Here is the flyer:
Announcements
Notice of Annual NAICJA Meeting
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Seeks Asst. Prosecutor
6th Annual Tribal Leadership Conference: Transitions — Sept. 24-25, 2013
Here is the agenda.
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Seeking Trial and Appellate Judges
Here (PDF):
Agenda and Flyer for CU Law’s “Free Prior & Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium” — Nov. 1, 2013
Here (PDF):
Update, Walking With Our Sisters First Exhibit Opening October 2
The Walking With Our Sisters Exhibit will open to the public on October 2, 2013 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
For anyone not familiar with this exhibit, it originated with Métis artist Christi Belcourt, who was looking for a way to raise awareness about the 600+ missing or murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Her original plan was to have 600 moccasin vamps (uppers) made to symbolically represent these women. She sent out requests to the community to see if anyone would be willing to donate vamps to this project. The response to her call has far exceeded her expectations. The final number of vamps that have been created and donated to the project is now 1,723. This overwhelming response is a testament to the impact violence against women has had on Indigenous communities, not only in Canada but in the United States and other places around the world.
A site has been created with information about the project, the schedule of exhibits, pictures of the donated vamps, media releases, and more. Link here.
Previous coverage here.
At this time, Canada has not yet positively responded to requests for an inquiry into the disappearances and unsolved murders of these women.
This project is about these women, paying respect to their lives and existence on this earth. They are not forgotten. They are sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, aunties, grandmothers, friends and wives. They have been cared for, they have been loved, and they are missing.
UCLA Good Native Governance Conference Flyer
Here (PDF):
Deconstructing the Baby Veronica Case, Implications for Working with Fathers in Indian Child Welfare Practice, Upcoming Event
This event will be held on October 29, 2013 at the University of Minnesota.
After looking at the list of presenters and panelists, I am certain this is going to be a very interesting, informative, and probably lively event.
Presenters
Judge William Thorne
Utah Court of Appeals
Chrissi Nimmo
Assistant Attorney General of hte Cherokee Nation
Mark Fiddler
Attorney representing the Capobianco Family
Erma J. Vizenor
Chairwoman, White Earth Nation
Panelists
Terry Cross
Executive Director
National Indian Child Welfare Association
Essie Leoso
Mary Boo
Assistant Director
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Moderator
Sarah Deer
Assistant Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law
Here is the registration link.
Michigan State Bar Indian Law Section to Grant Tecumseh Peacekeeping Award to Matt Wesaw
State Bar of Michigan
American Indian Law Section Annual Meeting
September 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.
The Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI 48933
The American Indian Law Section is pleased to announce that Matt Wesaw is the recipient of the 2013 Tecumseh Peacekeeping Award. Please join us in honoring him at the American Indian Law Section Annual Meeting. Tribal Leaders, staff and community members are welcome. We will also be having a program on “Financing Economic Development” featuring Kristi Jackson and Rob Gips. There is no charge and light refreshments will be served.
The 2013 Tecumseh Peacekeeping Award Recipient is Matt Wesaw.
Matthew Wesaw has spent his career devoted to public service. He began by enlisting with the Michigan State Police in 1975. During his 26-year career as a state trooper, Mr. Wesaw received numerous awards, recognitions and promotions. He was elected to the position of Vice President of the Michigan State Police Troopers Association in 1995, a position he held until his retirement in January of 2001. Throughout his career, Mr. Wesaw has held many positions in Native American organizations, including past board member to the Lansing American Indian Center, Nokomis Learning Center, and past chairman of the Commission on Indian Affairs. He has also served on the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Tribal Council as a member, Chairman and Vice Chairman. In 2004, Mr. Wesaw was appointed to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, becoming only the second Native American appointed to the Commission. In 2010, he became the first Native American to serve as Chair of the Commission, a position he held until 2012. In 2007, Mr. Wesaw was hired as the Executive Director of the United Tribes of Michigan. He served in this position until his election as Tribal Chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians in 2009. In addition to his current position as Chairman at Pokagon, he serves as the President and CEO of the Pokagon Gaming Authority, as the Recording Secretary for the National Congress of American Indians and on the Council on Law Enforcement and Reinvention committee.
This year’s program is “Financing Economic Development.”
Our two featured speakers are Kristi Jackson and Rob Gips.
Kristi Jackson will be focusing her remarks on the following: financial and business due diligence issues to consider when creating an economic development project; issues to look for to make sure an economic development project can be successful; and various financing options available for these projects.
Rob Gips will be focusing his remarks on the following: legal due diligence issues to consider when creating an economic development project; best practices for negotiating financing with banks or other investors; and how tribal laws can impact financing negotiations.
Kristi Jackson is the CEO of Tribal Financial Advisors, an investment banking firm she co-founded in 2009 to exclusively serve tribes with financing related issues. TFA raises capital for tribes as well as works on general financial advisory assignments – often as an enhancement to a tribe’s own finance team. TFA has been a part of over $1billion of capital raised for tribes since 2010. In her prior role, she served as a managing director of Bank of American Secruities, leading the tribal finance effort which raised more than $15 billion of capital for over 30 tribes, including syndicated bank debt, high yeild and tax-exempt bonds. Ms. Jackson holds a Bachelor’s decgree in economics and mathematics from the University of California at Irvine and a MBA from Anderson School at UCLA.
Rob Gips is special counsel on Indian affairs at the Drummond Woodsum law firm. He has served as legal counsel and as a key business and financial advisor to Indian tribes since 1983. Rob’s practice has included service as general counsel and as an advisor in business and financial transactions by tribal governments throughout the United States.His specialized business development work for his clients has included the creation and acquisition of hotel, resort, casino and gaming facilities, tribal housing, tribal manufacturing facilities, industrial lands and a broad variety of both on- and off-reservation joint ventures, and representation of parties in a variety of complex commercial financing in Indian country. Mr. Gips has a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Yale Law School and Yale School of Management.
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