To Rob J. Peters at www.blog.yahbayrising.com for adding us to his blog role and writing nice things about us. We’ll do the same. Rob writes about his tribe, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, and other Native issues.
Announcements
Honoring our Anishinabe Veterans Fourth Annual Powwow
I don’t plan to use the Turtle Talk space to put plugs in for Pow Wows (well, rarely). This weekend one of my favorite traditional gatherings is happening in the E.U.P. Hope you can make it.
Honoring our Anishinabe Veterans Fourth Annual Powwow
Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 at the Kinross Recreation Center. Grand entry: Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, 1 p.m. A feast/potluck will be held at 5 p.m., please bring a dish to pass. M.C, Bucko Teeple/ Tic Bush; head veteran, George Anziano; head male, Mike Willis; head female, Michele Willis; arena director, Butch Elliot. Invited drums are Bahweting Singers, Ogee Ma Miishishino, White Buffalo Cloud and Minidoo zaagigan. Blanket dance for all other drums. All traders welcome. All public is welcome. This is an alcohol and drug free event. For more information, call Bud Biron at (906) 635-1392
LCC Talk — Son-Non-Quet Gould — Nov. 27
“HOW AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES WERE POLITICALLY RECREATED IN THE 20TH CENTURY”
Or
“HOW AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES CAME TO BE”
Presented by Son-Non-Quet Gould
Okema (Chief) of the Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan
At this presentation Mr. Gould will examine the tribal policies of the 19th and 20th Centuries, and their ramifications for American Indians. He will be giving special attention to the Wheeler-Howard Act or the Indian Re-Organization Act of 1934.
Okema Son-Non-Quet (Gerald) Gould has taught American Indian Studies at Central Michigan University, Saginaw Valley State University and Lansing Community College (HUMS 225, Great Lakes Native American History and Traditions) and been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Mott College, the National Council of Social Studies, the Michigan Council of Social Studies, the State of Michigan and a Cub Scout Pack in Grand Ledge, Michigan. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University, former Fellow at Michigan State University in Native American Studies and Visiting Fellow at Harvard University on Michigan Indian Tribal Governments and Constitutions.
Mr. Gould is of Anishnaabeg (Ojibwa) ancestry, and is currently Okema (Chief) of the Swan Creek Black River Confederated Ojibwa Tribes of Michigan, a State Historic Tribe (de Lac Ste. Claire, Anchor Bay and Lac Nipissing Tribes of Michigan). He is also the Great-Great Grand Son of Okema Pay-me-quo-ung, (1813-1888), Tribal Chief of the Swan Creek Black River Ojibwa Tribe (Signatory to the Treaties of 1855 and 1864).
In his role as Okema, Mr. Gould has testified before the United States Senate Select Committee on American Indian Affairs and the U.S. House Resources Committee on American Indian Affairs. Mr. Gould is currently a thirty-two year senior staff member with the State of Michigan.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 4:30 PM,
ROOM 205 B, A&S Building, LCC
(next to the Kennedy Cafeteria)
Presented by the CIIE, Center for International and Intercultural Education Office,
Dr. Stephen Appiah-Padi, Director
For more information, call the CIIE at 517-483-9963 or 483-1006 or email hayhoe@lcc.edu
Montana Indian Country Voting Rights Case
An anti-tribal group called Citizens Equal Rights Alliance attempted to bring a Section 2 Voting Rights Act claim. This week, the federal district court dismissed this claim. [H/T to Indianz]
The complaint is here.
The State of Montana’s motion to dismiss is here: Motion to Dismiss
CERA’s response is here: Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
Montana’s reply brief is here: Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
Order Dismissing Action: Order
The ACLU Voting Rights Project attempted to intervene in the action, but the judge dismissed the case before ruling on the motion — Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene.
We at the ILPC are pleased to note that we will be hosting a mini-symposium on the Voting Rights Act in Indian Country next semester. We’ll have Laughlin McDonald of the Voting Rights Project, Ellen Katz of the University of Michigan Law School, and Daniel McCool and Susan Olson of the University of Utah. Profs. McCool and Olson are co-authors of the new book — Native Vote: American Indians, Voting Rights, and the Right to Vote (Cambridge).
“Tribal Extinction” Panel — This Friday
Tribal Extinction: Enrollment Issues in the 21st Century – featuring Marilyn Vann and Mike Phelan
The Native American Law Students Association and the Center for Diversity Services will welcome two speakers on Friday, November 9 to discuss perspectives of tribal enrollment, a controversial issue at the forefront of Indian Law and Constitutional Law. The event features guest speakers Marilyn Vann, recently disenrolled from the Cherokee Nation and lead plaintiff in the Cherokee Freedmen cases, and Mike Phelan, counsel for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The event begins at 6:30pm in the Castle Board Room on the 3rd floor of the MSU College of Law. Dinner will be served and all are welcome. Please contact Melissa Velky with any questions at velkymel@msu.edu.
Details about the Cherokee Freedmen (and others) are here.
Sherman Alexie @ EMU Tonight
Sherman Alexie will be speaking in Ypsilanti at the EMU Student Center Grand Ballroom at 5 PM. His talk is: “Sherman Alexie: Without Reservations: An Urban Indian’s Comic, Poetic & Highly Irreverent Look at the World.”
New Blog Design
We’ve redesigned the look of Turtle Talk already, and wanted to note that the artwork at the top of the page is part of a larger piece done for the Indigenous Law and Policy Center by Zoey Woods-Salomon. Zoey is an citizen of the Ottawa Nation, Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island, ON, Canada. Her longer biography is here, which includes links to selected pieces of her work.
In this small strip of the larger work, the three suns represent the People of the Three Fires, and the twelve rays represent the twelve federally recognized tribes in Michigan.
National NALSA Moot Court Competition Problem
The National Native American Law Students Association released the 2008 moot court competition problem. You can download it here: 2008 Problem. You can download the rules here: 2008 Rules.
Arizona and Arizona State are the hosts this year.
Native Heritage Month at MSU
You can download the calendar here: MSU Native Heritage Month Calendar
Highlights include Pat LeBeau’s talk on mascots on the 7th and NALSA’s panel, Tribal Extinction, featuring Marilyn Vann of the Cherokee Freedmen, on the 9th.
Winona LaDuke to Visit Ann Arbor — Nov. 12
Sponsored by: The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and the Trotter Multicultural Center as part of
Native American Heritage Month
Winona LaDuke
United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People
November 12, 2007
7:00-8:30PM
Trotter Multicultural Center, Lounge
1443 Washtenaw Ave.
(10 minute walk from Diag)
Winona LaDuke is an Ojibwe activist, environmentalist, economist and writer. In 1994, Time Magazine named LaDuke one of the nation’s 50 most promising leaders under the age of 40.
LaDuke was named Woman of the Year by Ms. Magazine in 1997 and won the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1998. Additionally, she ran as the Green Party’s vice presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000 with Ralph Nader.
At the age of 18, she addressed the United Nations for the first time and we are fortunate enough to have her with us as she offers some of her thoughts on the significance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The flyer is here: Winona LaDuke Flyer
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