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.
Lecture
Kevin Washburn — First Canby Lecture at ASU
Kevin Washburn posted his lecture, “American Indians, Crime, and the Law: Five Years of Scholarship in Criminal Justice in Indian Country,” on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay is a lightly-edited and footnoted draft of the inaugural Canby lecture presented by Professor Washburn as the inaugural William C. Canby, Jr., Scholar in Residence at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2008. It briefly praises Judge Canby and his influences on the author and then presents some of the highlights of Professor Washburn’s critical commentary on Indian country criminal justice, which reflected Professor Washburn’s most important work in the first five years of his career. It also briefly summarizes legislation recently introduced in the United States Congress that is intended to respond to several of Professor Washburn’s concerns.
Talk on John Voelker/Robert Traver’s “Laughing Whitefish” on Sept. 27
As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Robert Traver’s Anatomy of a Murder, I will be giving a presentation on Traver’s novel, “Laughing Whitefish,” which is based on the three Michigan Supreme Court cases involving Marji Kobogum’s daughter Charlotte, aka Laughing Whitefish.
The presentation is at the Library of Michigan, on Sept. 27, 2008:
11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Session A: Laughing Whitefish
Forum Auditorium
John D. Voelker’s courtroom drama Laughing Whitefish tells the story of a young Chippewa woman’s struggle to collect a debt owed to her father by the Jackson Ore Company. It is based on a case that went before the Michigan Supreme Court three times in the 1880s before it was resolved. This session will discuss the book, the actual Kawbawgam case and their impact on Michigan Native Americans.
Here are the legal materials in the case:
2009 Speaker Series
We’ve added our 2009 Speaker Series page to the blog. Speakers this year include Justin Richland, Stuart Banner and Robert Dale Parker. Click here for more information abou the speakers, their books and the tentative dates of the events.
Christopher Wetzel on the Potawatomi Nation
MSU AISP is hosting a talk by Dr. Christopher Wetzel on the rebirth of the Potawatomi Nation. Here is the flyer.
The talk is on September 18.
Careers in Indian Law — TODAY
Today, we’re delighted to host Trent Crable and Jeff Davis at the Indigenous Law and Policy Center. They will be speaking on Careers in Indian Law
Trent is a member of the Makah Nation. He graduated from Michigan Law School in 2005 and, until he relocated to Chicago, he worked for Morisett, Schlosser, Jozwiak, and McGaw, a Seattle law firm specializing in Indian Law.
Jeff is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan. Jeff is the tribal liaison for the W.D. Mich.
We’ll be in the Castle Board Room here at the law college. LUNCH is free.
AIM: Movement or Mafia?
Interesting program hosted by MSU students, featuring Joseph and John Trimbauch, and Tim Giago. Commentary about Wounded Knee, “Incident at Oglala,” Leonard Peltier, Russell Means, and others. April 23 at the Kellogg Center.
Derrick Bell Gives 1st Vine Deloria Lecture at Univ. of Arizona Law School
Eddie Benton-Banai Talk in Grand Rapids on Saturday
Straight School, February 9, 2008, from 10-4.
AALS Annual Meeting in Manhattan — Indian Law Related Panels
The 2008 AALS Annual Meeting starts today. Here is the speaker listing for the two (mainly) Indian Law panels. Both are Saturday afternoon:
Turtle Talk 
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