This year, the University of Arizona Law School’s NALSA chapter is sponsoring the Writing Competition of the National Native American Law Students’ Association. The winning article will be published in the Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law.
Writing Competition Announcement
Writing Competition Registration
2009 Writing Competition Rules
Eligible papers will cover any of the following topics:
The National Congress of American Indians has put out a call for recommendations for and resumes of people who would be good advocates for Indian country to serve in the new administration at all levels from secretary to staff.
A story about the NCAI initiative, which is part of the organization’s detailed “transition plan,” is here:
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/politics/33233399.html
You can find contact information for NCAI at its web site here: http://www.ncai.org
— from Gale Toensing
Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Section’s Fall newsletter is seeki9ng submissions. The deadline will be December 1, and any topic connected with federal Indian law and its recent developments would be welcome. Length should be no more than 2,000 words and can include book reviews, articles, case notes, etc.
Inquiries and submissions to:
brian_mcclatchey@mac.com
NIGC Chairman Phil Hogen – November 13
12:20 pm to 1:20 pm Hutchins Hall (HH) 250
The Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) is sponsoring a lunchtime talk with National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) Chairman Phil Hogen. Chair Hogen is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation. He will be speaking about the Indian Gaming and Regulatory Act (this year is the twentieth anniversary).
For more information:
Jaimie Park, a MSU Law student 2L and NALSA member, was accepted to NARF’s summer clerkship program for the summer of 2009. She’ll be working in the Anchorage office.
Congratulations to Jaimie!
I will be sitting on a panel on tribal governments on Monday with Ada Deer and David Cornsilk at the University of Michigan.
The final dates and speakers for our Spring Speakers Series has been finalized. The Indigenous Law and Policy Center at MSU College of Law will be hosting four events this spring, and all of the details can be found at our Spring Speakers Series, 2009 page.
THE EXILES chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles — transplants from Southwest reservations — as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.
Filmmaker Kent Mackenzie first conceived of The Exiles during the making of his short film Bunker Hill—1956 while a student at the University of Southern California. In July 1957, Mackenzie began to hang around with some of the young Indians in downtown Los Angeles. After a couple of months, he broached the subject of making a film that would present a realistic portrayal of Indian life in the community.
On October 25, I will be reading from and discussing my book, “American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law,” at Everybody Reads bookstore, located at 2019 Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan.
The website for the reading is here. And the link to the my book page is here.
The Honorable Marilyn J. Kelly
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
With an introduction by:
Joan W. Howarth
Dean and Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
7:00 pm – Hors d’oeuvres
7:30 pm – Program
Kellogg Conference Center
55 S. Harrison Road
Big Ten Room A
East Lansing, Michigan
There is no cost to attend this event.
Turtle Talk 
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