Lewis & Clark Indigenous Economic Development Conference Podcast Now Available

Here.
May 1st, 2008
Business Law Symposium 2008
Indigenous Economic Development: Sustainability, Culture and Business Agenda
April 4, 2008
Spring Symposium 2008
This conference brings together scholars from around the country, most of whom are tribal citizens and experienced in economic development, to discuss the practical and the theoretical issues facing American Indian governments in their task to bring economic [...]

Program for Society for the Study of Midwest Literature 2008 Annual Meeting

The annual meeting for the Society for the Study of Midwest Literature will be here at MSU beginning Thursday May. The program can be downloaded here. The events are in the MSU Union.
Highlights include:
Thursday
Session C — 4-5:30 PM — Parlor B — Law and Literature
Mae Kuykendall and Renee Knake of MSU law college will be [...]

Northwest Tribes Climate Change Conference

Climate Change in the Northwest
“Tribal Perspectives”
Date and Location:
May 29-30, 2008 (Thursday and Friday)
Public Library Downtown
Microsoft Conference Room
Call the directly to confirm your lodging no later than April 24, 2008, at 1-800-945-2240, and mention the Tribal Climate Change Conference.
For more information, please contact Pat Gonzales-Rogers at (503) 231-6123 or Pat_Gonzales-Rogers@fws.gov. (Pat is the Tribal Liaison for [...]

Cherokee Principal Chief Chad Smith to Conclude 2008 Federal Indian Bar

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.
final-fba-2008-agenda-plus-smith

UNM Indian Country Statute Conference — April 12, 2008

Here is the flyer for this conference:
UNM Conference Flyer

Federal Indian Bar 2008 Final Agenda

33rd Annual Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference
Identity in Flux: Challenging Outsider Definitions of Tribalism
Agenda in PDF
Federal institutions actively shape many aspects of modern Indian identity in a variety of ways, such as defining tribal actions as “governmental” or “commercial” in nature or by connecting tribal jurisdiction with the extent to which tribal institutions mirror the [...]

Reminder: Felix Cohen’s Indian Law Legacy — Friday, March 28, 2008

Tomorrow, we host “Felix Cohen’s Indian Law Legacy.” Speakers include Bethany Berger, Sam Deloria, Sam Hirsch, Riyaz Kanji, and Christian McMillen.
Here’s the poster.

NILL Blog Posting on Model Tribal Secured Transactions Act

From NILL:
The conference proceedings for “Sovereignty symposium 2007 : making medicine” (2007) provide a wealth of information on the Model Tribal Secured Transactions Act. The Act itself is provided, along with analysis, sample tribal codes/regulations and sample tribal compacts (or intergovernmental agreements). Much of the information is reprinted with permission from the National Conference of [...]

Felix S. Cohen Panel at MSU Law College March 28

Our mini-symposium on “Felix Cohen’s Indian Law Legacy” will be held next Friday, March 28, 2008, starting at 11AM in the Castle Boardroom at the law college. Our speakers include Sam Deloria, Christian McMillen, Riyaz Kanji, Sam Hirsch, and Bethany Berger.
We will be celebrating the recent publication of three books: (1) Cohen’s Handbook of Federal [...]

Wildenthal on Donovan v. Coeur d’Alene Tribal Farm — MSU Law Review

Bryan Wildenthal has posted “How a Ninth Circuit Panel Opinion Overruled a Century of Supreme Court Indian Law Jurisprudence — And Has So Far Gotten Away With It” on SSRN. This paper is part of the Michigan State Law Review’s symposium on federal labor law and tribal sovereignty.
Here’s the abstract: