Well, it goes against our own interests, since our conference is the same day, but our good friend Angela Riley is the keynote speaker.
Symposia
Washburn Law Journal Symposium on Tribal Economies and Infrastructure
Here:
Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure
Articles
Exercising and Protecting Tribal Sovereignty in Day-to-Day Business Operations: What the Key Players Need to Know (395 KB PDF)
S. Chloe Thompson
America’s War on Tribal Economies: Federal Attacks on Native Contracting in the SBA 8(A) Business Development Program (184 KB PDF)
Helaman S. Hancock
Keeping the American Indian Rancher on the Land: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Rise and the Demise of American Indian Ranching on the Northern Great Plains (241 KB PDF)
Raymond Cross
Indigenous (Ecological) Economics Remastered (177 KB PDF)
Valerie J. Phillips
Tribal Nations and Tribalist Economics: The Historical and Contemporary Impacts of Intergenerational Material Poverty and Cultural Wealth Within the United States (279 KB PDF)
Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin)
National POC Legal Scholarship Conference Preliminary Program
Here: POC Preliminary Program july 20.
Indian law profs participating include Bob Miller, Ray Austin, Gloria Valencia-Weber, and me.
Great Lakes Tribal Energy Workshop — June 22-23, 2010
4th Annual Indian Law Clinics Symposium — June 20-21, 2010
Michigan Indian Day SAVE THE DATE — Sept. 24, 2010
The Ingham County Health Department and Michigan State University ask you to SAVE THE DATE (flyer here: save the date michigan indian day) and invite you to attend the 2010 Michigan Indian Day event. The event will be taking place Friday September 24, 2010 at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing, Michigan. The conference theme this year is Strengthening Health, Strengthening Families: Empowering Indigenous Communities.
The Michigan Indian Day Committee is currently taking requests for workshop proposals (application here: MID Workshop Proposal Request Letter). The workshop proposals are due Monday June 21 by 5p.m. and notification of accepted workshops will be announced on Monday July 12 by 5 p.m.
The SAVE THE DATE flier and Workshop Proposal Application are attached with this email. More information will be added to the Native American Outreach Program website. Please go to the this website for more current information and materials as the Michigan Indian Day Event approaches.
Minnesota American Indian Bar Association 2010 Annual CLE — June 17-18 @ Leech Lake
Brochure here (updated): MAIBA Brochure(4)
Keynotes:
Hon. Korey Wahwassuck, Associate Judge of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University College of Law
Other speakers include:
Colette Routel, Assistant Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law
Chris Strandlie, Assistant Cass County Attorney
Frank Bibeau, Legal Director, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Arizona State Law Journal IGRA Symposium Issue
The Arizona State Law Journal’s IGRA Symposium Issue is out. Volume 42 has 7 articles about IGRA. The articles are not yet available on their website, but here are the titles and the authors. Some of the articles are available on this site via SSRN.
Virginia W. Boylan, Reflections on IGRA 20 Years After Enactment, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 1 (Spring 2010)
Robert N. Clinton, Enactment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988: The Return of the Buffalo to Indian Country or Another Federal Usurpation of Tribal Sovereignty?, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 17
Franklin Ducheneaux, The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: Background and Legislative History, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 99
Kevin Washburn, Kevin Gover, Tom Gede, The States as Trespassers in a Federal-Tribal Relationship: A Historical Critique Tribal-State Compacting Under IGRA, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 185
G. William Rice, Some Thoughts on the Future of Indian Gaming, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 219
Alexander Tallchief Skibine, Indian Gaming and Cooperative Federalism, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 253
Kevin Washburn, Agency Conflict and Culture: Federal Implementation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act by the National Indian Gaming Commission, The Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Justice, 42 Arizona State Law Journal 303
Minnesota Indian Law CLE, June 17th and 18th, Northern Lights Casino
Building Strong Sovereign Nations: Tribal Governance Training Conference, May 19-20
Here’s a reminder of the upcoming Tribal Governance Training Conference at Little River Casino & Resort next month. See the attachment for registration and accommodation information.
May 19, 12PM-5PM
History of Anishinaabek Tribes – John Petoskey
Tribal Council Roles & Responsibilities – Frank Ettawageshik
May 20, 8AM -12PM
Indian Child Welfare Act – Kate Fort & Emily Proctor
Indian Gaming in Michigan – Bill Brooks
Introduction to Tribal Justice Systems – Holly Thompson
Labor Relations & Tribal Businesses – Zeke Fletcher
Turtle Talk 
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