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Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP was established in 1976 with a single purpose – to represent Indian tribes. And that is what we continue to do today – we represent tribes across the country in litigation, lobbying, economic development, health care, self-determination and self-government, transportation, tribal government, and more. Read more . . . 


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Lloyd Miller

The Indian Law Section is pleased to announce that the 2024 Lawrence R. Baca Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient is Lloyd Miller.

Lloyd Miller is a partner with Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Monkman LLP, and has devoted his 45-year career exclusively to advocating for American Indian and Alaska Native rights. Lloyd is best known for his long-fought victories in two Supreme Court cases, Cherokee Nation v. Leavitt [2005] and Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter [2012]. These two victories and follow on litigations resulted in Tribes recovering an estimated $2 billion in damages against the United States, and also led to the creation of two indefinite appropriations accounts permitting the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to fund in full tribal contracts and compacts awarded under the Indian Self-Determination Act. These and related litigations (including the San Carlos case currently pending before the Supreme Court) built on extensive congressional work that Lloyd did in pressing for the enactment of amendments to the Indian Self-Determination Act in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as a series of later congressional oversight hearings examining agency practices under that Act. Read more...