The US Department of the Interior has confirmed the legal status of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation lands in Mashpee and Taunton, Brian M. Weeden, the chairman of the tribe,
The US Department of the Interior has confirmed the legal status of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s reservation lands in Mashpee and Taunton, the chairman of the tribe, Brian M. Weeden,
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Building Relationships with Tribes and Operating on Reservation Lands: Lessons From
FMC v. Shoshone
On 11 January 2021, the United States Supreme Court declined a petition to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in
FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. In that case, the Ninth Circuit upheld a tribal court decision requiring FMC Corporation (FMC), a non-Indian business, to pay a tribally-assessed annual permit fee of US$1.5 million to store hazardous wastes from FMC’s phosphorous plant operations on the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Tribes) Fort Hall Reservation (Reservation). Given that companies are increasingly engaging with Native American tribes on long-term relationships to develop and operate wind, solar, agriculture, retail, and other projects on tribal lands, the Ninth Circuit’s decision provides a unique and timely opportunity to see how tribal jurisdiction can play out in the context of non-Indian companies conducting business on reservation lands.