Focused on critical matters involving Native American lands and tribes, Perkins Coie represents government agencies, state governors, Indian tribes, commercial enterprises, financial institutions, trade associations and nonprofit organizations. Legal issues we resolve include:
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Focused on critical matters involving Native American lands and tribes, Perkins Coie represents government agencies, state governors, Indian tribes, commercial enterprises, financial institutions, trade associations and nonprofit organizations. Legal issues we resolve include:
- Gaming law, tribal-state gaming compacts and off-reservation gaming
- Tribal recognition by government authorities
- Sovereign immunity
- Taxation and tax exemptions
- Aboriginal land claims
- Internal tribal governance
- Fishing, hunting and whaling rights
- Mineral and energy extraction rights
- Preservation of the environment
Perkins Coie attorneys address the nation’s most significant Indian controversies and have recently served as:
- Trial advocates in a test case involving taking land into trust for post-1934 tribes, contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court Carcieri v. Salazar decision
- Legislative advocates on regulations for Indian tribal recognition
- Appellate advocates in a precedent-setting case involving local government’s taxing authority of non-tribal vendors on reservation lands
Distinct for our representation of both Native American and non-tribal entities, Perkins Coie is particularly well known for crafting agreements on gaming between local governments and Indian tribes. Specialized entity clients include energy, timber and mining companies, water utility and irrigation districts, and Alaska Native Corporations.
- Gaming law, tribal-state gaming compacts and off-reservation gaming
- Tribal recognition by government authorities
- Sovereign immunity
- Taxation and tax exemptions
- Aboriginal land claims
- Internal tribal governance
- Fishing, hunting and whaling rights
- Mineral and energy extraction rights
- Preservation of the environment
Perkins Coie attorneys address the nation’s most significant Indian controversies and have recently served as:
- Trial advocates in a test case involving taking land into trust for post-1934 tribes, contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court Carcieri v. Salazar decision
- Legislative advocates on regulations for Indian tribal recognition
- Appellate advocates in a precedent-setting case involving local government’s taxing authority of non-tribal vendors on reservation lands
Distinct for our representation of both Native American and non-tribal entities, Perkins Coie is particularly well known for crafting agreements on gaming between local governments and Indian tribes. Specialized entity clients include energy, timber and mining companies, water utility and irrigation districts, and Alaska Native Corporations.
Nationwide Authorities, Advocates and Agreement Negotiators
Highlights of our attorneys’ relevant backgrounds also include previous service in the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Marine Mammal Commission and Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
Well-versed in the complexities of more than 200 years’ worth of evolving law related to sovereign government issues, federalism concerns, constitutional considerations and federal policies uniquely applied to Indian tribes, Perkins Coie is nationally ranked by Chambers USA for its counsel in Native American Law. Our services include:
- Facilitating agreements for access to tribal lands and use of tribal resources
- Protecting subsistence and cultural rights of Indians from unlawful development
- Negotiating fishing, hunting and whaling rights arising under treaties
- Counseling on regulatory compliance, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and National Indian Gaming Commission rules
- Providing legislative counsel and advocacy
- Negotiating mineral rights and mineral exploration contracts
Experienced across the various resolution forums for tribal law issues, Perkins Coie represents clients in administrative, federal and state courts, before the Interior Board of Indian Appeals and in negotiations and lobbying efforts. We also advise on the drafting of agreements, governance documents and legislation.
Perkins Coie lawyers have helped to achieve numerous agreements, including agreements between the Seminole, Mashpee Wampanoag, Menominee, Mohegan, Narragansett and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux tribes and their local government neighbors.
