We’ve added a last-minute panel on Cobell, featuring Eloise Cobell, Hilary Tompkins, Michael Finley, Richard Monette, and Bill Dorris.
Here is the updated material:
Announcements
Carcieri Fix Talk Monday on Native America Calling
Here:
Monday, March 22, 2010 (1-2 PM, eastern) – The Carcieri Fix:
Last year the Supreme Court ruled in Carcieri v. Salazar that language in the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act does not allow the Interior Secretary to take land into trust for the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island because the tribe was not federally recognized in 1934. Tribal leaders immediately turned to their allies in Congress to pass a “Carcieri Fix” – a bill that would reverse the court’s decision. But the fix has not been passed. Does Indian Country have the clout to pull it off? Guests include Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa) of the Michigan State University College of Law.
Walter Echohawk’s Ten Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided Book Announcement
In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided
Book website here.
Press release here: InTheCourts_release.
Blurb:
The fate of Native Americans has been dependent in large part upon the recognition and enforcement of their legal, political, property, and cultural rights as indigenous peoples by American courts. Most people think that the goal of the judiciary, and especially the US Supreme Court, is to achieve universal notions of truth and justice. In this in-depth examination, however, Walter R. Echo-Hawk reveals the troubling fact that American law has rendered legal the destruction of Native Americans and their culture.
Echo-Hawk analyzes ten cases that embody or expose the roots of injustice and highlight the use of nefarious legal doctrines. He delves into the dark side of the courts, calling for a paradigm shift in American legal thinking. Each case study includes historical, contemporary, and political context from a Native American perspective, and the case’s legacy on Native America. In the Courts of the Conqueror is a comprehensive history of Indian Country, from a new and unique viewpoint. It is a vital contribution to American history.
Reminder: Frank Pommersheim Event on March 23
2010 Ann Arbor Powwow Press Release
Here: 2010 A2 Powwow press release
A snippet:
Aanii!
Ann Arbor’s Dance for Mother Earth Powwow Committee is writing to share the details of this year’s event, held April 10-11. We’re also reaching out to our tribal communities to make a special request for your support this year.For the second year in a row, the Native American Students Association at U of M has turned down major funding from the university and taken the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow off campus. We are saddened to say 1,390 ancestors are still stuck in the Museum of Anthropology, and our concerns about Native student issues on campus are still unresolved.
Composer Wayne Horvitz presents oratorio of “Heartsong of Charging Elk”
From WSU Today (Washington State University):
Composer Wayne Horvitz to present oratorio
Monday, Mar. 8, 2010
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| Photo by Daniel Sheehan |
PULLMAN – Composer Wayne Horvitz will present his oratorio “Heartsong of Charging Elk” at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 27 in the Kimbrough Music Building, Room 101.
Horvitz’s oratorio for four voices and 10 chamber instruments is based on James Welch’s novel, “The Heartsong of Charging Elk” (New York: Doubleday, 2000). Welch (1940–2003) was one of the best-known Native American writers of his time.
Inspired by historical events, “Heartsong of Charging Elk” tells the story of an Oglala Sioux who was hospitalized for broken ribs and influenza in Marseilles, France, in 1889 while touring with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. When the show moved on, Charging Elk, now recovered from his illness and injuries, was left stranded in the French city, speaking neither French nor English.
“Using that historical predicament for his springboard,” Horvitz has written, “James Welch conjures a poetic narrative of Charging Elk’s displaced existence following his abandonment.”
Indian Law Practitioner Invite to Meet with Interior Solicitor
March 5 in DC, here: SOL Indian Law Practitioners.
2010 FBA Indian Law Conference Exhibitor’s Packet
Exhibitor Packet for 2010 Indian Law Conference being held in Santa Fe, NM on April 8-9, 2010. The exhibitors packet can be found here: http://www.fedbar.org/indlaw10-exhibits.pdf.
Sundance Film Screening at Michigan Critical Issues Conference — UPDATED
The date and time is March 5, 2010, at 7 PM at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa.
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