The Wisconsin Journal of
Law, Gender & Society
Announces our 2010 Symposium:
Law, Gender and Citizenship:
Contemporary Issues for American Indians and American Immigrants
March 5, 2010
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, Wisconsin
Symposia
CFP Deadline for AALS Indian Nations Section Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure
This call for papers seeks submissions for the AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section’s 2010 publication of selected papers. The Section will meet during the American Association of Law School’s Annual Conference on January 8th, 2010. The Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Meeting will focus on “Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure.” The Washburn Law Journal will be publishing the papers on this topic accepted for publication.
The papers should address the themes of Tribal Nation economics and law. Law and economics are intertwined fields. As Tribal Nations rebuild economies in the wake of failed federal policies, legal infrastructure promoting a climate of healthy economics has become vitally important. Subject areas for papers include topics on contemporary reservation economies, successful practices in tribal commercial law, assessing federal economic incentives for Tribes, legal code development to facilitate economic opportunities, evaluation of the tribal corporate model, creative thinking regarding tribal economic development in the era of federal Indian self-determination, review of sustainable tribal economic strategies, and related topics along these lines.
Abstracts for the papers should be sent by Friday, October 2nd, 2009 to Angelique EagleWoman at (eaglewoman@uidaho.edu). Abstracts should be no longer than two pages. Abstracts will be reviewed when received by the deadline and chosen authors notified in a timely manner. Completed papers will be due by Monday, March 1st, 2010.
**Papers selected will result in publication in the Washburn Law Journal. Authors are not required to attend the AALS Conference. The Speakers for this year’s Symposium panel at the AALS Conference are: Professor Robert J. Miller; Professor Judith Royster; and Legislative Director/Tribal Attorney Helaman Hancock.
Michigan Indian Day is TOMORROW!
Registration materials are here.
Here is the agenda:
Morning keynote:
9:15-10:30 AM — Historical Context of Boarding School Experiences & the Reverberation to Subsequent Generations
—Suzanne Cross, PhD
10:45 AM-Noon — S-1 — Intra & Inter Generational Effects of Boarding School Experiences: From the Voices of Native Women
—Le Anne Silvey, PhD, MSW
10:45 AM-Noon — S-2 — Intergenerational Trauma: Recognizing & Treating Grief & Loss in American Indian/First Nations College Students
—J. Tawa Sina, PhD
10:45 AM-Noon — S-3 — Boarding Schools & Scholarship: Considerations in Research
—James M. McClurken & Veronica Pasfield
10:45 AM-Noon — S-4 — Traditional Approaches to Prevention of Stress, Diabetes & Heart Disease
—Reddog Sina, DO, PhD
1:30-2:45 PM — S-7 — Healing the Hidden Scars: Coping with the After Effects of Historical Abuse
—Susan M. Montroy, MSW/LMSW
1:30-2:45 PM — S-8 — The Role of Language in the Revitalization of Identity Formation
—Helen Roy, Adam Haviland, and Autumn Ellie Mitchell
1:30-2:45 PM — S-9 — Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment
—Cheryl Samuels, PhD
1:30-2:45 PM — S-10 — Elders’ Discussant Session: Historical Trauma, Boarding School Food Socialization, Intergeneration Eating Habits & Health
—Heather Howard, PhD
Afternoon keynote:
3:00-4:15 PM — Healing the Wounds: Historical Trauma & Urban Health Disparities
—Jerilyn Church and Josette French, MD
Online Materials for Michigan State Bar American Indian Law Section Meeting
Here are material to supplement today’s MSB American Indian Law Section program on the Indian Child Welfare Act:
In re J.L. opinion (Mich. S. Ct.)
American Indian Law Section amicus brief in In re J.L.
