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.
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