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Announcements
Careers in Indian Law Panel — MSU Law College — April 16
Please join us for our annual Indian law career panel. Graduates of the MSU Indigenous Law and Policy Center are now working in many disparate jobs in Indian Country. This year’s panel is Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 11AM in the Castle Board Room. Lunch is provided, so get there early!
Careers in Indian Law
Matt Lesky, ‘05, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Bryan Newland, ‘07, Dykema Gossett
Nova Wilson, ‘08, National Congress of American Indians
Moderator: Kate Fort, ‘05, MSU College of Law Indigenous Law and Policy Center
Michigan Indian Law Day — Ann Arbor — April 10
Talk before the U-M ACS Chapter re: Domestic Violence in Indian Country — April 9
I’ll be presenting a short talk on my ACS Issue Brief “Addressing the Epidemic of Domestic Violence in Indian Country by Restoring Tribal Sovereignty” this Thursday at 12:20 at the University of Michigan Law School.
The U-M ACS chapter and the U-M NALSA — are co-hosting.
Michigamua Documentary Weds. at U-M
For over 100 years,
One student organization at the University of Michigan
Has secretly abused the cultural artifacts and historical traditions
Of one of America’s most disenfranchised populations.
U-M Indian Law Day — April 10, 2009 — ICWA
The University of Michigan NALSA will host its annual Indian Law Day on April 10, 2009 at 12:30 PM. The subject is the Indian Child Welfare Act. Here is the agenda:
Introduction to ICWA basics: Colette Routel
Introduction to current ICWA issues (National Perspective). Keynote speaker, Mark Tilden — Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (author of ICWA Resource Guide)
Tribal Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of Indian tribes). Speakers: Matthew Fletcher, GTB member and Professor at Michigan State Law School; Allie Maldonado, LTBB member and in-house counsel for her tribe.
State Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of the state courts). Speakers: Judge Laura Baird, Chief Judge, Ingham County; Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals.
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James McClurken’s “Our People, Our Journey: The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians”
Michigan State Press just published this fantastic book. Here are the details from the Press:
Our People, Our Journey
The Little River Ottawa Band of Indians
Our People, Our Journey is a landmark history of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, a Michigan tribe that has survived to the present day despite the expansionist and assimilationist policies that nearly robbed it of an identity in the late nineteenth century.
In his thoroughly researched chronicle, McClurken documents in words and images every major lineage and family of the Little River Ottawas. He describes the Band’s struggles to find land to call its own over several centuries, including the hardships that began with European exploration of what is now the upper Midwest. Although the Little River Ottawas were successful at integrating their economic and cultural practices with those of Europeans, they were forced to cede land in the face of American settlements.
Indian Law Conference at Harvard Law School on April 6, 2009
Tribal Justice: The Supreme Court and the Future of Federal Indian Law (Tribal Justice Conference Poster)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School
The Supreme Court’s treatment of American Indians has long been viewed as uniquely reflective of the rise and fall of our shared democratic faith. A flurry of recent cases has signaled to Native nations a disturbing paradigm shift – that of a judiciary now openly hostile to tribal interests. This timely conference brings together leading scholars and practitioners for a frank discussion regarding the impact the Roberts Court is having on Indian Country.
Agenda below the fold….
IRS Seeks Comments on Rules for Stimulus Package Tribal Economic Development Bonds
The details are over at American Indian Policy Blog (here).
Stuart Banner Talk Tuesday, March 24
The Indigenous Law and Policy Center is pleased to host Stuart Banner, a UCLA law professor and author of “Possessing the Pacific” and “How the Indians Lost Their Land” Tuesday, March 24, at 11 AM.
Prof. Banner will be talking about these two books. Michigan State Prof. Charles Ten Brink and U-M History VAP/ post-doctoral fellow at the Michigan Society of Fellows Miranda Johnson will be serving as commentators after Prof. Banner speaks.
Prof. Banner’s talk is part of the Center’s spring speaker series, in which we bring in authors of recent books relating in some way to Federal Indian Law.
The talk is at 11 AM in the Castle Board Room, and a light lunch will be provided. Hope to see you there!
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