Grand River Band Chairman Ron Yob Speaking at the Michigan Tribal-State-Federal Judicial Forum

Living with Treaties Day 3

Blair Topash Morseau, Wenona Singel, Michael Witgen
Wenona Singel
Blair Topash Morseau
Annemarie Conway, Joe Erdmann, Kara Johnson, Eric Hemenway
Eric Hemenway
Joe Erdmann
Annemarie Conway
Bethany Hughes
Elizabeth Cole

Fletcher Comic Books for Water and Treaty Conferences

Link here.
Link here.

Living with Treaties Day 2, Afternoon Sessions

Maggie Blackhawk, Jim McClurken, Riyaz Kanji, Fletcher
Eric Hemenway, Mae Wright, Emily Proctor

Living with Treaties Day 2, Morning Sessions

LSA Dean Rosario Ceballos
Jay Cook, Jonathon Quint, Gabrielle Ione Hickman, Michael Witgen
Ned Blackhawk, Jon Parmenter, Mary Mount Pleasant
Augustin Hamlin

UM Inclusive History Project Symposium “Living with Treaties” Opening Events

Yesterday evening. . . .

Alphonse Pitawankwat
Stick City Singers
Bethany Hughes
Opening talk show guests: Fletcher, Michael Witgen, Greg Dowd, and Ned Blackhawk (Maggie Blackhawk arrived later)

Conference details here.

MSU ILPC Conference — Treaty Waters at Risk: Tribal Sovereignty and the Line 5 Challenge in the Great Lakes — April 17, 2026

Photo credit: Owen Singel-Fletcher

Registration here.

Join us at MSU Law for Treaty Waters at Risk: Tribal Sovereignty and the Line 5 Challenge in the Great Lakes, a one-day conference on Friday, April 17, 2026, examining the legal and environmental stakes of energy infrastructure in treaty-protected waters.

Featuring a keynote by Whitney Gravelle, MSU Law and ILPC alumna and President of the Bay Mills Indian Community, the program brings together leading voices to discuss treaty rights, co-management, and the ongoing Line 5 conflicts at Bad River and the Straits of Mackinac.

Inaugural UMich NALSA Banquet Tickets Now Available — Important Fundraiser for Native Law Students — April 3, 2026

Hainipi, Boozhoo, Aaniin, Chokma, Yá’át’ééh, Imaynallan, Mohtompan wunne, Posoh, ᎣᏏᏲ, Lios em chaniavu, Ske:g taş: Greetings from the Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) at Michigan Law! Please join us for our inaugural NALSA Banquet to celebrate Indigeneity and be in community.

Tickets available through the Michigan Union ticket office here.

Even if you cannot attend, please consider buying tickets as a donation.