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This Week: NCAI Presidential Transition Series
NCAI PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION SERIES
Indian Country’s Participation in the Appointment Process Webinar
Thursday, January 14, 2021
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
Every new Presidential Administration appoints individuals to more than 9,000 new political jobs. Please join the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) for an opportunity to learn about what it means to serve a Presidential Administration through a political appointment. Learn from an expert panel of current and former American Indian/Alaska Native appointees about the appointment process, service, and how tribal leaders can support prospective candidates.
CONFIRMED PANELISTS
Clara Pratte
Tribal Engagement Director, Biden Transition Team
Matt Dannenberg
Senior Associate Director, Presidential Personnel Office, Biden White House
Alison Grigonis
Previous Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs; Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs at the Obama White House
Kim Teehee
Previous Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, White House Domestic Policy Council
Please click here to register!
Fourth Circuit Briefs in Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians [pro se ICRA takings claim]
NYTs: “Tribal Elders Are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians”
Here.
Federal Court Rejects Osage Wind Company’s Equitable Defenses re: Osage Mineral Council
Here are updated materials in United States v. Osage Wind LLC (N.D. Okla.):
164 Osage Mineral Council Complaint in Intervention
204 OMC Motion for Judgment on Pleadings
Case tag here.
Eighth Circuit Affirms Major Crimes Act Conviction [Rosebud]
Here is the opinion in United States v. Earth.
Kansas Indian Law CLE January 29
Here is the announcement.
Not to be too promotional, but they got three pretty solid presenters (no manel here!) for this CLE:
Working for Tribal Clients – Ethics
An overview of ethical responsibilities and obligations of legal practitioners who represent tribal clients, including tribal nations, tribal organizations and tribal members. (1.0 Ethics CLE)
Presented by: Vivien Olsen, Managing Attorney for the Legal Assistance to Victims program of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.
Indian Child Welfare Act: Litigation and Legislation
Are you familiar with ICWA (1978)? Any attorney practicing in family law or child-related cases will benefit from this session where Professor Kate Fort will review ICWA and key cases from 2019 and 2020, including recent state legislation and court rules adopted to protect ICWA. (1.0 General CLE)
Presenter: Professor Kate Fort, Michigan State University, Indian Law Clinic
The Violence Against Women Act & the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis
4 in 5 Indigenous women will experience violence in their lifetimes. – National Institute of Justice Report
This session will discuss the re-authorization of VAWA efforts over the past two years and will discuss the most recent efforts to pass legislation that will address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous Persons in the United States. (1.0 General CLE)
Presented by: Mary Kathryn Nagle, member of Cherokee Nation, partner at Pipestem Law PC
SCOTUS Denies Cert in FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Carrie Dann Walks On
538: “Storming The U.S. Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power In America”
Powerful essay by Hakeem Jefferson, here.
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