Gabriel S. Galanda

Gabriel S. Galanda is an Indigenous rights lawyer in Seattle. He belongs to the Round Valley Indian Tribes of northern California. This opinion derives from his forthcoming academic essay, “In the Spirit of Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Kinship Renewal and Relational Sovereignty.”

Articles From This Author

Gabriel S. Galanda

Articles From This Author

The Nooksack rent-to-own housing calamity

Tribal nationhood requires citizen civil rights protection

Disenrollment and the Missing and Murdered

The Indian Reorganization Act: Realigning Tribal ‘Membership’ With Kinship

Obama’s Disenrollment Legacy

Don’t Join the Disenrollment Club

The Anti-Disenrollment Chorus Sings: Part 3

Reinvigorating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act

NIGC Must Deter Gaming Per Capita Misuse

The Anti-Disenrollment Chorus Sings: Part 2

The Anti-Disenrollment Chorus Sings, Part 1

Back To The Future: The GOP And Tribal Termination

Disenrollment IS a Federal Action

The Unintended Consequences of Disenrollment

Disenrollment Is a Tool of the Colonizers

Inside the Dirty-Tricks Playbook of Jack Abramoff

Tribal Per Capitas and Self-Termination

Defending the Religious Rights of Native Prisoners

Buy Back Violates International Human Rights

'Cobell' Dishonored by Interior's Buy-Back Plan

Federal Task Force: Indian Country's Trojan Horse

How to Protect Tribal Lands From Our Deadliest Enemies

Indian Nations Are Still Fighting the U.S. Cavalry

The Indian Land Consolidation Plot Thickens

Don't Believe the Land-Consolidation Hype

Advancing the State-Tribal Consultation Mandate

Enforcing International Indigenous Rights in America

Protecting Indian Prisoners' Religious Freedom

Interior's Land Consolidation Plan: Another 'Disaster' in the Making

Interior’s Consolidation Plan Threatens Indian Land Tenure

Deploying the U.N. Indigenous Rights Declaration in the Courts of the Conqueror

Attack on the Tribal Middle Class, Part III

Attack on the Tribal Middle Class, Part II

Attack on the Tribal Middle Class, Part I

The State Tax Man Cometh -- Redux

Tribal, State Prison Leaders Unite to Complete the Circle

Strengthening the Federal Indian Consultation Right

The State Taxman Cometh

The Federal Indian Consultation Right: No Paper Tiger (Part Three of a Three-Part Series)

Galanda: The federal Indian consultation right: No paper tiger

Galanda: Indian law on the bar exam benefits everyone

Galanda and Juarez: 21st century Indian wars

Galanda: Defending against attacks on tribal sovereign immunity

Galanda: Defending against attacks on tribal sovereign immunity

Galanda: Defending against attacks on tribal sovereign immunity

Galanda and Juarez: Are we in good hands?

Galanda and Juarez: Are we in good hands?

Are we in good hands?

Galanda: Indian law is vital to the United States