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• Drawing Brighter Lines: Recent Developments Affecting Natural Resources In And Around Indian Country ( March 1998 )
  Lynn H. Slade of Modrall Sperling

  Those involved with natural resource development and regulation in and around Indian country know that federal Indian law complicates the process. Federal Indian law ultimately will resolve competing claims of tribal, state, and federal governments to regulate the many facets of resource development in "Indian country."

• United States Supreme Court Holds Tribal Courts Are Not Courts of "General Jurisdiction" ( June 2001 )
  William C. Scott of Modrall Sperling

  On June 25, 2001, the United States Supreme Court held in Nevada v. Hicks that the tribal court in and for the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate a tribal member's claims against a Nevada state law enforcement officer for alleged tortious conduct in executing a search warrant for an off-reservation crime. The Court's opinion applied Montana v. United States in assessing the scope of tribal court jurisdiction, even though the officer's alleged wrongful conduct occurred on tribal trust lands.

• Reservations of Right: An Introduction to Indian Law ( March 2003 )
  Gabriel S. Galanda of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC

  Over the past decade, Indian tribes throughout the United States have become major players in the nation's economy. Tribes are aggressively creating and operating new businesses in the areas of real estate development, banking and finance, media, telecommunications, wholesale and retail trade, tourism, and gaming.