AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section

AALS Indian Law Section Call for Papers

June 23, 2014Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Call for Papers for the AALS Annual Meeting

Friday, January 2 – Monday, January 5, 2015, Washington DC

The AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section invites submissions on the topic “Bay Mills and the Future of Sovereign Immunity” for the Section’s 2015 AALS conference panel. Please submit abstracts (preferred to received full papers) to the Section Chair, Alex Pearl, at alex.pearl@ttu.edu by August 1, 2014. We anticipate interpreting the topic broadly, so please submit if you are doing work related to this concept. The Section Executive Committee will inform you if you have been chosen to be on the panel by September 1, 2015 so that you will know in time for the Spring Law Review submission cycle.

Indian Law Related Panels at AALS 2014

September 28, 2013September 27, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher

AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Program 2014:

“The Relationship Between Indian Law and Tribal Law”

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 from 4:00-5:45 pm

Moderator

Christine Zuni Cruz (New Mexico)

Presenters

Samuel E. Ennis (Sonosky) & Caroline P. Mayhew (Hobbs Straus) – Federal Indian Law and Tribal Criminal Justice in the Self-Determination Era

Alexander Tallchief Skibine (Utah) – Constitutionalizing Tribal Sovereignty and the Legitimacy of VAWA

Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne (Mercer) – A Strange Kind of Identity Theft: Can Cultural Identity Be Stolen?

Jeanette Wolfley (New Mexico) – Tribal Environmental Programs: Providing Meaningful Involvement and Fair Treatment

And if you are going to AALS this year, please note that the Section’s Breakfast is also on Saturday Jan. 4, 2014 from 7:00-8:30 am.

Section on Law & Anthropology

Friday, January 3, 2014 from 8:30 -10:15 a.m.

Topic: “The Language of the Law in Indigenous Rights.” This program will deal with the concept of “language” in indigenous peoples’ claims, from real property to criminal justice, and from both instrumental/practical (e.g., law on Indian language revitalization) and theoretical perspectives about language (issues of meaning, translation, interpretation, and expression) as they inform advocacy and analysis in Indian law.

Speakers:

Kristen Carpenter (Colorado) & Angela Riley (UCLA), (Indigenous) Property Lost by Translation

Allison Dussias (New England Law School), Native American Languages & the Law

Matthew Fletcher (Michigan State), Anishinaabe Law and The Round House

Carole Goldberg (UCLA), A Native Vision of Justice

Justin Richland (Chicago), Language of/as Cultural Patrimony: Negotiating NAGPRA in Hopitutskwa

Business Meeting at Program Conclusion. Please attend if you would like to become more active in our section. Leadership positions will be available.

AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Call for Papers

April 18, 2013Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section of the AALS

Call for Papers for the AALS Annual Meeting

New York City, NY, Jan. 2-5, 2014

The AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section invites submissions on the topic “The Relationship Between Indian Law and Tribal Law” for the Section’s 2014 AALS conference panel. The American Indian Law Review has agreed to publish selected papers associated with this call (the Law Review of course reserves the final publication decision). Please submit full papers, not just abstracts, to the Section Chair, Ezra Rosser, at erosser@wcl.american.edu, by August 1, 2013. We anticipate interpreting the topic broadly, so please submit if you are doing work related to this year’s topic! The Section Executive Committee (in connection with the Law Review) will inform you if you have been chosen to be on the panel by August 14, 2013 so that you will know in time for the Spring Law Review submission cycle.

AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Call for Papers

November 15, 2010Matthew L.M. Fletcher

CALL FOR PAPERS

EMERGING MODELS OF TRIBAL AND STATE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

The AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section is seeking submissions for its 2011 publication of selected papers. The Section will meet during the American Association of Law School’s Annual Conference on January 7, 2011. The Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Meeting will focus on “Emerging Models of Tribal and State Cooperative Agreements.” The University of Tulsa Law Review will publish the accepted papers.

Many Tribes have entered an era in which they recognize the importance of working with states in areas of common concern to their respective citizens. As a result, Tribes are considering an increasing number of judicial agreements and other cooperative arrangements with states. The AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section seeks papers that analyze these emerging models and agreements. Papers should address current issues in Tribal-State relationships and how those cooperative arrangements affect tribal sovereignty. A broad range of topics in this subject area will be considered. These may include areas such as economic development, education, health and public safety, the environment, Tribal and State court agreements, and others.

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CFP Deadline for AALS Indian Nations Section Papers

September 28, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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 8^th, 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 2^nd, 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 1^st, 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.