Gabriel “Gabe” Galanda has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Gaming Law and Native American Law, for the tenth consecutive year. He has now been selected to The Best Lawyers in America® from 2007 to 2016.
Tribal Disenrollment, Donald Trump, and the Anti-Birthright Citizenship Movement
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
In other words, if you are born in America, you are a citizen; American citizenship is a birthright.
We Welcome Bree Black Horse
Bree Black Horse Joins Galanda Broadman
Galanda Broadman has grown yet again, by adding Bree Black Horse, who last month completed her clerkship for Judge Brian M. Morris in the United States District Court for Montana.
Bree joins the firm’s Seattle office as an Associate. Her practice focuses on federal court and tribal court litigation involving tribal governments, enterprises and businesses.
Law360 Interviews Anthony Broadman Re: 5 Bad Tribal Sovereignty Rulings
Anthony Broadman is quoted at length by Law360 regarding "5 Rulings That Have Sown Confusion Over Tribal Sovereignty."
As to Montana v. U.S.:
The Montana decision creates problems for tribal courts by assuming they lack jurisdiction, according to Anthony S. Broadman of Galanda Broadman PLLC.
Senator Heinrich and Congressman Grijalva Introduce the Tribal Tax Incentive for Renewable Energy Act
On July 13, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) took another step to further allow Tribes to exert their energy autonomy by introducing the Tribal Tax Incentive for Renewable Energy Act. This Act would permit Tribal Governments to take advantage of federal renewable energy tax credits by allowing tribes to transfer their share of the production tax credit to private entities that finance joint venture renewable energy projects on tribal lands. Tribes would then be able to offer 100 percent of the tax credit to their partners. Under the current regime, the tax credit is wasted:
Disenrollment Causes Tribal Classism, Income Inequality
“One hundred fifty years ago, this was utopia — with no (social) classes, no rich, no poor, no starving people. Everyone lived together in 1,000-foot longhouses, and they knew the difference between right and wrong.” —NCAI President Brian Cladoosby, Seattle Times
Disenrollment is destroying the remaining vestiges of the American indigenous utopia.
Tenth Circuit to Utah: "Stop Illegally Prosecuting Indians. Or Else."
By Jared Miller
“Because of the local ill feeling, the people of the States where [Indians] are found are often their deadliest enemies.” U.S. v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886).
In a scathing opinion, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday condemned the State of Utah for ignoring decades-old law preempting state prosecution of tribal members on Ute tribal lands.
Super Lawyers Honors Galanda, Broadman and Dreveskracht
Tribal lawyers Gabe Galanda, Anthony Broadman and Ryan Dreveskracht were each honored by Super Lawyers magazine for 2015; Gabe as a Washington “Super Lawyer” and Anthony and Ryan as “Rising Stars,” in the field of Native American Law.
Spokane Tribe Bans Disenrollment
On Saturday, the Spokane Tribe of Indians General Council passed a Referendum that amended the Tribe's constitution to generally prohibit disenrollment. The new Spokane constitutional provision provides: "Except in instances where a citizen transfers enrollment to another Tribe, no Spokane Tribal law shall operate to strip citizenship from any person who has previously been recognized to possess citizenship . . ."
