We are pleased to welcome Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic to East Lansing this weekend. They will be presenting a talk entitled, “Crossover.”
They are both very prolific writers and have been pioneers in the development of Critical Race Theory. And Richard has published several articles related to Indian law and policy, see, e.g., here and here. Jean and Richard co-authored a recent book of law and literature, “How Lawyers Lose Their Way: A Profession Loses Its Creative Minds” (Duke, 2005).
On November 9, 2007, MSU’s Native American Law Students Association will be hosting a panel discussion on tribal membership issues in light of the Cherokee Freedmen controversy.
The speakers include Marilyn Vann, the lead plaintiff in Vann v. Kempthorne (D. D.C.), and Mike Phelan, in-house counsel for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Mike’s talk will be a more general discussion of the law of tribal membership.
Materials about the Cherokee Freedmen dispute are available on Indianz.com here. My own take on the question is here and here.
In perhaps the best-titled Indian law talk in recent memory, Jace Weaver will be lecturing at the University of Arizona’s law college on “Nag, Nag, NAGPRA: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and the Return of the Repressed.”
ArizonaNativeNet likely will post the video of the talk online and it’s worth checking out.
Turtle Talk 