NALSA Indian Law Day
We will serve lunch at 12:30 and we plan to finish the program by 5:00 p.m.
Introduction to ICWA basics: Colette Routel
Introduction to current ICWA issues (National Perspective). Keynote speaker, Mark Tilden — Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (author of ICWA Resource Guide)
Tribal Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of Indian tribes). Speakers: Matt Fletcher, GTB member and Professor at Michigan State Law School; Allie Maldonado, LTBB member and in-house counsel for her tribe.
State Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of the state courts). Speakers: Judge Laura Baird, Chief Judge, Ingham County; Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals.
Individual Panel (addressing current ICWA issues from the perspective of parents, both Native and non-Native). Speakers: Nancy Dean Attorney at law and Tom Meyers, Staff Attorney, Michigan Indian Legal Services.
Each speaker will probably present for 20-25 minutes. After everyone on the panel has presented, the audience will have time for questions.
NALSA Guest Speaker, Phil Hogen
“Impact of Tribal Gaming, examining twenty years of the Indian Gaming and Regulatory Act”
250 HH, Thursday 11/13, 12:20-1:20 pm.
Please join NALSA in welcoming the National Indian Gaming Commission’s Chairman, Phil Hogen. Chairman Hogen will discuss the history of tribal casinos and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. He will also shed light on the realities of tribal gaming enterprises, their impact on the economy, and on tribal life.
As an independent federal regulatory agency of the United States, the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission) was established pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (Act). The Commission’s primary mission is to regulate gaming activities on Indian lands for the purpose of shielding Indian tribes from organized crime and other corrupting influences; to ensure that Indian tribes are the primary beneficiaries of gaming revenue; and to assure that gaming is conducted fairly and honestly by both operators and players.
Mr. Hogen is an enrolled member of Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and has served as the Chairman of the NIGC since 2002.
www.nigc.gov
Tribal Governance
NALSA and the Native Caucus are Co-Sponsoring an event with the Undergrad’s on Tribal Governance. The panel is going to be Monday night (11/10) and I highly encourage everyone to attend. We really want to make an effort to support the Undergrad’s this year and this should be an awesome event. Matt Fletcher, Ada Deer, and David Cornsilk will all be presenting.
AIHFS Guest Speaker
WHAT: Surprise traditionalist guest speaker. AIHFS has the unexpected honor to host Sicangu Spiritual Leader Harold Thompson who will share his knowledge and teachings of the Lakota Inipi and significance of the Canupa (Sacred Pipe)
WHO: Harold Whitehorse Thompson Lakota Sundance LEader From the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
WHERE: American Indian Health & Family Services of Southeastern MI, INC. 4880 Lawndale, Detroit, MI 48823
WHEN: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
NAS Faculty Exchange Series
Native American Studies Faculty Exchange Series, Philip Deloria speaking on: “Broadway and Main: Crossroads, Ghost Roads, and Pathways to an American Studies Future”
When: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 12:00 PM – Fri, Oct 10, 2008 1:30 PM
Where: 3773 Haven Hall
NAS Faculty Exchange Series
Howard Kimewon of the Native Studies Ojibwe Language Program will be speaking on:
“Trends in Teaching and Using Indigenous Languages”
Friday, September 19, 12:00pm 3773 Haven Hall.
Lunch will be served.
American Indian Law Day p.2
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American Indian Law Day p.1
Here is the first part of this years American Indian Law Day.
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Indian Law Day
NALSA would like to thank all the speakers and sponsors for making this year’s American Indian Law Day a success. 