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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

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Oklahoma last term, the court confronted the complex past of Oklahoma’s Native nations, Chehalis turns on the unique legal history of Alaskan Natives. Immediately at stake in the answer is billions of dollars in federal CARES Act funding. First, some background. Just as, in McGirt v.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act’s deliberative process privilege shielded the redactions from disclosure. Oklahoma Federal Court Allowed Landowner to Proceed with NEPA Challenge of Osage Nation Oil and Gas Leases. Optimus Steel, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers , No. 1:20-cv-00374 (E.D.

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