Entries Tagged as 'Occasional Paper'

March 6, 2008

Empirical Research on Tribal Courts and Customary Law Posted on SSRN

My working paper, “Tribal Courts, the Indian Civil Rights Act, and Customary Law: Preliminary Data,” has been posted on SSRN. Chi-miigwetch to Alicia Ivory for all her hard work in helping with the research (you can see her contributions in the lengthy appendices at the end of the paper).
Here’s the abstract:
This study is an [...]

February 5, 2008

“Prop. 2 and Michigan American Indian Students” — Michigan Journal of Race & Law Symposium

I will be giving a short talk at the Michigan Journal of Race and Law’s symposium on affirmative action in Michigan post-Prop. 2 this Saturday. Here are materials for my talk:
Michigan Civil Rights Commission Report — “One Michigan” at the Crossroads: An Assessment of the Impact of Proposal 06-02
MCRC Report Attachment #4 — The Michigan [...]

November 16, 2007

Mich. Supreme Court Justice Cavanagh Remarks before the Michigan Indian Judicial Association

The text of Justice Cavanagh’s talk can be downloaded here: Justice Cavanagh’s Remarks

October 12, 2007

Occasional Paper on Economic Development

In conjunction with the upcoming 2nd Annual Great Lakes Economic Development Symposium, which Matthew posted about here, I’ve written an introduction to eight articles we’ve submitted for the conference materials. The piece, From Economic Development to Nation Building: Observations on Eight Articles about Tribes, Sovereignty and Economic Development, will also be available on the [...]

October 12, 2007

Section 8(a) Business Development Program Consultation Meeting in AK

Indianz.com reports that the SBA has published a notice in the Federal Register on a tribal consultation meeting. Here’s the summary:
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that it is holding a tribal consultation meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska on the topic of the 8(a) Business Development (BD) program regulations. Testimony presented at [...]