Turtle Talk

Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission hosted a major treaty rights symposium on July 28-30, 2009, featuring many of the stars of Indian law — Kathryn Tierney, Marc Slonim, Henry Buffalo, Jr., Bruce Greene, and others. The symposium website is here.

Webcasts of many of the speeches are here at IndianCountryTV.com.

Written materials are linked here:

Legal Issues / History Panel Minwaajimo Legal Paper and Compendium By GLIFWC Staff Natural Resource Management Impacts : Harvest Impacts Panel Closing the Circle: Restoring The Seasonal Round to the Ceded Territories George R. Spangler All Graphs Individual Graphs Natural Resource Management Impacts : Co-Management Panel A Success Story By Tom Busiahn and Jonathan Gilbert Social, Economic & Political Issues Objibwe Treaty Rights: After the Storm By Patricia Loew The Spearfishing Civil Rights Case: Lac Du Flambeau Band V. Stop Treaty Abuse-Wisconsin By Brian L. Pierson Just Keep on Walking By Sharon Metz Tribal Communities

Twenty-five years of Treaty Rights and Tribal Communities By Larry Nesper