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  Choctaw Allotment Owners Challenge Oil & Gas Leasing Practices Under 1947 Stigler ActNovember 14, 2024
  With legal assistance from mctlaw, the Native American owners of an Indian allotment on the Choctaw Reservation in eastern Oklahoma have sued the federal government, claiming breach of trust and unconstitutional taking of the allotment’s natural gas resources. These claims stem from how federal officials have managed oil & gas interests owned by individual Indians across eastern Oklahoma under the… Read more: Choctaw Allotment Owners Challenge Oil & Gas Leasing Practices Under 1947 Stigler Act
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  Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Represented by Attorneys at mctlaw File Suit to Reclaim Ancestral Fishing Rights in Puget Sound AreaSeptember 17, 2024
  SEATTLE, WA (September 17, 2024) — The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, with legal representation from the attorneys at mctlaw, is making a significant legal push to reclaim its customary fishing rights in Washington’s Puget Sound and surrounding freshwater streams. The Tribe has asked the federal court to reaffirm the rights they believe have been wrongfully denied for decades, taking their case… Read more: Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Represented by Attorneys at mctlaw File Suit to Reclaim Ancestral Fishing Rights in Puget Sound Area
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  What Does the DOJ Reclassification of Cannabis to a Schedule III Drug Mean for Tribes?May 1, 2024
  On Tuesday April 30th, the Department of Justice announced that the Attorney General intends to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”). This could be an important change to the way that cannabis is regulated at a federal level, but its effects may not be immediately felt by tribes… Read more: What Does the DOJ Reclassification of Cannabis to a Schedule III Drug Mean for Tribes?
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  Everything is Better With Good GovernmentAugust 29, 2023
  Helping Tribes Make Modern Constitutions and Improve Tribal Governing Documents Attorney Jeffrey Nelson from the Firm’s Indian Law group discusses the history of the Mattaponi Tribe in Virginia, as well as their recent election under their newly drafted election code and constitution. He highlights the importance of tribal governance documents written for and with the tribe, by tribal members, and… Read more: Everything is Better With Good Government
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  Online Gaming: How Tribes Can Use a Hub-and-Spoke Gaming Model to Link Reservations, Increase Play, and Reduce CostsJune 9, 2023
  After the Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on sports wagering in 2018, sports wagering not only exploded in popularity but was also quickly launched into the 21st century with the proliferation of online sportsbooks, particularly mobile app-based sports betting platforms. It is impossible to turn on the TV without being flooded with advertisements for sportsbooks from DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars,… Read more: Online Gaming: How Tribes Can Use a Hub-and-Spoke Gaming Model to Link Reservations, Increase Play, and Reduce Costs
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  Minnesota Legalizes Recreational CannabisJune 2, 2023
  On May 30 Minnesota became the 23rd State to legalize recreational cannabis. It joins a much smaller list of states that included Tribes in their cannabis regulatory scheme. One perk that Minnesota Tribes will enjoy under this new law (that is not the case in Washington state) is that Tribes can enter into tax agreements to keep certain taxes from… Read more: Minnesota Legalizes Recreational Cannabis
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  RES 2023 Misuse of Railway Easements in Indian CountryApril 5, 2023
  Going Off the Rails – Misuse of Railway Easements in Indian Country – If You Missed it at RES 2023 If you weren’t able to attend RES 2023, then we’ll bring RES to you. Here’s a recap of our panel discussion “Going Off the Rails – Misuse of Railway Easements in Indian Country,” hosted by mctlaw attorneys Altom Maglio, Derril… Read more: RES 2023 Misuse of Railway Easements in Indian Country
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  Sauk-Suiattle appeal over fishing rights in the Skagit RiverNovember 9, 2022
  Today, mctlaw appellate attorney Jennifer Maglio appeared before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle on behalf of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe. She presented oral argument in the appeal of a sub-proceeding in U.S. v. Washington, the well-known treaty fishing rights case in the State of Washington. The Tribe’s appeal concerns whether the Tribe has treaty fishing rights in… Read more: Sauk-Suiattle appeal over fishing rights in the Skagit River
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  Mctlaw’s Indian Law Practice Group Visits the Sauk-Suiattle Indian ReservationJuly 18, 2022
  In July, mctlaw‘s Indian law practice group attorneys Jeffrey Nelson, Derril Jordan, Sophie Asher, and Kehl Winkle visited the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, one of the firm’s tribal clients, at the Tribe’s Reservation near Darrington, Washington. After a meeting with members of the Tribal Council, they accompanied Tribal Council member Kevin Lenon into the backcountry to locate several of the Tribe’s… Read more: Mctlaw’s Indian Law Practice Group Visits the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Reservation
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  SSIT Sports Wagering ApprovalJune 21, 2022
  On June 14, 2022, the Department of the Interior published notice of the Sauk Suiattle Indian Tribe Gaming Compact Amendment that now authorizes the Tribe to operate sports betting. Attorney Kehl VanWinkle authored this amendment and testified before the State Legislature on behalf of our clients, the Sauk Suiattle Indian Tribe. You can review the notice in today’s Federal Register
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  mctlaw Helps Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Finalize Alcohol Sales MOUMay 26, 2022
  Kehl Van Winkle of mctlaw just completed a long-standing goal of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe by finalizing an Alcohol Sales Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Washington.  Alcohol sales have never before been allowed on the Sauk-Suiattle Reservation, which was created in 1984.  But under the terms of the new MOU, the Tribe will be authorized to sell wine… Read more: mctlaw Helps Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Finalize Alcohol Sales MOU
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  Tribal Leaders Seek Win In Okla. Gambling Pact ChallengeMarch 16, 2022
  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 merit. Chief Joe Bunch of… Read more: Tribal Leaders Seek Win In Okla. Gambling Pact Challenge
• Appellate and Indian Law Attorneys File Ninth Circuit Opening Brief on Behalf of Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe’s Treaty Fishing Rights in United States v. Washington February 28, 2022
  The Appellate and Indian Law Groups at mctlaw have filed an Opening Brief before the Ninth Circuit on behalf of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of the State of Washington.  The issue on appeal is whether the Sauk-Suiattle have treaty fishing rights in the Skagit River.    The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott guaranteed all of the tribal signatories the right… Read more: Appellate and Indian Law Attorneys File Ninth Circuit Opening Brief on Behalf of Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe’s Treaty Fishing Rights in United States v. Washington 

