Tag: bia

A Lease By Any Other Name is Still a Lease…

A lease by any other name is still a lease.  That’s the lesson of Naegele Outdoor Advertising Co vs the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Here are the facts. In 1979 and 1981, Diana and Lucille Bow, two members of the Calliente Band of the Cahuilla Indians entered into two “operating […]

Billboard Leases on Tribal Land

Think you can write a lease with a tribe and be done with it?  Not so fast, especially if the tribe hasn’t qualified under the Hearth Act. The Hearth Act is a federal law  passed in 2012 which allows Indian tribes to write business leases for a primary term of […]