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President Jonathan Nez says he blocked $73 million in expenditures because council members were trying to include 'pet projects and frivolous spending'

PORTRAITS FROM THE PANDEMIC

Removals ‘often re-trigger trauma, deepen mistrust between Native community members and government institutions’

Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the Muscogee (Creek) Nation was quickly hailed as a win for tribal sovereignty, but it also raised questions about potential impacts

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's eastern Oklahoma reservation still exists for criminal jurisdiction purposes cemented Justice Neil Gorsuch's status as a pivotal supporter of tribal rights, and of treaty rights in particular, to the degree that tribes can nurture hopes in the high court after decades of fearing the worst at its hands.

A New York federal judge has ruled that environmental groups can't show they were injured by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's allegedly delayed response to a request for more disclosure around a move to temporarily suspend some compliance obligations during the novel coronavirus crisis.

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Nathan Balk King: 'In response to a lack of Native representation, I formed Model United Nations: Indigenous'

Global condemnation of iron ore miner Rio Tinto's recent destruction of sacred indigenous sites in Australia demonstrates that failure to address cultural heritage risk can destroy corporate reputations, stock prices and the social license companies use to advance development projects, say Marion Werkheiser and Katherine Sorrell at Cultural Heritage Partners.

Independent investigator Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond said Thursday that her investigation into B.C.'s health-care system will be multi-phased, wide-ranging, and will seek to determine the range and extent of anti-Indigenous racism in the system, and how it affects care.

Thursday's McGirt v. Oklahoma decision lit up Native Twitter

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a significant swath of eastern Oklahoma remains American Indian land for certain legal purposes. 

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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is exploring how Indian Country is being impacted by COVID-19.

Landmark victory for Indian Country in Supreme Court House committee explores COVID-19 impacts in Indian Country Wisconsin forms missing and murdered Indigenous women task force https://www.nativenews.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/nnn070920.mp3

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An environmental group in Southern California says that a proposed wind farm near the U.S.-Mexico border should be put on hold until a full analysis of its impacts on the region and on migratory birds can be completed.

When evaluating the vast range of legal technology options available today, law firms will want to make sure that firm intellectual property and client data stored in the software are encrypted, isolated, protected through backups, and in compliance with the ever-growing list of data regulations, say Eric Tucker and Dorna Moini at Documate.

Trump's two high court appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, joined the majority in both cases along with Chief Justice John Roberts and the four liberal justices

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review the Federal Trade Commission's authority to order restitution to consumers who have been hurt by fraud and other bad behavior in the marketplace.

UPDATED: ‘If Congress wishes to withdraw its promises, it must say so’