Our team of experienced Indian Law attorneys can help with matters like: 

• Indian gaming compacts, regulation and compliance
• Tribal cannabis and hemp regulation
• Tribal Governance and Drafting Statutes and Regulations
• Tribal Self-Determination and Self-Governance contracting and compacting with the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Indian Health Service (IHS)
• Structuring Tribal Healthcare Programs and Obtaining Funding from the Indian Health Service (IHS)
• Structuring or Restructuring Tribal Courts and Obtaining Funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOI)
• Creating and Implementing Tribal Housing Programs and Obtaining NAHASDA Funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Litigating Breach of Trust and Takings Claims
• Enforcing Treaty Rights
• Oil & Gas Royalty Disputes
• Individual Indian Money Account Issues
• Native American Tribes and Employment Law
• Natural Resource Management for Tribal Lands
• Environmental Protection and Cleanup on Tribal Lands
• Protecting Sacred Sites
• Resolving Tribal Enrollment and Disenrollment Disputes
• Indian Child Welfare Protections
• Fee-to-Trust Land Acquisitions
• Federal Recognition for Native American Indian Tribes
• Misuse of Railway Easements on Indian Tribal Lands
• Issues with Jurisdiction Over Land Allotments
• Protecting the rights of individual Indian landowners
• Doing Business in Indian Country
• Obtaining a Section 8(a) Certification from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Pursuing Federal Contracts
• Operating as an Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) Section 17 Corporation, a Tribally Chartered Corporation, or an Alaska Native Corporation

Content Reviewed by Jeffrey Nelson – Indian Law

Jeffrey Nelson leads the Firm’s Indian Law Group. He’s spent over 20 years of experience working in Washington, DC on Indian law and litigation matters, including as a Senior Attorney at the National Indian Gaming Commission and as an Assistant Solicitor at the Department of the Interior. Jeff now represents tribes across the country on Indian gaming and tribal governance matters. He also serves as the Assistant Attorney General for the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Jeff earned his law degree at the University of Michigan Law School in 1997 and an LL.M. in Advocacy from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999.

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