/nativeamerican?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Native American Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:47:40 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369274 A new ruling in West Virginia opioid crisis litigation is revealing sharp divisions among the Mountain State's federal judges regarding a pivotal legal theory, potentially boosting a Fourth Circuit appeal by beleaguered municipalities aiming to erase a landmark win for drug distributors. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:31:46 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2365117?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2365117 Certain court cases have become staples on both the midyear and end-of-year must-watch lists in sports and betting at Law360. One that seemed best positioned to finally fall off the list, as it turns out, is far from over: the multibillion-dollar NCAA settlement regarding name, image and likeness payments and revenue sharing with hundreds of thousands of college athletes. A handful of other suits from past years will also continue to bear watching through the end of 2025. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:29:16 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369058?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369058 The Ninth Circuit has ruled a federal judge prematurely sided with the Gila River Indian Community in a water rights dispute, finding future fact-finding is needed before ordering Arizona farmers to shut off wells that allegedly draw water from the river. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:57:50 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369414?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369414 A pro-fluoride group is supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's fight to overturn a California federal judge's ruling that current limits on the chemical in drinking water aren't protective enough. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:50:20 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369406?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369406 A bipartisan bill recently reintroduced in Congress aims to amend the Social Security Act to set full federal medical assistance for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries at urban Indian health organizations. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:33:09 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368342 The Delaware Nation is suing the town of Hinton, Oklahoma, and its officials, alleging that the municipality has threatened to nix utility services to its casino after an agreement over land use expired, in an effort to extract taxes from the federally recognized tribe. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:40:12 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369267?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369267 A Rhode Island federal judge Thursday granted a temporary restraining order to a coalition of nonprofit groups challenging new conditions for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that target diversity, equity and inclusion programs; abortion access; and transgender individuals. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:36:34 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2369116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2369116 The Federal Communications Commission pushed ahead with a new auction of the airwaves Thursday, but its rejection of a tribal "priority" window led to criticism from one FCC member. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:15:44 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368862?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368862 The New York State Board of Regents has told a federal judge the opponents of a ban on Native American mascots cannot rehash issues already settled by the court, while an advocacy organization has argued that tossing the lawsuit based on precedent would silence the very group the new rule seeks to help. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:54:56 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368512?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368512 The Washington, D.C., City Council will vote next Friday, Aug. 1, on a revised version of the proposal to build a stadium for the Washington Commanders at the site of its previous stadium, Council Chair Phil Mendelson announced Thursday. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:43:08 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368890?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368890 The U.S. Department of the Interior said it turned over about 285 acres of land along the border with Mexico to the U.S. Navy for three years so the military can set up an enforcement area as part of the Trump administration's efforts to prevent illegal immigration. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:59:58 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368307?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368307 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday paused an Eighth Circuit order to vacate two North Dakota tribes' challenge to two of the state's voting laws that they allege will silence the state's Indigenous voters and disenfranchise millions across seven Midwestern states. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:45:12 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2331615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2331615 Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:50:38 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368444 The International Court of Justice on Wednesday delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on governments' obligations with respect to climate change, issuing a rare, unanimous decision that opens the door for nations harmed by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to seek reparations. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:33:06 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368394 The Ninth Circuit greenlighted the Trump administration's request to pause a lower court ruling requiring the government to turn over its layoff and reorganization plans in the case disputing whether the president can lawfully reshape federal agencies without congressional approval. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:49:06 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2368592?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2368592 The (Muscogee) Creek Nation Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's decision to give citizenship to two descendants of those once enslaved by the tribe, saying a 19th century treaty that required the Five Civilized Tribes to abolish slavery should have applied to their applications seven years ago. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:04:58 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2366825?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2366825 The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:51:02 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2367784?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2367784 The U.S. Department of Justice is fighting a bid by a group of domestic violence coalitions to block restrictions imposed on grants from its Office on Violence Against Women, arguing that a Rhode Island federal court lacks jurisdiction over the group's claims and that the Tucker Act instead gives jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:19:39 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2357426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2357426 In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:31:56 +0000 /nativeamerican/articles/2367473?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /nativeamerican/articles/2367473 A South Dakota hemp retailer has moved to voluntarily dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging the state's ban on the processing of hemp derivatives into intoxicating products, days after the Eighth Circuit upheld a similar Arkansas law.