Law & Society Indian Law Roundtable — Saturday, May 31, 2014

Kate Fort and Carrie Garrow organized a nice group of fabulous Indian law scholars, if we don’t say so ourselves, for the 2014 Law & Society meeting. Please join us!

Changing the Inequalities of Indian Law

Sat, 5/31: 10:15 AM  – 12:00 PM
0422
Roundtable Session
Saturday Session 2
University of St. Thomas
Room: MSL 235
This Roundtable looks at contemporary issues in both federal and tribal American Indian law. The fundamental inequalities surrounding federal Indian law will be engaged through discussions of ethics, statutory interpretation, sovereign responsibilities and constraints, and tribal customary law.

Chair

Carrie Garrow, Syracuse University College of Law

Discussant

Kathryn Fort, Michigan State University College of Law

Participant(s)

Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University Law School
Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law
Stephen Gasteyer, Michigan State University
Colette Routel, William Michell College of Law
Wenona Singel, Michigan State University College of Law
Victoria Sweet, Michigan State University College of Law

There are also other great panels at L&S:

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NAISA Panel on Simon Pokagon

John Low, a Pokagon Band member, opened it up

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MSU Press is here displaying Simon’s novel

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NAISA Annual Meeting Panels and Speakers of Interest…

… to me anyway.

The agenda is here.

Thursday at 10 AM:

Panel 21: The Impact of American Indian Boarding School Education on Great Lakes Indigenous Foodways
Amelia Katanski, Kalamazoo College

Panel 29: Preaching to the Choir: Teaching Ojibwe Hymns to Indigenous Singers Who are not Fluent but Who Value Indigenous Identity
Janis A. Fairbanks, Michigan State University

Thursday at 2PM

Panel 39. Simon Pokagon: Cultural and Literary Legacies [P69]: Meeting Room 616B
Chair: Ray Fogelson, University of Chicago
Monuments, Memorials, and the Continued Presence of the Potawatomi in Chicago
John Low, Ohio State University, Newark
A History of the Native Book: Simon Pokagon’s Queen of the Woods
Kiara M. Vigil, Amherst College
Pokagon without Pokagon: Queen of the Woods, Marietta Walker, and Indian Temperance
Kathleen Washburn, University of New Mexico
Comment: Ray Fogelson, University of Chicago

Friday, 8 AM

Panel 68. Contesting Boundaries in the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes, Part 2: Translating Identities in Anishinaabe Aking [P42]: Meeting Room 616B
Organizer: Cary Miller, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Chair: Bruce White, Turnstone Historical Research
Problematizing Half Breeds in the Early 19th Century Great Lakes Country
Rebecca Kugel, University of California, Riverside
Translating Culture: ABCFM textbooks in Anishinaabeg communities, 1830-1845
Cary Miller, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Context for Curriculum: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Ethnic Terminology in
Anishinaabemowin
Margaret Noodin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Challenges and Possibilities in the Digitization of Indigenous Toronto
Heather Howard, Michigan State University

Friday, 10 AM

Panel 81: Criminal Acts: Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and The Transit of Empire
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, University of Victoria

Panel 88. Contemporary Quandaries of Tribal Citizenship: Cultural, Legal, and Political Concerns [R5]: Salon J, Sixth Floor
Organizer and Chair: Jill Doerfler, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Participants:
Sarah Deer, William Mitchell College of Law, Associate Judge for the Prairie Island Community; Jill Doerfler, University of Minnesota, Duluth, member Constitutional Writing Team of the White Earth nation; Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law, Chief Justice of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Supreme Court, Appellate Judge for the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians and the
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians; Colette Routel, William Mitchell College of Law

Saturday, 10 AM

Panel 125. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎣᏥᏪ ᏗᎧᏁᏍᏗ Cherokee and Ojibwe Dictionary: Decolonizing the Digital Archive
Ellen Cushman, Michigan State University

 

NAICJA Training: Holistic Approach to Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance in Tribal Justice Systems — May 27-28, 2014

Here:

NAICJA Training Event in Marysville WA-Remaining Space

Description:

This training, which NAICJA developed with a BJA grant, will highlight successful models that illustrate that various components of a justice system (e.g., codes, court rules, court procedures, legal assistance, corrections, probation, etc.) must be considered as a whole rather than as stand-alone services. The goal of this training is to bring together teams of  tribal justice stakeholders from various communities in order to examine and strategize on how criminal and civil legal assistance and access to these services can be provided and  improved through a collaborative, holistic approach. The training will also highlight the Tulalip Tribe’s justice system and the Salish and Kootenai’s Office of Public Defense, and key players from various components of the justice system will serve as panelists. Each jurisdictional team will ideally consist of a tribal judge, prosecutor, tribal attorney general, public defender/legal aid advocate, probation officer, and/or a tribal leader working with the same tribe. Individuals without a jurisdictional team are also encouraged to attend.

The training is free, but invitees must cover the cost of their travel, food, and lodging.  Please contact Nikki Borchardt Campbell if you would like to register, nikki@naicja.org. NAICJA will continue registering attendees on a first come, first serve basis until all the remaining space is filled. Hotel accommodations are available at the Tulalip Resort and Casino for $139 per night, plus tax. Call 1-866-716-7162 for reservations. Participants must identify themselves with being with the National American Indian Court Judges Association.

UCLA Symposium on Indian Law and Order Commission Video Available

Video is now available from the full day UCLA Symposium on Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC) Report (held Jan. 24, 2014) which features 6 of the 9 ILOC Commissioners:

Video: A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer, January 24, 2014 http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/events/iloc_symposium_video.aspx

Thanks to Jerry Gardner for sending this my way.

Registration Now Open: 45th Annual National Tribal Judicial and Court Clerks’ Conference and NAICJA Annual Meeting

Here.

More details on the conference here. Agenda here.

WSBA 26th Annual Indian Law Seminar — May 22, 2014

Here:

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14th National Indian Nations Conference — Dec. 11-13, 2014

Here.

Criminal and Civil Justice Conference at Eastern Michigan Univ. — May 3, 2014

Here.

Speakers include Judge Tim Connors, Judge Allie Maldonado, and Judge Bill Thorne! A veritable who’s who of Michigan tribal judges.