issues such as regulating and promoting the production of hemp in Indian country pursuant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Hemp Program. We can also assist tribes with the complex National Environmental Policy Act consultation and public comment process and in the creation of regulations to implement the tribe’s environmental policies. Here’s an overview of how we can help with Indian land-use and environmental issues.
- Taking Companies that Pollute Tribal Lands and Waters to Court
- Developing Tribal Hemp Production Plans under USDA Program
- Consulting with Federal Agencies on NEPA Planning Documents
- Writing Environmental Regulations for Tribal Agency
Protecting Indian Heritage
The Maglio Christopher & Toale law firm understands how important it is to preserve and protect the rich history of Indians through legal means. There are many ways we can use the law in upholding Indian sovereignty, including negotiating agreements to protect valuable cultural properties and helping get the word out on government planning that interferes with the Indian way of life. Our Firm is committed to helping preserve Indian history by:
- Negotiating MOAs to Protect Traditional Cultural Properties
- Working with the Press to Expose Insensitive Government Planning
Indian Health Services
The mission of the Indian Health Services is to provide public health services to American Indian and Alaskan Native peoples. The way those healthcare services are distributed may sometimes be discriminatory and the quality of services may not be equivalent among tribes. Our attorneys investigate complaints of healthcare discrimination and take any legal actions necessary to hold agencies and providers accountable.
- Report instances of healthcare discrimination if you are a UKB citizen. Click here to report.
News & Announcements
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mctlaw Obtains Funding for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Court
mctlaw attorney Pamela Levinson and paralegal Angeleah Childress learned recently that the funding request they helped submit for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians was approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA is providing the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Court with $237,401 for use in their tribal court […]
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Attorney Derril Jordan Joins mctlaw’s Expanding Indian Law Practice
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (April 2022) – mctlaw announces the addition of attorney Derril Jordan to the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office and the Firm’s growing Indian Law practice. Mr. Jordan comes to mctlaw with nearly 35 years of experience representing tribes as in-house counsel and in private practice. In addition, Mr. Jordan served as a presidential […]
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Tribal Leaders Seek Win In Okla. Gambling Pact Challenge
Source: Law360 Law360 (March 15, 2022, 6:02 PM EDT) — The heads of two Oklahoma tribes have asked a D.C. federal judge to hand them a win in a suit against them and the U.S. Department of the Interior by four other tribes challenging their gambling compacts with the governor, saying the case lacks legal […]
TESTIMONIALS
The Indian law attorneys at mctlaw have been fantastic. They have really helped give new life to the UKB Tribal Court, both in terms of funding and the development of tribal law.
Kristie Bradley
Tribal Court Administrator and citizen of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
The attorneys at mctlaw are easy to work with while still producing high quality results. They listen to our needs and take on many different issues and opportunities facing tribes today.
Nino Maltos, II
Chairman, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe
The Indian law group at mctlaw promised a good deal for our tribal gaming regulation updates, and they delivered! We are very happy to have them on board now for a wide variety of Indian gaming compliance matters.
Michael Icay
Chairman
Habematolel Tribal Gaming Commission
