Please come hear Charles Wilkinson speak about his new book, The People are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon. Ann Tweedy will be providing commentary. Lunch will be served around 11:30, with the speakers starting at noon in the Castle Board Room.
Gonzaga University School of Law will host a conference on September 23-24, 2010, on “Race and Criminal Justice in the West.” This conference grows out of a state-wide task force in Washington State on race and criminal justice, co-sponsored by Gonzaga, Seattle University School of Law, the University of Washington School of Law, and numerous other organizations. The attached PDF file includes conference details and a call for papers. Additional information on the task force can be obtained at this link. For any further information, please feel free to contact Brooks Holland, at bholland@lawschool.gonzaga.edu, or Professor Jason Gillmer, at jgillmer@lawschool.gonzaga.edu.
Conference Announcement Race and Criminal Justice
The new National NALSA board is:
President
Shawn Watts
Columbia Law School
Vice President
James Simermeyer
University of New Mexico School of Law
Secretary
Christina Snider
UCLA School of Law
Treasurer
Caitlin Smith
Columbia Law School
American Bar Association Liaison
Jenny Patten
Columbia Law School
Public Relations Director
Precious Benally
Columbia Law School
Here is the flyer: Fellowship – ABWW Public Interest 2011
From the announcement:
Alexander, Berkey, Williams & Weathers LLP (ABWW) established the Public Interest IndianLaw Fellowship Program in 2005. The aims of the Fellowship are to encourage recent lawgraduates to work in the field of Indian law and to provide the Fellows with an opportunity topursue public interest projects in Indian country. The Fellow is encouraged to developinnovative legal strategies for projects which may not traditionally be feasible endeavors for aprivate law firm. The Firm’s intent is to provide bright, creative law graduates with the time andresources to tackle public interest, social justice, and related issues in Indian country. TheFellowship intends to contribute to the development of public interest Indian law leaders of thefuture, whatever their career paths might be.
Here is the schedule:
Rights, Resources, Respect: Native American Environmental & Land Use Issues
Michigan Law School, Room 132 Hutchins Hall
12:00 pm: Light lunch
12:15 pm: Colette Routel, Assistant Professor of Law at WilliamMitchell College of Law (speaking about the intersection ofenvironmental & Indian law)
1:00 pm: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Associate Professor of Law & Directorof the Indigenous Law & Policy Center of Michigan State University College of Law and Nick Reo, Post-Doc, University of Michigan Schoolof Natural Resources & Environment (speaking about traditionalindigenous knowledge and how it might help to influence environmentalpolicy)
1:50 pm: 10 minute break
2:00 pm: Kirsten Carlson, Indian Law Resource Center (discussing howtribes can encourage the mainstream environmental community torecognize them separate sovereigns who can manage their ownenvironmental affairs)
2:45 pm: End
Indian Law Week
Weeklong event examines critical issues
in Indian Law and Indian Country
Missoula, MT, March 18, 2011 — Nationally-renowned leaders and educators in Indian Country will gather at the University of Montana School of Law on Monday, April 11, to Thursday, April 14, as part of the annual University of Montana, School of Law Indian Law Week, hosted by the University of Montana Native American Law Student Association (NALSA). In a weeklong series of events, Indian Law experts will examine critical legal issues affecting Indian Country in 2011. The speaker series is free and open to the public.
On Monday, April 11, at noon, Indian Law Week will kick off with an hour-long panel discussion “Expansion of Montana v. U.S: A 30-year Reflection.” The panel, which will feature University of Montana Law School Professor Raymond Cross and attorney Urban Bear Don’t Walk Sr., will examine the United States Supreme Court decision that significantly limited tribal jurisdiction, how the decision has been used and interpreted the past three decades, and how the decision continues to impact Indian law today.
On Tuesday, April 12 at noon, the panel, “Comparative Law in Indian Country,” will examine the different and unique laws that exist within individual American Indian Tribes in the state of Montana. This panel, which will feature Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Attorney John Harrison, University of Montana Law School Professor Elizabeth Kronk, and Crow Joint Lead Executive Counsel Heather Whiteman Runs Him, will examine what every Montanan should know when dealing with individual tribes; what every Montanan should know when doing business with individual tribes; and what every Montanan should know when entering tribal land.
On Wednesday, April 13, at noon, United States Attorney Michael Cotter will discuss the “Tribal Law and Order Act,” signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 29, 2010. The law has been touted as an important step forward by the federal government in addressing public safety challenges unique to tribal communities.
If you are interested in submitting an article or commentary for the summer 2011 edition of Indian Law Newsletter, please call or email 206.321.2672 or anthony@galandabroadman.com. Submissions are due by May 27, 2011.
The Native American Law Students Association invites you to lunch and a panel discussion on Native American freedom of religion and the law.
Castle Board Room12:00p.m.Monday, March 28th, 2011
The discussion will focus on the James Arthur Ray Sweat Lodge Trial; and the Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality.
The panelists include Clarence Syrette, and Professors Frank Ravitch and Matthew Fletcher.
Clarence Syrette will be speaking about the traditional significance of Native American spiritual ceremonies from his perspective as a medicine man.
Professor Frank Ravitch and Professor Matthew Fletcher will be sharing their insights on the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and other laws as they apply to the case.
The Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University, invites applications for a tenure-track position in Indigenous Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective 15 August 2011. This position is open to all areas of Indigenous Studies broadly defined, with a preference for those candidates with a background in History. A completed Ph.D. is preferred and experience in undergraduate teaching is required.
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