Native American Law

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Provided by Conner & Winters, LLP

With knowledge and an understanding of history and culture, and with broad legal experience, we represent Indian tribes and other clients in the complex fields of federal Indian law and tribal law.  Our attorneys who practice in the field of Indian law have experience in:

• Major business transactions in Indian country, including financing, securities, Indian lands, regulatory, and other aspects of such transactions
• Tribal representation and tribal law, including sovereignty matters, Indian property rights, business law, employment law, self-governance, tribal taxation, economic development, housing, and other areas
• Environmental law and litigation, including actions involving CERCLA and natural resources damages recovery
• Tribal trust matters, including litigation to enforce the federal trust responsibility to tribes and individual Indians relating to federal management of their trust assets
• Cultural properties law, including the protection of cultural and historic sites and cultural artifacts under statutes such as the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106) and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
• Major construction projects in Indian country
• Energy law and Indian country minerals development
• Indian land title matters and realty transactions, including areas such as fee-to-trust, Indian land consolidation, and others
• Indian Country litigation and appeals