The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are attempting to list a sacred site on the National Register of Historic Places in hopes of stopping plans to mine Chicago Peak. Stories are here and here.
Case material (unsuccessful efforts to stop the mining project) referenced in the articles:
The conference is June 4-6, 2012. Deadline for submissions is April 26, 2012. The submission form is here. Conference information can be found here.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
The American Indian Justice Conference is an annual event that is supported by funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Tribal Court Assistance Program and the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program.
The 1st Annual American Indian Justice Conference was held in Fort McDowell, AZ and was the culmination of a collaborative planning effort between the Tribal Judicial Institute and Fox Valley Technical College. Due to an overwhelmingly positive response to the past four American Indian Justice Conferences, this year’s partners, the University of North Dakota, Fox Valley Technical College and The National Judicial College, along with the host Tribe are pleased to announce the 5th Annual American Indian Justice Conference. The partners, along with this year’s host Tribe, will hold the event at the Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, MI (10 minutes from the Cherry Capital Airport).
From the Seattle Times here.
If this story (from last week) didn’t present enough ethical issues, there are more discussed in the Miami Herald here. The article begins:
A Miami lawyer accused of lying about whether the Miccosukee Tribe paid him millions in defense fees is trying to remove the judge on the case, saying a comment the jurist made about both sides passing “the peace pipe’’ shows he is biased.
Transcript and audio from KUOW News here. According to the material, the Washington Indian Civil Rights Commission is looking into the practice.
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