It’s not often you meet someone who manifests all that is good in human beings, but I was fortunate to meet such a person. I was connected with J.R. Getches while working on a fundraiser. He was kind ...

BOULDER, Colo. -- David Getches, a leading American Indian rights lawyer and former dean of the University of Colorado School of Law, has died at 68. University officials say Getches died at his home ...

It sounds kind of obvious. If a state or the federal government signs a treaty, it should honor the agreement. But as recently as the 1970s that wasn’t true of treaties signed with Indian tribes.

Meredith Getches respected the intelligence of citizens. She shared their deep sense of right and wrong, and their passion. During her 13 years as Seattle's hearing examiner, she often sided with ...