Turtle Talk

October – December 2021 | Virtual Event // MCLE Credits Pending

ALL SESSIONS VIRTUAL. ZOOM LINKS SENT DIRECTLY TO REGISTERED ATTENDEES. 7.0 MCLE
CREDITS (CA) WILL BE SOUGHT.

November 4th, 2021

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST – 1.0 MCLE Credit
ETHICS PANEL – SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Attorneys should be aware of the professional obligations that could be adversely affected by
issues associated with substance abuse. Panelists will discuss how to recognize substance
abuse, behaviors that indicate it may be time to seek help, and the potential impacts of
untreated substance abuse on an attorney’s legal and professional responsibilities.
Virginia Hedrick, California Consortium for Urban Indian Health
Lauren van Schilfgaarde, UCLA School of Law

Community Gathering

FOLLOWING EACH PANEL, JOIN CILA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND
SOCIALIZE WITH YOUR COLLEGUES AND A CHANCE TO WIN A GIVEAWAY!

November 18th, 2021

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST – 1.0 MCLE Credit
TAXATION: HOT TOPICS
Join our expert panelists for a lively discussion surrounding taxation in Indian Country. This panel will provide an overview of current tax legislation affecting Tribal communities in the State of California

Michelle LaPena, Rosette, LLP
Maria Brosterhous, Franchise Tax Board
James Dahlen, California Department of
Tax and Fee Administration

December 3rd, 2021

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST – 1.0 MCLE Credit
INDIGENOUS LANDBACK
Indigenous landback experts will share
updates on the federal fee-to-trust
process and the California Public Utilities
Commission’s recently-adopted policy
addressing land repatriation from
investor-owned utilities

Commissioner Darcie L. Houck,
California Public Utilities Commission
Charles W. Galbraith, Jenner & Block

December 16th, 2021

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST – 1.0 MCLE Credit
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
Physical and cultural infrastructure form the foundation for sovereignty and self-determination. Panelists discuss recent developments in federal funding opportunities that build on existing infrastructure trends.

Dawn Sturdevant Baum, Yurok Tribe
Sorhna Li (Jordan), Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Community Gathering

FOLLOWING EACH PANEL, JOIN CILA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND
SOCIALIZE WITH YOUR COLLEGUES AND A CHANCE TO WIN A GIVEAWAY!

For Attorneys Seeking MCLE Credit:

CILA WILL SEEK RETROACTIVE APPROVAL FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR FOR MCLE CREDIT FOR EACH PAENL. WE WILL SEND CERTIFICATES TO QUALIFYING PARTICIPANTS UPON APPROVAL BY THE STATE BAR. CILA CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT APPROVAL FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR FOR MCLE CREDIT WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE FEB. 1, 2022 REPORTING DEADLINE.

North Dakota District Court Orders Eviction of Tribal Member from Indian Housing Authority Located on Fee Lands

October 27, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Trenton Indian Housing Authority v. Poitra (N.D. Dist. Ct.):

District Court Decision

Upper Skagit Prevails over Sauk-Suiattle in U&A Litigation

October 27, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the decision in United States v. Washington, subproceeding 20-01 (W.D. Wash.):

47 DCT Order

Briefs are here.

Chinook fishing on Skagit River, NWIFC

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources v. White Earth Band of Ojibwe

October 27, 2021October 29, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Amicus Brief

Lower court materials here.

Shifting the Balance of Power: Self Governance and Consultation: 2021 Indigenous Law Conference Day 2 Panel 1

October 26, 2021gabrielagendreau

Please register to join us virtually for the 18th Annual ILPC/TICA Indigenous Law Conference!

For information about the agenda, sponsorships, and registration, please visit the event site.

Shifting the Balance of Power: Self Governance and Consultation

November 5th, 2021 | 9:00am-10:15am ET | 1.25 CLE

Self governance is an exercise of tribal sovereignty and self-determination. Tribal self governance is, at its core, a framework for tribal progress because it empowers tribes. This panel will explore the history and key milestones of the tribal self governance movement, with an emphasis on recent developments and upcoming challenges for the expansion of self governance in agencies outside of the BIA and IHS.

Speakers include:

Rob Roy Smith: Managing Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Geoff Strommer: Partner, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP

Debrah Gee: Navajo Nation and Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Chief Counsel for the Chickasaw Nation Office of Tribal Justice Administration

Moderator – Valerie Shuette: Student, Michigan State University College of Law

PBS Film Showing of “Warrior Lawyer” at the Dennos Museum

October 26, 2021gabrielagendreau

WARRIOR LAWYERS: DEFENDERS OF SACRED JUSTICE BY AUDREY GUYER

Thursday, November 4
7:00 p.m. followed by a discussion with the filmmaker & community

Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice (2021) is a one-hour PBS documentary that is particularly timely and relevant given our country’s current reckoning with racial inequity and structural racism. The program focuses on the stories of Native American Lawyers, Tribal Judges and their colleagues who work with Native Nations and their citizens to achieve Sacred Justice. These unseen role models strive daily to address and resolve unique and complicated historical, governmental, legal, judicial and social welfare issues, which are most often rooted in discrimination, historical trauma and cultural destruction. Come take a journey into past and present-day Indian Country to learn of untold stories that shine a light on Native Americans rising up to create a new path for today and for the next Seven Generations.

This will be a free event, and no registration required. Please remember to bring your mask.

Links:

https://www.dennosmuseum.org/events/films.html

https://www.facebook.com/events/407774880739695