Michigan Court Improvement Program — ICWA Resource Guide
Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30 (MSU Press)
ILPC Occasional Paper 2009-04 The Origins of the Indian Child Welfare Act: A Survey of the Legislative History (or here)
ILPC Occasional Paper 2009-05 The Indian Child Welfare Act: A Case Update (August 2008-August 2009) (or here)
Michigan State Bar Indian Law Section Agenda — Thursday, Sept. 17
1:00 Business Meeting
1:40 Presentation of Tecumseh Peacekeeping Award to John Wernet
2:00 Program – Implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act in Michigan
Presenters:
Maribeth Preston – SCAO, ICWA resource guide
Matthew Fletcher – Case updates
Angela Sherigan – Benefits of transfers to Tribal Court
FBA Annual Meeting Agenda — Indian Law Highlights
Here is the agenda for the FBA’s Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City (website). Indian Law is prominently featured:
Thursday, Sept. 10
9:30–10:30 a.m. Session 1A: Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
Speakers: LAWRENCE BACA; ROBERT DON GIFFORD; ARVO MIKKANEN
10:45–11:45 a.m. Session 2A: The Cherokee Freedmen
Speakers: HON. VICKI MILES-LAGRANGE, Moderator; CHARLES J. OGLETREE JR.; PRINCIPAL CHIEF CHADWICK “CORNTASSEL” SMITH
1:45–2:45 p.m.Session 3A: Issues and Ethics for Lawyers Working with Corporate and Tribal General Counsel
Speakers: SUSANNA M. GATTONI, Moderator; PAIGE S. BASS; MATTHEW L.M. FLETCHER; DEANNA HARTLEY-KELSO; HENRY J. HOOD; KERI C. PRINCE; LYNDON C. TAYLOR; GLORIA VALENCIA-WEBER
3:00–4:00 p.m. Session 4A: Issues and Ethics for Lawyers Working with Corporate and Tribal General Counsel (Continued) (see speakers above)
4:15–5:15 p.m.Session 5A: Delivery of Veterans Services in Indian Country
Speakers: JENNIFER WEDDLE, Moderator; PAUL HUTTER; DOUG ROSINSKI; CAROL WILD SCOTT
Friday, Sept. 11
9:45–10:45 a.m.Session 6A: The Roberts Court on Indian Law
Speakers: MATTHEW L.M. FLETCHER (paper here); JOHN DOSSETT; HON. D. MICHAEL McBRIDE III
Please be advised that the Federal Bar Association selected Walter Echo-Hawk for this award, one of its highest honors. The FBA will honor him on the evening of Sept. 12, 2009 in Oklahoma City at the installation banquet. Lawrence Baca will assume the Presidency of the FBA at this dinner as well.
USDA Discrimination against Native Farmers Press Release
Native American Leaders Call on the Obama Administration to End Decades of USDA Discrimination Against Native American Farmers & Ranchers
Native American leaders and lawyers representing thousands of Native American farmers and ranchers in a 10-year-old nationwide class action lawsuit (Keepseagle v. Vilsack) against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will urge President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to make long-overdue changes to the USDA’s discriminatory lending practices and call upon the new Administration to settle the Keepseagle case.
After a panel discussion and a press availability that are open to the media from 1:30 to 3:30 pm, hundreds of Keepseagle class members will meet with their attorneys, Joseph Sellers and Sarah Vogel at the Bismarck Civic Center. These events will take place in conjunction with the 40th Annual United Tribes International Powwow and the United Tribes Tribal Leaders Summit, which thousands of Native Americans will attend.
A new expert report will be released that finds since 1981 Native American farmers and ranchers received only half the loans they were qualified to receive, when compared to other farmers. This disparity confirms the accounts of thousands of Native Americans who have been the subject of a longstanding pattern of discrimination by USDA, which denied them $3 billion in credit, resulting in nearly $1 billion in damages.
Materials from GLIFWC’s Treaty Symposium — Minwaajimo (Telling a Good Story)
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission hosted a major treaty rights symposium on July 28-30, 2009, featuring many of the stars of Indian law — Kathryn Tierney, Marc Slonim, Henry Buffalo, Jr., Bruce Greene, and others. The symposium website is here.
Webcasts of many of the speeches are here at IndianCountryTV.com.
Written materials are linked here:
FBA D.C. Indian Law Conference Nov. 13, 2009
The Indian Law Section of the Federal Bar Association, the National Native American Bar Association, and the Native American Bar Association of Washington, D.C., invite you to
Save the Date
for the 11th Annual
Washington, D.C. Indian Law Conference
November 13, 2009
at the National Museum of the American Indian
www.nmai.si.edu
More details to follow in Fall 2009.
Call for Papers: Law and Lit at CUNY — 2010
Kevin Maillard at Faculty Lounge has posted a call for papers for CUNY’s Law and Literature symposium. As the organizers and hosts of the only (so far) symposium on American Indian Law and Literature (our 2007 Indigenous Law Conference), and contributors to the only (so far) special symposium issue of a law journal dedicated to American Indian Law and Lit (American Indian Law Review’s volume 33, issue no. 1), we sincerely hope to see some American Indian law and lit papers at CUNY.
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