Here are some additional materials:
Symposia
NMAI “Fact or Fiction” Meeting — October 7, 2011
Arizona IPLP 10th Anniversary Conference and Reunion
On October 8-9, 2011, the University of Arizona College of Law’s Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program will celebrate its tenth anniversary by hosting a conference and reunion in Tucson, Arizona. The morning of Saturday October 8 will be devoted to a roundtable discussion of what the Academy and Practicing Attorneys can offer each other. Roundtable panelists include 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); and Professor Kirsten Matoy Carlson (invited) (Wayne State University).
We will then have a celebratory luncheon featuring a keynote speech by Professor S. James Anaya, who is also the current UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Saturday afternoon will be devoted to panels of alumni who work in a variety of capacities for governments, in private practice, for human rights organizations, and in academia. The Conference itself is free and open to the public, although we do ask that you RSVP so we can ensure adequate seating and materials. Tickets to the luncheon are $20 each.
On Sunday, October 9, we will be having a barbeque from 11:30 am – 2:00pm at the College of Law for alumni and their families.
More information, and the RSVP form, can be found at http://www.law.arizona.edu/depts/iplp/reunion2011
Tribal, State, and Federal Summit — Collaboration Across Jurisdictions Addressing Family Violence
State Bar of Wisconsin Mining Law Symposium, Thursday, August 25, 2011
The State Bar of Wisconsin will host a Mining Law Symposium CLE on Thursday, August 25, 2011 which in many ways is in response to the proposed mine to be situated in the Penokee-Gogebic Iron Range in northwest Wisconsin, very near the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe Reservation, by Gogebic Taconite.
Here is information on the CLE:
Here is a Milwaukee Sentinel Journal article discussing Bad River Chairman Mike Wiggins’ concerns with the proposed mine:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/119739399.html
Here is recent article describing the mine from Northwoods Wilderness Recovery:
SAIGE: Federal Indian Law Immersion Course
ASU CLE on The Economic Future of Indian Lands
“Treaty to Trust to Carcieri: The Economic Future for Indian Lands CLE Conference”
Hosted by the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU’s Indian Legal Program and the American Indian Policy Institute at ASU.
ASU Tempe Campus, Memorial Union, Ventana Ballroom
April 28 – 8:00 am – 5 pm
April 29 – 8:30 am – 1 pm
This conference will present and analyze contemporary issues that impact tribal land management and strategic development. It will examine the history of Indian lands, integration of culture into planning, impact of global issues on reservation planning, impact of local issues on tribal land use, and the future of the fee-to-trust process. Participants will leave the conference with a knowledge that will allow tribes to grow and manage their land base in an economically efficient and culturally sensitive manner. Keynote Lunch Speaker: Allison Binney, Akin Gump.
Regular Registration Rate: $350.00 (Register by 04/26 by 5 pm)
Walk-In Registration Rate: $400.00 (Register 04/28 – at the door)
More information and online registration at www.regonline.com/indianlands
9.5 general CLE credits available for State Bars of Arizona, California and New Mexico
11.5 general CLE credit hours for Wisconsin, and Oklahoma MCLE.
Indian Law Symposium (Partially) in Villanova Law Review
The Stories We Tell, and Have Told, About Tribal Sovereignty: Legal Fictions At Their Most Pernicious
Hope M. Babcock
803 – Download/View
Sovereignty in the Age of Twitter
Donald L. Doernberg
833 – Download/View
Reconciling the Sovereignty of Indian Tribes in Civil Matters With the Montana Line of Cases
Douglas B. L. Endreson
863 – Download/View
The Inevitability of Federal Sovereign Immunity
Gregory C. Sisk
899 – Download/View
Sovereign Litigants: Native American Nations in Court
Catherine T. Struve
929 – Download/View
Gonzaga Conference Announcement/Call for Papers: Race and Criminal Justice in the West
Gonzaga University School of Law will host a conference on September 23-24, 2010, on “Race and Criminal Justice in the West.” This conference grows out of a state-wide task force in Washington State on race and criminal justice, co-sponsored by Gonzaga, Seattle University School of Law, the University of Washington School of Law, and numerous other organizations. The attached PDF file includes conference details and a call for papers. Additional information on the task force can be obtained at this link. For any further information, please feel free to contact Brooks Holland, at bholland@lawschool.gonzaga.edu, or Professor Jason Gillmer, at jgillmer@lawschool.gonzaga.edu.
Conference Announcement Race and Criminal Justice
5th Annual Indian Law Clinics Symposium in Vancouver, May 2011
Knowing, Thinking and Doing – A Discussion on Doctrine, Theory, and
Practice in Indigenous Law and Education and the Clinical Experience:
local, regional and international perspectives
Sponsors:
UBC First Nations Legal Clinic, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law
Southwest Indian Law Clinic, University of New Mexico School of Law
The Tribal Law Practice Clinic, Washburn University School of Law
Description:
The Symposium is designed to facilitate discussion across doctrinal and clinical theories of Indigenous law and education. The goal is to create a pedagogy and to explore emerging methodologies for teaching how to work and practice in Indigenous communities. We invite an inclusive conversation with all community members who are engaged in Indigenous legal issues.
The Symposium begins with panel discussions on education between Indigenous legal theorists and clinicians and continues by sharing international and local perspectives. This will be followed by presentations from community lawyers and Aboriginal people engaged with current legal issues. The afternoon will conclude with a field trip to the First Nations legal clinic in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, and dinner at a local First Nations restaurant. Saturday morning begins with a breakfast presentation and tour of the Museum of Anthropology, with sessions continuing that focus on sharing clinical practical skills applications, student perspectives, innovations, and works in progress.
Registration Fee, $250.00 covers the entire Program, Museum tour and entrance, local transportation, materials and meals.
We are pleased to host this event on campus at UBC, situation on traditional Musqueam land
Accommodations have been arranged at the comfortable Triumf House on campus.
Website: http://www.triumfhouse.ca/
Turtle Talk 
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