Symposia

UNM Symposium on United States v. Sandoval

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the notice:

UNM symposium on United States v Sandoval

The description:

On October 20, 1913, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Sandoval, a case that addressed whether Congress could prohibit the introduction of intoxicating liquor into Santa Clara Pueblo lands notwithstanding the admission of New Mexico to statehood. The Court validated Congress’s power by virtue of the “Indian” status of the Pueblo people and their homelands, establishing an immensely important precedent asserting broad federal authority in Indian affairs generally. This symposium highlights three themes tied to Sandoval ’s legacy: Federal Authority in Indian Country, Indian Identity and Status, and the Rights of Defendants in Tribal Court. An additional related theme, Liquor in Indian Country, will be explored in the associated conference for tribal public defenders and Indian law clinicians, which will interweave with the symposium. This symposium is the third in a series of anniversary symposia commemorating landmark Indian law cases and legislation.

Conference Announcement: “The Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems Conference”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems Conference

Where: Kellogg Center in East Lansing, MI
When: Friday and Saturday, January 17 and 18, 2014

The 2014 Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems conference will focus on Field and Place Based Conservation – Applying Techniques That Work at the Community Level.

Field and Place Based Conservation can make real and sustainable positive changes in our natural world. We must set the goals for our conservation actions by standards that are meaningful and significant to our local communities. Building our work around established social, cultural and economic goals makes caring for our natural resources a plan that’s easier to support, whether through time, dollars, votes, or goodwill. Furthermore, it’s by bringing together different people and multiple organizations in collaborative conservation at a local level that we facilitate the global adoption of community-based action, resulting in widespread improvement to lands and waters we all care about.

http://www.stewardshipnetworkconference.org/site/c.biKRJ8NPInI4F/b.8527791/k.3E52/2014_Overview.htm

2013 MSU Indigenous Law and Policy Center Annual Conference Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here (PDF):

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2013 Minnesota American Indian Bar Association CLE

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Friday, June 07, 2013 at Grand Casino Hinckley

Registration details are available at http://www.minncle.org/seminardetail.aspx?ID=102111301.

Speakers include:

  • § Robert Tim Coulter, Executive Director, Indian Law Resource Center, Helena, Montana
  • § Chief Judge Paul W. Day, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake
  • § Judge John E. Jacobson, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, Prior Lake
  • § Chrissi Nimmo, Assistant Attorney General, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
  • § Judge John P. Smith, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Saint Paul
  • § Megan E. Treuer, Executive Director, Regional Native Public Defense, Cass Lake
  • § Mike Wiggins, Jr., Chairman, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Odanah, Wisconsin

Plus, you won’t want to miss the complimentary reception sponsored by the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association in honor of Margaret (Peggy) S. Treuer, Member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Chief Judge of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Tribal Court.

Fed Bar Marriage Equality Panel

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Best panel of the conference.

Andrew Adams (moderator), and Dr. Alex Wilson, Ann Tweedy, and Michelle Hansen (presenters)

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Highlights from Wisconsin ILSA’s 2013 Coming Together of Peoples Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Sorry for delay, but this happened over last weekend. Chi-miigwetch again to the Wisconsin ILSA law students, especially Jason Sanders for inviting me. And for my troubles (there just weren’t any), I received possibly the greatest gift any speaker can receive — a gargoyle. And it all happened as the ajijaak returned:

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Please see after the fold for my not-so-competent pics of the speakers:

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2013 Wisconsin ILSA Annual Conference Agenda — Today and Tomorrow

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

From the ILSA website:

Please join us at the UW Law School on April 5-6, 2013, for our 27th Annual Coming Together of Peoples Conference.
ILSA is also pleased to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University.
More details are below.
Following the Coming Together of Peoples Conference, the UW Law School and Latino Law Student Association will be hosting the 44th Annual LEO Banquet at the Concourse Hotel that evening. There will be a reception from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. with dinner immediately following. ILSA invites you to join us in celebrating the Legal Education Opportunities program.

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Minnesota American Indian Bar Association 2013 Annual CLE Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Initial details here. Always a very strong conference, as a glimpse at the roster of speakers demonstrates:

The Minnesota American Indian Bar Association and Minnesota CLE proudly present the 2013 Indian Law Conference, with special guest speakers:

  • Robert Tim Coulter, Executive Director, Indian Law Resource Center, Helena, Montana
  • Chief Judge Paul W. Day, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake
  • Judge John E. Jacobson, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, Prior Lake
  • Chrissi Nimmo, Assistant Attorney General, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
  • Judge John P. Smith, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Saint Paul
  • Megan E. Treuer, Executive Director, Regional Native Public Defense, Cass Lake
  • Mike Wiggins, Jr., Chairman, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Odanah, Wisconsin

Plus, you won’t want to miss the complimentary reception sponsored by the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association in honor of Margaret (Peggy) S. Treuer, Member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Chief Judge of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Tribal Court.

