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Wilson K. Pipestem

Wilson is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Ietan Consulting. His professional career has been dedicated to advocacy on behalf of Indians and tribes.

A graduate of Stanford Law School and Oklahoma State University, Wilson formerly practiced law at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, a law firm based in Washington, D.C. There he established a practice advising and representing tribal clients on a broad range of issues. He then was a Senior Vice President at Wheat & Associates and helped develop the firm’s tribal practice before founding Ietan Consulting in 2001.

Wilson has helped client tribes expand and strengthen their sovereign rights through federal legislation that has returned former tribal lands to the tribal land base, given tribes more flexibility to exercise tribal authority on their lands and adjacent federal lands, and directly reaffirmed core sovereign rights.

Wilson also has led initiatives to achieve changes in federal law that impact Indian Country more broadly. He served as the Co-Chair of the Technical Team for the Cobell Settlement and Trust Reform Workgroup, a group tasked with providing expertise in establishing Principles for Legislation to resolve the Cobell v. Norton litigation and reform the federal government’s trust systems. The Workgroup was established by the National Congress of American Indians and the Inter-Tribal Monitoring Association in response to former Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman John McCain’s request for a clear Indian Country voice. This Workgroup resulted in the first unified position of tribes, individual allottees, the Cobell plaintiffs, and inter-tribal organizations in the modern era on trust issues.

Wilson also coordinated the Class II Gaming Consortium, which was an informal group of tribes and gaming companies that successfully advocated for changes to the NIGC’s class II gaming regulations and resulted in the expansion of the class II industry.

An acknowledged expert in federal Indian law and policy, Wilson has taught Federal Indian Law as a Lecturer at Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America and as an Adjunct Professor at Washington College of Law at American University.

From Oklahoma, Wilson is a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and an Osage Mineral Estate headright holder. He is a member of the board of directors of the Close Up Foundation and United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY), two not-for-profit organizations that provide opportunities for Native youth.


	IETAN STAFF Wilson K. Pipestem \| Larry Rosenthal \| Debbie Ho \| Aurene M. Martin \| Holly Cook Macarro \| Juanita Keesing Wilson K. Pipestem Wilson is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Ietan Consulting. His professional career has been dedicated to advocacy on behalf of Indians and tribes. A graduate of Stanford Law School and Oklahoma State University, Wilson formerly practiced law at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, a law firm based in Washington, D.C. There he established a practice advising and representing tribal clients on a broad range of issues. He then was a Senior Vice President at Wheat & Associates and helped develop the firm’s tribal practice before founding Ietan Consulting in 2001. Wilson has helped client tribes expand and strengthen their sovereign rights through federal legislation that has returned former tribal lands to the tribal land base, given tribes more flexibility to exercise tribal authority on their lands and adjacent federal lands, and directly reaffirmed core sovereign rights. Wilson also has led initiatives to achieve changes in federal law that impact Indian Country more broadly. He served as the Co-Chair of the Technical Team for the Cobell Settlement and Trust Reform Workgroup, a group tasked with providing expertise in establishing Principles for Legislation to resolve the Cobell v. Norton litigation and reform the federal government’s trust systems. The Workgroup was established by the National Congress of American Indians and the Inter-Tribal Monitoring Association in response to former Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman John McCain’s request for a clear Indian Country voice. This Workgroup resulted in the first unified position of tribes, individual allottees, the Cobell plaintiffs, and inter-tribal organizations in the modern era on trust issues. Wilson also coordinated the Class II Gaming Consortium, which was an informal group of tribes and gaming companies that successfully advocated for changes to the NIGC’s class II gaming regulations and resulted in the expansion of the class II industry. An acknowledged expert in federal Indian law and policy, Wilson has taught Federal Indian Law as a Lecturer at Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America and as an Adjunct Professor at Washington College of Law at American University. From Oklahoma, Wilson is a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and an Osage Mineral Estate headright holder. He is a member of the board of directors of the Close Up Foundation and United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY), two not-for-profit organizations that provide opportunities for Native youth. TOP

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