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Yesterday afternoon, Chief Judge Allie Maldonado provided a tour of the tribal court at Little Traverse. Tribal Prosecutor Matt Lesky also made a short presentation.

Michigan Tribal-State Judicial Forum at LTBB

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

LTBB Vice Chair Deb DeLeon welcome

Pokagon Band/Gun Lake Band Chief Judge Michael Petoskey

Retired State Court Judge/Casey Family Programs facilitator Bill Thorne

Other attendees

Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn to Keynote MSU ILPC’s 2014 Annual Conference: “Dismantling Barriers in American Indian Education” — Nov. 20, 2014

October 23, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

We are pleased to announce that Interior Dept. Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will serve as our keynote speaker for our 2014 annual conference.

Anita Fineday will serve as our lunchtime speaker.

Our agenda is as follows:

November 20th, 2014

Castle Board Room

8:00am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Welcome, Dean Joan Howarth

9:00 am Keynote Speaker: Asst. Sec. Kevin Washburn

10:00 am- 11:00 am Boarding School and Intergenerational Trauma: Dr. Suzanne Cross (MSU), Hunter Genia, Saginaw Chippewa Tribe

11:15am-12:15pm Historical and Legal: Nicole Blalock (ASU), Melody McCoy (NARF), April Day (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton) Moderator, Kristi Bowman (MSU Law)

12:30pm – 1:15pm Lunch, Anita Fineday, Casey Family Programs

1:30pm- 2:30pm Sovereignty and Education: Treena Metallic (First Nations Education Council), Eric Hemenway (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians), Moderator, Tiffani Darden (MSU Law)

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Youth Leadership and Outreach: Estrella Torrez (MSU), Emily Proctor (MSU Extension, Little Traverse), Christine Marie Dewey (Little Traverse student), Moderator Jennifer Rosa (MSU Law)

3:30pm – 5:30pm Higher Education Native Student Services: Dr. Tawa Sina (MSU), Dr. Angelique Day (Wayne State), Shelly Lowe (Harvard), Rose Petoskey (Cornell), Melvin Monette (American Indian Graduate Center & National Indian Education Association), Dr. Suzanne Cross (MSU), Moderator, Matthew L.M. Fletcher (MSU Law)

Our conference page is here.

Our conference will follow the day after the School Environment Listening Tour for Native American Students on November 19, 2014.

MSU ILPC to Host Dept. of Education School Environment Listening Tour for Native American Students — Nov. 19, 2014

October 23, 2014November 20, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

The US Dept. of Education’s White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education will be conducting a listening session on Native American students’ educational environment. They will make a stop at MSU’s Kellogg Center Auditorium on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Events begin at 1 PM and run until 6 PM (TIME CHANGE).

The listening sessions are focusing on school environment issues — bullying, student discipline and offensive imagery and symbolism. The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education is gathering feedback during the tour and will consider how it can inform future action to ensure Native American students receive a high quality education.

The media advisory is here.

Interested persons may register here (click EAST LANSING). Registration will allow you to be kept informed on the agenda and other details.

Native students are strongly encouraged to attend!

Miigwetch.

Healing through Culture and Art Shaw Collection

October 18, 2014October 17, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here (Shawl Collection Event Dates):

Nottawaseppi Huron Potawatomi Band Posts Tribal Court Probation Officer Job

October 9, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Tribal Court Probation Officer

U.S. Department of Education Launches First-Ever School Environment Listening Tour for Native American Students

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Office of Communications & Outreach, Press Office

400 Maryland Ave., S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20202

MEDIA ADVISORY

EVENT DATE: Friday, Oct 10, 2014

CONTACT: Press Office, (202) 401-1576 or press@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education Launches First-Ever School Environment Listening Tour for Native American Students

Tour stops set for Wisconsin, Michigan, Oklahoma, New York, California, Alaska and Washington state

The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE) and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights are launching their first-ever school environment listening tour to hear from schools and communities on ways to better meet the unique educational and culturally-related academic needs of Native American students.

The listening sessions will focus on school environment – bullying, student discipline and offensive imagery and symbolism. WHIAIANE will compile the feedback from the tour into a report for President Obama with recommendations on how to ensure that Native American students receive a high quality education.

The first stop on the tour is Friday, Oct. 10, in Franklin, Wisconsin, at the Indian Community School of Milwaukee, followed by another session on Sunday, Oct. 26, in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. Additional listening sessions will be held in coming weeks in Seattle, Washington; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Troy, New York; Los Angeles, California; and Anchorage, Alaska.

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