The MSU Indigenous Law and Policy Center hosted its 4th annual Indigenous Law Conference, called “American Indian Law and Literature.”
4th ANNUAL INDIGENOUS LAW CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 18, 19 & 20, 2007
“American Indian Law and Literature”
Indigenous Law and Policy Center
Michigan State University College of Law
Castle Board Room
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, October 18, 2007
7:00-9:00 p.m. Nokomis Cultural Center Welcome Reception
Friday, October 19, 2007
7:30-8:30 a.m. Late Registration
8:30-8:40 a.m. Opening: Asiniins Singers
8:40-9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
9:00-10:30 a.m. Prof. Kristen Carpenter
“The Actual State of Things’: American Indian Legal Fictions and Truths” — Carpenter Abstract
Prof. Renee Knake
“How Lawyers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas: A Study of James Welch’s The Indian Lawyer” — Knake Abstract
Prof. Wenona Singel
“Rebellious Judging:Narratives of Trusteeship in Federal and Tribal Courts” — Singel Abstract
Moderator: Bryan Newland
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-12:15 p.m. Prof. Margaret Montoya & Prof. Christine Zuni Cruz
“Narrative Braids: Performing Racial Literacy” — Montoya & Zuni Cruz Abstract
Prof. Larry Cata Backer
“Nostalgia Written in Blood: The Noble Savage and Latin American Political Identity.” — Cata Backer Abstract
Prof. Jo Carrillo
“Legal Culture, Communicative Circuits and Symbols.”
Moderator: Kate Fort
12:30-1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m. Prof. Richard Delgado & Prof. Jean Stefancic
“Crossover.”
Prof. Carla Pratt
“The construction of Indian Identity As An Africanless Identity in Indian Law and Literature.”
Prof. Frank Pommersheim
“Poetry and Law: What is the relationship exactly?” — Pommersheim Abstract
Moderator: Kevin Saunders
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-5:00 p.m. Prof. Gordon Henry
“Trying Skins: Courtroom Scenes in American Indian Fiction.”
Prof. Matthew Fletcher
“Red Leaves and the Dirty Ground: The Cannibalism of Law and Economics” — Draft Paper
Prof. Sonia Katyal
“Iconic Intersectionality” — Katyal Abstract
Moderator: John Petoskey
6:00 p.m. Dinner
(Blessing by Raymond Kiogima)
7:00 p.m. Keynote: Chairman Frank Ettawageshik
(Opening poetry reading by Prof. Frank Pommersheim)
Saturday, October 20, 2007
9:00-10:30 a.m. Mr. Raymond Kiogima
Mr. Larry Plamondon — Plamondon Abstract
Hon. JoAnne Gasco — Gasco Abstract
Prof. Margaret Noori
“Kinship as Action: Anishinaabe Relationships from a Linguistic Perspective” — Noori Abstract
Moderator: Wenona Singel
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-12:15 p.m. Prof. Bruce Duthu
“Bear Narratives: Blending Cultural and Legal Voices in Defense of the Bear” — Duthu Abstract
Prof. Melissa Tatum
“The Role of Narrative in Defining Cultural Property” — Tatum Abstract
Ms. Kirsten Carlson
“Unresolved Disputes: Narratives in the Transformation and Processing of Persistent Claims” — Draft Paper
Moderator: Matthew Fletcher
12:15-12:30 p.m. Break
12:30-2:00 p.m. Prof. David Carlson
“The Pragmatics of Literary Nationalism” — David Carlson Abstract
Prof. Amelia Katanski
“Writing the Living Law: American Indian Literature as Legal Narrative.” — Katanski Abstract
Dr. Jennifer Camden & Ms. Kate Fort
“Cooper’s The Pioneers & Johnson v. M’Intosh: Legal Fictions of 1823” — Camden & Fort Abstract
Mr. Stuart Rieke & Ms. Monique Vondall-Rieke
“Perceptions of Restorative Justice: A Winter’s Tale, A Jury of Her Peers, and Shamengwa” — Abstract
Moderator: Zeke Fletcher
2:00-2:10 p.m. Closing: Asiniis Singers
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