Indian/Native American Affairs

Issue Code: IND

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AI Overview

Indian/Native American Affairs is one of the 79 issue categories tracked under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. With $256.8M in total lobbying spend across 10.0K filings, it ranks among the significantly lobbied policy areas in Washington. The money flowing into this issue reflects how much is at stake for the industries involved.

$256.8M
Total Lobbying Spend
10.0K
Filings
50
Top Clients

Spending by Year

YearSpendingFilings
2018$26.8M1,168
2019$33.1M1,202
2020$30.0M1,219
2021$26.1M1,198
2022$33.2M1,363
2023$37.6M1,389
2024$33.2M1,214
2025$36.8M1,247

Biggest Spenders

#ClientSpending
1Gila River Indian Community$16.3M
2Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians$5.1M
3Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation$3.4M
4Forest County Potawatomi Community$3.2M
5Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians$2.8M
6Southern Ute Indian Tribe$2.7M
7Navajo Nation$2.6M
8Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota (Sioux) Community$2.5M
9Tohono O'odham Nation$2.5M
10Poarch Band of Creek Indians$2.4M
11Seminole Tribe of Florida$2.4M
12Alabama-coushatta Tribe of Texas$2.3M
13Arctic Slope Regional Corporation$2.3M
14The Cherokee Nation$2.2M
15Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians$2.2M
16Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma$2.2M
17Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians$2.2M
18St Regis Mohawk Tribe$2.1M
19Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation$2.1M
20Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians$2.1M
21Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians$2.1M
22Ute Indian Tribe$2.1M
23San Diego County$2.1M
24Boyd Gaming Corporation$2.0M
25Island Mountain Development Group (Imdg)$1.9M

Top Firms

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$23.1M
Spirit Rock Consulting$15.2M
Pace, LLP$13.1M
Holland & Knight LLP$11.3M
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C.$10.4M
Mapetsi Policy Group$8.9M
Capitol Hill Policy Group LLC$7.0M
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$6.8M
Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC.$6.7M
Franklin Creek Consulting$6.5M
Clause Law P.L.L.C.$6.2M
Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton$5.2M
Navigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)$5.1M
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP$5.1M
Capitol Hill Consulting Group$4.9M

What They Lobby For

  • Indian Lands Held in Trust; Gaming; Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act
  • Designation by the U.S. Government as a Federally Recognized Tribe.
  • General Indian affairs issues; 2018 Farm Bill
  • Federal government relations monitoring related to Indian nations
  • Authorization of public land transfers to take federal lands into trust for Native American tribes.
  • Self-governance issues relating to Department of Interior. Monitoring federal appropriations, legislation, and regulations relating to American Indian nations.
  • Federal economic development legislation relating to Alaska Natives and Alaska Native Corporations. Monitoring natural resource development legislation and regulation. Monitoring federal appropriation
  • Legislative and regulatory activities affecting federally recognized Indian tribes, including: fee-to-trust and jurisdiction, economic development, natural and water resource management and funding fo
  • Legislative and regulatory activities affecting federally recognized Indian tribes, including: housing, economic development, natural and water resource management, fee-to-trust, the Farm bill, and f
  • Legislative and regulatory activities affecting federally recognized Indian tribes, including: fee-to-trust and jurisdiction, economic development, the Farm bill, natural and water resource managemen

Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings

Last updated: February 2026

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