Agenda

9:45-9:55 a.m. | Welcome

Prayer by Elder Janice Bad Moccasin, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (Hunkpati Dakota)

Land Acknowledgment from Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) President Rachel Evangelisto, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Welcome from President and Dean Camille Davidson and Professor Angelique EagleWoman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

10-10:50 a.m.

Asserting Tribal Sovereignty in Federal Legislative Developments

Shaun Eastman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, In-House Legal Counsel Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

Debra Flute, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, General Legal Counsel Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Megan LaFromboise, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, In-House Counsel Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

 

11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Protecting the Sacred from the Profit: Indigenous Intellectual Property

Professor Sherri Thomas, Taos Pueblo, Director, Law and Indigenous Peoples Program, University of New Mexico School of Law

 

12-1 p.m. | Lunch Break

 

1-2 p.m.

Tribal Courts in the Self-Determination Era

Hon. Leonard Fineday, Secretary/Treasurer, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Hon. Mary Ringhand, Red Lake Band of Chippewa

Hon. Lenor Scheffler Blaeser, Lower Sioux Indian Community

 

2:15-3:15 p.m.

Conversation on Political Status of Tribal Members and Issues of Identification

Professor Angelique EagleWoman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Director of the NALS Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Professor Kim TallBear, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota

 

3:15-3:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks

 

Speaker’s Biographies

 

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