Update on 2013 FBA Indian Law Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Dear Indian Law Section Members:

We are pleased to announce wonderful additions to the 38th Annual Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference in both content and form. As you know, the Conference is set to take place April 11-12, 2013 at the Buffalo Thunder Resort at Pojoaque Pueblo. Our Conference Co-Chairs – Patrice Kunesh, Andrew Adams, Angelique EagleWoman and Venus Prince – have put together an outstanding program and it is getting even better.

First, they are pleased to tell you that they are expanding the Conference agenda on Friday April 12 to include a special extended session addressing the recent historic reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, with particular attention to of its tribal jurisdiction provisions. Plenary Sessions 7 and 8 have swapped times, and the new expanded Plenary 7 will take place from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on April 12. “Surging Forward in Law Enforcement: Report from the Indian Law and Order Commission and Joint Listening Session with NCAI on VAWA Implementation” will be jointly moderated by Patrice and Venus and will include top thinkers on these important issues:

· John Dossett, General Counsel, National Congress of American Indians

· Troy Eid, ILOC Chairman and Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP

· Affie Ellis, ILOC Commissioner and President, Ellis Public Affairs

· Jill Engel, Chief Prosecutor, Hopi Tribe

· Tom Gede, ILOC Commissioner and Counsel, Bingham McCutchen LLP

· Carole Golderg, ILOC Commissioner and Professor of Law and Vice Chancellor, UCLA

· Hon. Terri Henry, Councilwoman, Eastern Band of Cherokee, and Chair, NCAI Task Force on Violence Against Native Women

· Sam Hirsch, Deputy Associate Attorney General, United States Department of Justice

· Hon. Jefferson Keel, ILOC Commissioner and Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma and President, National Congress of American Indians

· Hon. Theresa Pouley, ILOC Commissioner and Chief Judge, Tulalip Tribal Court

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2013 Michigan Indian Education Critical Issues Conference Today and Tomorrow

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Website here. Agenda here.

Program Highlights
Keynote Speaker – Friday Breakfast
We welcome Richard M. Church, Pharm. D. as our Keynote Speaker on Friday morning…
Dr. Church was appointed Director of the Office of Public Health Support for the Indian Health Service (IHS) in 2004. He is a native of Michigan and an enrolled member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy, and he completed his residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr. Church‘s career accomplishments include developing mission-oriented clinical service and practice roles for pharmacists. He played an active part in advancing progressive pharmacy practice positions that grew out of the IHS and were incorporated into the pharmacy profession at large. Building upon his clinical service foundation, he devoted another career segment to building an information technology infrastructure that positioned the IHS to take advantage of future technology innovations to support public health programs. In his present senior management roles, he provides national leadership in several critical public health support areas, including medical epidemiology; program statistics; planning, evaluation, and research; and health professions support.
Dr. Church has been recognized for service as the recipient of a number of awards and honors. These include the Surgeon General‘s Medallion and the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as many other PHS and professional awards.
Keynote Speaker – Saturday Lunch
Jessica Rickert, DDS was inducted into the Michigan Women‘s Hall of Fame for her work relating to American Indian health issues. A member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, she was a direct descendant of the Indian chief Wahbememe (Whitepigeon) for whom a village in Michigan is named. Dr. Rickert made history of her own when she became the first female American Indian dentist in the country upon graduating from the University of Michigan – School of Dentistry in 1975. While working in private practice in southeast Michigan, she developed a prevention program and added orthodontics to the dental clinic at Detroit‘s Children‘s Aid Society. As a board member of the Michigan Urban Indian Health Council, Dr. Rickert also established an intertribal dental clinic in Detroit. She assisted two state tribes—the Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians and the Saginaw Chippewa Indians — with such services as dental screenings, preliminary planning for dental clinics, and educational presentations. In 2001, she began a dental advice column syndicated by American Indian newspapers across the nation and distributed in health clinics. That effort earned her the American Dental Association Access Award. She also authored a book entitled ―Exploring Careers in Dentistry.‖