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Friday, Nov 18th Goldstein Student Center
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Chancellor Nancy Cantor (invited)
Christian Day, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Law
Carrie E. Garrow, Executive Director
9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Thanksgiving Address
Tadodaho Sid Hill
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. The Tangled Web of New York’s History – Laws and Lies
Carrie E. Garrow
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 – 12:00 Influencing Public Opinion and Framing Land Claim Opposition: The Reciprocal
Relationship between Federal Indian Law and Anti-Indian Movements
Meghan Y. McCune
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. The Tortured History of the Discovery Doctrine in the Marshall Court
Lindsay Robertson
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. The New Laches, A History
Kathryn Fort
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 – 4:30 Oren Lyons

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NMAI Fact or Fiction Symposium Archived

October 31, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Stanford Law School Panel on Indian Gaming

October 25, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The [Stanford] Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) is co-sponosoring a panel at Shaking the Foundations on:

Casino Justice: Impacts of Tribal Gaming on Indian Communities

Saturday, October 29, 2011. Law School Room 280A. 4:00-5:30 PM.

American Indians have amassed more wealth today than ever before, largely in response to changes allowing tribes to conduct gambling operations on their territories. This panel explores the role that casinos have come to play in tribal life, the role they should play, and ongoing efforts to secure justice for American Indians of all tribes.

Speakers:

– Jeff Keohane, Forman & Associates

– Colette Routel, Assistant Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law

– Tom Pack, Stanford Law School ’12, Moderator

For more information, contact Tom Pack at tompack@stanford.edu

Last Day to Preregister for FBA DC Indian Law Conference

October 25, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

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Arizona IPLP 10 Year Reunion Program

October 8, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Details here. Agenda here:

Morning Session: What the Academy can offer the Practicing Bench and Bar
8:00-8:30 Breakfast and registration (sponsored by The Native Peoples Technical Assistance Program)
8:30-8:45 Setting the stage (Melissa Tatum, Research Professor of Law & Director, IPLP Graduate Programs, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law)
8:45-10:00 Roundtable:
What the Academy can offer the Practicing Bench and Bar
Rountable Participants:
Professor Matthew Fletcher, Michigan State University
Professor Angela Riley, UCLA
Lawrence Baca, U.S. Dept. of Justice (retired)
Christopher Chaney, Deputy Director, Office of Tribal Justice
Ray Austin, IPLP Distinguished Jurist in Residence
Nicole Friederichs, Practitioner in Residence, Suffolk Law
10:00-10:15 Break (sponsored by The Native Peoples Technical Assistance Program)
10:15-11:30 Roundtable Continued: What the Practicing Bench and Bar can offer the Academy
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:15 Concluding thoughts and comments (Robert A. Williams, Jr., E. Thomas Sullivan Prof. of Law and American Indian Studies & Director, IPLP Program)
12:30-2:00 Lunch program
Keynote speaker: S. James Anaya, Regents’ and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy & U.N. Special Rapporteur of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Afternoon Session: Working with Indigenous Peoples Law in the Academy, the Government, Human Rights Work, and Private Practice
2:15-3:15
Careers in Academia and Government
Professor Keith Richotte, University of North Dakota
Professor Mark McMillan, Melbourne Law School (Australia)
Sarah Morales, University of Ottawa
Lenny Alvarado, University of Arizona
Wizipan Garriott, Consultant (formerly of Dept of Interior)
Wenona Benally Baldenegro (candidate for U.S. House of Representatives)
3:15-3:30 Break (sponsored by Faegre & Benson)
3:30-4:30
Careers in human rights and private practice
Leah Sixkiller, Faegre & Benson
Kirstin Eidenbach, Perkins Coie
Moira Gracey, Carranza, LLP
Seánna Howard, IPLP Staff Attorney
Maia Campbell, Senior Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur and Coordinator of the Support Project/Adjunct Professor
4:30-5:00 Closing remarks
5:00-6:00 Closing Reception sponsored by Perkins Coie

Sunday, October 9, 2011
11:30 – 2:00
Picnic lunch (BBQ) at the law school for alumni and families (children welcome).
Live music, free photo booth, raffle tickets for chances to win cool prizes and much more.

Program at Seattle Law: DV and Indian Country Criminal Justice

October 5, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Criminal Justice in Indian Country: Roadblocks for Domestic Violence Survivors
Seattle University School of Law, Sullivan Hall Courtroom
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 11am-1pm
Jurisdictional issues in Indian Country affect tribal members nationwide. Some types of crime, including domestic violence, often fall into jurisdictional gaps and are not prosecuted. Because tribal courts do not have jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribal members have no recourse through tribal courts when a perpetrator is a non-Indian. Between 2005 and 2010, the federal government refused to prosecute 50% of violent crimes that allegedly took place in Indian Country, and approximately 75% of sexually-based alleged crimes against women and children. However, some tribes are experimenting with creative ways of addressing these problems. This event, hosted by the Seattle University Human Rights Network, the Center for Indian Law and Policy, the Seattle University Native American Law Students Association, and the Seattle University Women’s Law Caucus, will inform attendees about the jurisdictional problems, as well as possible solutions in navigating these legal systems and addressing domestic violence. The enactment of the Tribal Law and Act of 2010, along with horrendous statistics of violence against women and children in Indian Country, makes this issue particularly timely and important for students interested in Indian law and advocacy.

FBA DC Indian Law Conference Agenda (Nov. 15, 2011)

October 5, 2011Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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8:00-9:00 am	Registration
8:30-8:45 am	Welcome and Prayer
8:45-9:30 am	Congressional Perspectives. A panel of current and former congressional Members and staff discuss the outlook of Native American issues in Congress. Byron L. Dorgan, former Senator from North Dakota
9:45-10:15 am	Federal Court Update Patricia Millett, Partner and Co-Chair of the Supreme Court Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
10:30-11:45 am	The State Of Trust Reform: Reflections on the Cobell Settlement, Jicarilla and Tohono O’odham Cases Keith Harper, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend, and lead attorney for plaintiffs in Cobell v. Salazar Jim Cason, Booze Allen Hamilton, and former Deputy Secretary for Interior John Dossett, General Counsel, National Congress of American Indians
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch Keynote Thomas Perrelli, Associate Attorney General (invited)
1:30-2:45 pm	Expanding Tribal Jurisdiction to Protect Native Women Troy A. Eid, Shareholder and Co-Chair, American Indian Law Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Chair of the Indian Law and Order Commission Timothy Purdon, U.S. Attorney for North Dakota (invited)
3:00-4:15 pm	Recession and Defaults: Overcoming the Obstacles to Accessing Capital in Uncertain Times Jeff Carey, Managing Director Native American Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Lance Morgan, Partner, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan, LLP
4:30-5:30 pm	Ethics: Representing the Federal Government while Fulfilling the Trust Responsibility: The Supreme Court’s Jicarilla Decision Ethan Shenkman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Environment and Natural Resources Division. Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Solicitor – Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior (invited) Ann Juliano, Professor, Villanova Law