Dec 13, 2019 | News, Tribal Sovereignty
In an article published in Forbes earlier this week, NAFSA Executive Director Gary Davis, a member of the Forbes Finance Council, highlighted the role of tribal sovereignty as a core principle of how tribes live, operate, and govern themselves, particularly as it...
Nov 20, 2019 | News, Tribal Sovereignty
Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who serves as Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, pushed officials from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to explain its failure to engage in consultation with Tribes when determining how the BIA’s...
Oct 3, 2019 | FinTech, News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Twelve Clans, Inc, the sovereign wealth fund of the Ho-Chunk Nation, recently exited its investment in Slack Technologies, reportedly earning the Tribe a substantial return on investment.The Ho-Chunk Nation established Twelve Clans in 2016 with...
Jul 3, 2019 | Litigation, NAFSA News, News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Next Article → In a ruling filed on July 3 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the case Williams et al v. Big Picture Loans, LLC et al, a three-judge panel ruled that Big Picture Loans and Ascension Technologies...
May 24, 2019 | News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Next Article → Washington State’s Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson announced earlier this month a new tribal consent and consultation policy that is historic in nature. The policy aims to not only acknowledge the concept of tribal...
May 21, 2019 | Banks & Credit Unions, News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Next Article → The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) announced yesterday that it had granted its first federal credit union (FCU) charter in 2019, presenting it to the Otoe-Missouria FCU in Red Rock, Oklahoma. “I congratulate the...
