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CHP Meets with OIRA
On September 2, 2026, Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC founding partners Marion Forsyth Werkheiser and Greg Werkheiser met with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...
Open Letter to Congress from National Coalition to Protect and Strengthen Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
On Thursday, August 27th, an unprecedented coalition of 600+ public, private, and nonprofit-sector organizations representing 5 million Americans, sent an open letter to call on...
Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down.
Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act rests on a simple...
Jessie Barrington Speaks at the IAC about Trespass on Indian Agricultural Land
Today at the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s Eastern Region Summit in Richmond, VA, Jessie Barrington (Chair of CHP’s Tribal Nations Practice) broke down “Trespass on Indian...
Fourth Circuit Denies Government Petition for Rehearing
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Department of the Army On Tuesday, August 11th, a federal appeals court cleared the way for the Winnebago...
Federal Court Finds Lummi Nation Likely to Succeed in Lawsuit over Disturbance of Ancestral Burial Sites
Court Orders Advance Notice Before Any Further Ground-Disturbing Work in Point Roberts BELLINGHAM, WA, UNITED STATES, July 16, 2026 A federal judge yesterday granted significant...
Court Orders Advance Notice Before Any Further Ground-Disturbing Work in Point Roberts
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — July 15, 2026 — A federal judge today granted significant preliminary relief to the Lummi Nation in its lawsuit challenging the disturbance...
New Lummi Nation Court Filing Deepens Story of Desecration of Burials at Point Roberts
New Lummi Nation Court Filing Deepens Story of Desecration of Burials at Point Roberts SEATTLE, WA — May 7, 2026 — Ten days after filing...
