Here.
FCC Seeks Nominations for Native Nations Broadband Task Force
Here.
Announcements
Justin Hansford Talk Friday: “Critical Race Theory and Legal Story-Telling: The Trayvon Effect”
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Minnesota American Indian Bar Association 2014 Indian Law Conference
Here. And the speakers:
- Chief Judge Robert A. Blaeser
White Earth Tribal Nation
White Earth - Chief Judge Paul W. Day
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Cass Lake - Eric F. Facer
Attorney at Law
Washington D.C. - Tadd M. Johnson
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth - Judge Bryan Newland
Bay Mills Indian Community
Brimley, Michigan - G. William Rice
University of Tulsa College of Law
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Donald J. Simon
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP
Washington D.C. - And a special luncheon presentation by
Kevin K. Washburn
Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Filipino Indigenous Activist Victoria Tauli-Corpuz to be new UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, an indigenous Filipina activist, as its new Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, according to a report by Tebtebba, the NGO she founded.
Tebtebba, the Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education, said the selection of Tauli-Corpuz, which the UN has not released, has been confirmed by UN Human Rights Council President Boudelaire Ndong Ella and will be formally announced on March 28.
Article here.
Press release from the Maori Party congratulating Victoria Tauli-Corpuz on this appointment here.
Hoopa In-House Counsel Job Posting
Walter Echo-Hawk to Speak at MSU Today!
Join us for our third (and final) Spring Speakers Series event today, March 13th, at the MSU Law College.
2014 Native American Critical Issues Conference — March 20-22, 2014
Kansas Law Conference on ICWA
18th Annual Tribal Law & Government Conference today.
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome Remarks Dean Stephen Mazza, KU Law Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Director, KU Tribal Law & Government Center |
| 9:15-10:15 | Indian Child Welfare Act: Its Origins and Application (PDF) Dean Stacy Leeds, University of Arkansas School of Law Moderator: Burton Warrington, President and CEO of Prairie Band LLC |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: The Arguments, The Decision and Potential Implications Mark Fiddler, Mark Fiddler Law Office (PDF) Chrissi Nimmo, Assistant Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation (PDF) Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Kronk Warner, Director, KU Tribal Law & Government Center |
| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch, Gridiron Room, Burge Union |
| 1:30-3:00 | The Future of ICWA Russ Brien, Brien Law LLC (PDF) Vivien Olsen, Attorney with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PDF) Professor Colette Routel, William Mitchell College of Law |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-4:15 | Ethical Considerations Related to ICWA Professor Kate Fort, Michigan State University College of Law (PDF) Moderator: Rebecca Howlett, KU Law Student and KU NALSA Member |
| 4:15 | Closing Remarks |
Peacemaking Event at Chickasaw — April 23-24, 2014
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3rd Midwest Peacemaking Conference — Little River Band — June 11-13, 2014
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Turtle Talk 
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