Litigation Update
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Thomas Schlosser
Firm Director & Partner
Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & Somerville 10:00 AM PT
Break
10:00 AM-10:15 AM10:15 AM PT
Federal Legislative Update
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
Brian Gunn
Principal
Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, PC 11:15 AM PT
Break
11:15 AM-11:30 AM11:30 AM PT
Keynote Address
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Robert Yazzie
Chief Justice Emeritus
Navajo Nation 12:30 PM PT
Lunch Break
12:30 PM-1:30 PM1:30 PM PT
Colorado River Update
1:30 PM-2:45 PM
Brad Udall
Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist/Scholar
Colorado Water Center at Colorado State University
Philip Womble
Assistant Professor
University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy & Governance 2:45 PM PT
Break
2:45 PM-3:00 PM3:00 PM PT
Homelands: The Fight Never Ends
3:00 PM-4:30 PM
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Sydney Anderson
Tribal Legal Fellow
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
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Geneva E.B. Thompson
Deputy Secretary Tribal Affairs
California Natural Resources Agency
Arlinda F. Locklear
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
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Matt Campbell
Deputy Director
Native American Rights Fund 4:30 PM PT
Reception
4:30 PM-5:30 PM5:00 PM PT
Washington State Bar Association-Indian Law Section Annual Meeting
5:00 PM-6:00 PMSeptember 11, 20268:20 AM PT
Overview of Day 2
8:20 AM-8:30 AM8:30 AM PT
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
8:30 AM-9:30 AM
Stefanie Tsosie
Senior Attorney
Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice 9:30 AM PT
Break
9:30 AM-10:45 AM9:45 AM PT
A Deep History of America250
9:45 AM-10:45 AM
Dr. Sara Dant
Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Weber State University 11:00 AM PT
Keynote Address
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
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Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Washington State Supreme Court 12:00 PM PT
Lunch Break
12:00 PM-1:00 PM1:00 PM PT
“The right of taking fish and of whaling or sealing at usual and accustomed grounds and stations is further secured to said Indians in common with all citizens of the United States …”
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Timothy J. Green, Sr
Chairman
Makah Tribal Council 2:00 PM PT
Break
2:00 PM-2:15 PM2:15 PM PT
Native Voting Rights and the (new?) VRA
2:15 PM-3:45 PM
Sam Blencke
Senior Staff Attorney
Native American Rights Fund
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Zara Stevens
Executive Director
Salmon Defense
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Peggen Frank
Executive Director
Salmon Defense 3:45 PM PT
Break
3:45 PM-4:00 PM4:00 PM PT
Ethics
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
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Maya Titova
Assistant Director
Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic, Native American Law Center, UW School of Law
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Jaxi Sehorn
Staff Attorney
Tribal Public Defense Clinic, Native American Law Center, UW School of Law 5:00 PM PT
Adjourn
5:00 PM-5:00 PM
Turtle Talk 