OurStory
At Hogen Adams, our roots in Indian country run deep. Every day, we address issues of jurisdiction, sovereignty, and tribal governments. In between the cases, deals, and resolutions, we are surrounded with art that represents where we come from and the clients we serve.
BILL
Bill served as the lead attorney for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan’s successful reservation-boundary treaty case. At the conclusion of the case, the Tribe celebrated the hard-fought victory with a feast and blanket ceremony, where Tribal leadership presented Bill with this blanket featuring the seal of the Tribe and an Ojibwe floral motif.
VANYA
President Calvin Coolidge visited Pine Ridge in the summer of 1927, and it just so happened that Joe Brown, grandfather of Of Counsel Phil Hogen, and great-grandfather of Member Vanya S. Hogen, was right up front to witness it. Joe is at the far left wearing the “newsboy” hat.
ANDREW
The Muscogee Nation and other southeastern tribes play stickball—a game of great spiritual and cultural significance. Stickball is often referred to as “the little brother of war,” and was used to settle disputes between Muscogee tribal towns. Andrew uses the pictured sticks when he plays stickball at his tribal town.
LEAH
When she graduated high school, her grandparents gifted Leah this woven ash basket. The basket’s color comes from chokecherry juice, the same juice that dyed her fingers red during the long summers she spent on the White Earth Indian Reservation.
LORENZO
Linda Sharon Skolnick (Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache), Lorenzo’s grandmother, is a renowned multidisciplinary artist known as Okee-Chee (Delaware for little blue bird). In this untitled painting, her signature horse invokes courage and resilience. This piece hangs in Lorenzo’s office and reminds him to think creatively and work passionately to serve Indian County and his community.
COMMITMENT
We don’t just work in Indian Country. We work with tribes and other organizations to support native communities, and are proud to contribute to and sponsor the following organizations:
- American Indian Cancer Foundation Powwow for Hope
- American Indian Magnet School Powwow
- American Indian OIC
- Honoring Saganing Traditional Powwow
- Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Golf Classic
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Back to School Event
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Constitutional Committee at Expo
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Golf Tournament
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian Softball Tournament
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Renegades Youth Baseball Team Sponsorship
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa World Peace and Prayer Day
- Lake of the Torches Carry the Torch Charity Fundraiser
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Student Trip From Our Home to Capitol Hill U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
- Little Traverse Michigan Indian Family Olympics
- Lower Sioux Indian Community’s Annual Golf Fundraiser Tournament
- Michigan Indian Legal Services
- Michigan State University College of Law’s Annual Indigenous Law Conference
- Minnesota American Indian Bar Association Indian Law Conference
- Minnesota American Indian Bar Association Scholarship Golf Tournament
- Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce
- Minnesota Indian Gaming Association Golf Tournament
- Mitchell Hamline Law Review
- National Native American Law Student Association
- Native American Community Development Institute
- Soaring Eagle Golf Tournament
- South High All Nations Moot Court
- St. Matthias Episcopal Church World Peace and Prayer Day
- St. Paul Public Schools American Indian Education Program
- Tiwahe Foundation
- Tribal In-House Counsel Association
- Wanaisguni Hikurus Hajawi 5K Run/Walk
- Wisconsin Judicare Golf for Justice Fundraiser
- Wisconsin State Bar’s Indian Law Section Conference
Indian Dodgeball
Hogen Adams featured Indian Dodgeball, a painting by Navajo artist Justin Kii Huenemann, on the cover of its 2014 holiday card.