Author: Sarah M Donnelly

Indigenous Summer Intensive

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This May, the University of Victoria Law School is running a month-long Summer Intensive in Indigenous Law and Comparative Indigenous Legal Issues. Both Val Napoleon and John Borrows are teaching.

They accept other law professors, for-credit students, as well as students/lawyers who may want to audit the courses.

There are different application deadlines for credit vs. non-credit students. Here is the information:

http://www.uvic.ca/law/about/indigenous/indigenoussummerintensive.php

Here is an example of work from the Indigenous Law Research Unit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uNgq7raxk4

Please feel free to write Val Napoleon, John Borrows, or Janet Person, the admissions officer, if you have any questions (1-250-721-8155).

University of Arizona Currently Seeking Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy

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Link to position details here.

San Juan County Ordered To Create New School Board Election Districts by January 28th, 2016

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Link to press release from Navajo Nation DOJ here.

Previous posts about the case here.

Excerpt:

Leonard Gorman, Executive Director of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, attended the status conference and said, “We are very pleased with how the hearing went yesterday. It was great that Judge Shelby agreed that Navajo voters in San Juan County should not have to tolerate violations of their constitutional rights through another election cycle. We are especially grateful to Judge Shelby for establishing a firm deadline for fixing the County’s illegal School Board election districts.”

Yurok Tribe Accepting Applications for Executive Director

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Link to job posting here.

The Yurok Tribal Council will conduct its first review of applicants January 14, 2016.

Save the Date: 4th Annual Tribal Lands Conference

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Link to announcement here.

Registration open for the University of Arizona College of Law’s 2-day conference in January.

MILS Job Announcement for the U.P. Office

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Michigan Indian Legal Services seeks staff attorney for representing defendants from its Upper Peninsula office (to open on or about April 1st).  Link to announcement here.

Save the Date: N. Scott Momaday at U-M

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The Inaugural Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. Lecture
in Native American Studies

An Evening with N. Scott
Momaday

Friday, March 11, 2016
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Michigan League Ballroom
Reception to follow lecture

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Native American scholar, and poet N. Scott Momaday has been hailed as “the dean of American Indian writers” by the New York Times.  He crafts — in language and imagery — majestic landscapes of a sacred culture.

Named a UNESCO Artist for Peace and Oklahoma’s poet laureate, he was also a recipient of the 2007 National Medal of Arts, presented by President George W. Bush.  Momaday was the first Native American to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, House Made of Dawn, widely considered to be the start of the Native American Renaissance.  His most recent volume, Again the Far Morning: New and Selected Poems, was released in 2011.

His other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the “Mondello,” Italy’s highest literary honor. His works include The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Names: A Memoir, The Ancient Child, and a new collection, Three Plays, which celebrates Kiowa history and culture.  He was featured in the Ken Burns documentary, The West, that showcased his masterful retelling of Kiowa history and mythology.

For more information, contact Scott Lyons, Director of Native
American Studies at U-M (lyonssr@umich.edu).

Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. (1931-2012) was an historian and a leading scholar in the field of Native American studies. The author of many influential books, including The White Man’s Indian: Images of the American Indian from Columbus to the Present (1978), Berkhofer taught at Michigan from 1973-1991.  This annual lecture on Native American Studies honors his work and legacy.

AUSA Vacancy – Western District of Oklahoma

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The Department of Justice is currently accepting applications for one or more Assistant U.S. Attorney positions (experience with civil and/or criminal asset forfeiture matters preferred).  Duties may include criminal and civil litigation. The announcement is open until Thursday, December 31, 2015.

If interested, please use the link below to view the announcement and for instructions on submitting your application. Also, feel free to forward the link to anyone you know who may be interested in applying.  The announcement should also be in the next OBA Journal.

Agency:  Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys

Job Announcement Number:  16-OKW-1562553-A-01

County Court Awards $109 Million Against Tribal Member

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Link to Journal Entry of Judgment by Default in the matter of Whitebird v. McKinney (12/11/2015) here.

Link to Topeka Capital-Journal coverage here.

Excerpts from judgment:

Exhibit 4 which represents information published in the Kansas Register authorizing the daily rate for Kansas Neurological Institution in Topeka, Kansas.  KNI is a residential health care facility for profoundly disabled individuals.  Exhibit 4 also represents an estimate of projected future cost of care in an institution similar to KNI in Topeka, Kansas, to the age of 68 that totals $104,160,411.68.

Exhibit 5 is a medical cost projection for severely disabled individuals through the age of 77 that totals $5,020,246.00.  This projection does not include cost of full-time attendant care that Romeo Whitebird will need the rest of his life.

Plaintiffs don’t believe they will recover the full award, but the judgment secures any future earnings from income or oil royalties from the Three Affiliated Tribes member who is serving nine years for abusing the, then, seven-month-old.

Ho-Chunk Nation Job Announcement

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Ho-Chunk Nation

Staff Attorney-Law Clerk

Judiciary Branch

Black River Falls, WI 54615

Summary: Assist Tribal Court Judges and Supreme Court Justices with legal research and the drafting of opinions in a timely manner while facilitating public access to the Court through the provision of procedural legal information.

Qualifications: Graduation from an accredited law school and in good standing of a State Bar. Strong research and writing skills. Strong word processing and computer research skills. Demonstrated interest in and familiarity with Tribal and Federal Indian Law. Fluency in Ho-Chunk Language desired but not required. Preference to members of the Ho-Chunk Nation, then other Native Americans. Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check.  No felony convictions, no current open criminal cases or civil matters that would reflect negatively on the Judiciary Branch. Valid driver’s license, dependable transportation and proper insurance, is required. This is an appointed position.

Working Conditions: Office setting, courtroom. Occasional travel may be required.

We offer 401(K), Competitive Health, Dental, Vision, and Life benefits.

 

APPLICATION/ RESUME & TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED

Please submit to:

Ho-Chunk Nation
Department of Personnel
P.O. Box 667 Black River Falls, WI  54615
(800) 232-0086 FAX: (715) 284-9465

Application Deadline:

Open Until Filled

See our jobs & application online at: www.ho-chunknation.com

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Kallie Jacobson at 715-284-2722 or by e-mail at Kallie.jacobson@ho-chunk.com