From Lewis & Clark Law School:
Spring Symposium 2008 Schedule of Events
April 4, 2008
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Dean Klonoff, Associate Dean Lisa LeSage
8:45 – 9:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Kevin Gover
Introductions by Professor Robert Miller
9:30 – 10:45 Session I
Gavin Clarkson: “Guaranteed Indians: Tribal Access to Capital and the Indian Financing Act”
David Haddock: “To Tax Tribes or Not to Tax Tribes: That is the Question”
10:45-11:00 Morning Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session II
Richard Monette: “A Tribal Constitution for Government and Business”
Wenona Singel: “Judicial Independence and Economic Development in Indian Country”
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon
1:30 – 3:00 Session III
Matthew Fletcher: “Indian Tribal Business and the Off-Reservation Market”
Alexander Skibine: “Tribal Sovereign Interests Beyond the Tribal Borders. Some Implications for Economic Development”
3:00-3:15 Afternoon Break
3:15 – 4:45 Session IV
Judith Royster: “Economic Development, Natural Resources, and the Secretary’s Shrinking Role”
Kevin Washburn: “The NIGC and the Trust Responsibility”
Robert Miller: “International and Domestic Treaties to Promote American Indian Economic Development”
4:45 Reception
Turtle Talk 