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As a companion to the front-page Seattle Times story featuring Gabe Galanda--"Native lawyers takes on tribes that kick members out"--the Times produced a videography featuring Gabe.
The video story is called "Fighting an 'epidemic' of tribal disenrollment." As the "trailer" explains: "Driven by his own family's history and identity, Seattle lawyer Gabriel Galanda has been fighting against an epidemic of disenrollment, in which Native American tribes strip members of their tribal citizenship."
Gabe Galanda published and presented a paper titled, "Tribal Lawyer Ethics: Gaming Per Capita Disputes," last Friday at the 13th Annual Northwest Gaming Law Summit.
Despite all of the hysteria surrounding marijuana in Indian Country, the era of Tribally regulated pot sales starts today, quietly, at Squaxin Island.
The Northwest Gaming Law Summit, now in its 13th year, has become a veritable "who's who" event for the Pacific Northwest and national gaming industry. It takes place this year on December 10 and 11, 2015, at the Hilton Seattle in Seattle, Washington.
Galanda Broadman, PLLC, has been named a “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News - Best Lawyers in the arena of Native American Law and Gaming Law, for the fourth year in a row.
Consider exercising your free speech rights today by emailing national ACLU Legal Director, Steven Shapiro, sshapiro@aclu.org, TODAY, to encourage them to not going through with their filing. Tell the ACLU why they are morally, if not legally, wrong.
Ryan Dreveskracht will teach a seminar for the Washington State Association for Justice on November 10 at 8:30 AM, titled, "Navigating the Federal Court System Like a Pro."
The Bureau of Indian Affairs recently announced its final rule regarding Secretarial elections for federally recognized tribes. The final rule purports to clarify how tribes may remove IRA constitutional provisions requiring Secretarial elections for constitutional amendments.
The BIA claims that its new rule furthers tribal self-governance and self-determination. That may be true, at least absent tribal chicanery. The BIA also claims that this rule protects urban Indian voting rights. But in reality, the rule does no such thing.
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website, www.galandabroadman.com, which integrates our blogs, Facebook posts and Tweets regarding legal developments in Indian Country. In particular, our new site is now compatible with your cell phone or tablet.
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