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FBA Annual Meeting Agenda — Indian Law Highlights

September 8, 2009September 9, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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.

FBA D.C. Indian Law Conference Nov. 13, 2009

August 25, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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.

Brochure and Agenda for FBA Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City

July 21, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

This year, the FBA’s annual conference features a significant Indian law track. The website is here:

Join us in Oklahoma City, where Mayor Mick Cornett and Governor Brad Henry will welcome you at the opening CLE sessions on Thursday and Friday. CLE programs will be held at the Skirvin Hilton, including sessions featuring Charles Ogletree, Jesse Climenko professor of law and director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, and Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law.

Receptions will be held at the Oklahoma History Center and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and a special program on the Oklahoma City Bombing at the Museum Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism will be held, followed by a tour of the museum and memorial.

View the 2009 Brochure

FBA Indian Law Conference Day 1

April 2, 2009April 2, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the agenda for the first day of the 34th annual FBA Indian Law Conference (FBA website):

8:30–10:00 a.m. Plenary 1: What’s Red Is Green

Moderator: Pilar Thomas, Of Counsel, Lewis and Roca LLC
Panelists:
Tracey LeBeau, Principal, Red Mountain Tribal Energy
Winona LaDuke, Executive Director, Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project

9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. NNALSA Annual Meeting

10:15–11:45 a.m. Plenary 2: RFRA: Neither Sword Nor Shield for Sacred Space
Moderator: Kristen A. Carpenter, Associate Professor, Univ. of Denver Sturm College of Law
Panelists: Tom Berg, St. Ives Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas Law School
Zackaree Kelin, Managing Director, DNA Peoples Legal Services
Patricia Millett, Partner, Akin Gump

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FBA Indian Law Conference Agenda Available

February 5, 2009Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

FBA 2009 Save the Date Postcard

December 10, 2008Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

The Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Conference save the date postcard is in the mail. Here is thedescription on the postcard (which is linked below the fold):

For the first time in its history, the annual Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference will take place in a tribal community just outside of Santa Fe, N.M., at Pojoaque Pueblo’s Buffalo Thunder Resort. We celebrate this historic move as an opportunity for reflection on the relationship between federal Indian law and Indian communities, particularly in an era of political change and promise.

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FBA 2009 Indian Law Conference at Buffalo Thunder!

October 8, 2008October 8, 2008Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Next year’s conference will be April 1-3, 2009, at Buffalo Thunder!

Here is a nice profile of the facility: Indian Gaming Magazine, October 2008 Profile

Thanks to Mike McBride.

FBA Indian Law Section Newsletter Published

April 6, 2008Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here it is!

FBA Indian Law Section Newsletter Spring 2008

Authors include two Turtle Talk bloggers, Kirsten Carlson and Kate Fort.

Cherokee Principal Chief Chad Smith to Conclude 2008 Federal Indian Bar

April 5, 2008Matthew L.M. Fletcher3 Comments

Here is the final, final agenda for the FBA Indian Law Conference, now featuring Cherokee Nation principal chief Chad Smith, who will be speaking about the Cherokee Freedmen issue.

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