{"id":771,"date":"2022-11-01T15:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/?page_id=771"},"modified":"2025-11-13T22:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:27:05","slug":"annual-native-law-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/annual-native-law-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Annual Native Law Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tribal Nations and Self-Determination<\/h1>\n

Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 | 9:45 am\u20133:30 pm CST<\/p>\n

Mitchell Hamline School of Law Auditorium<\/p>\n

875 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105 (and live via webinar)<\/p>\n

Conference Registration<\/h2>\n

$50<\/strong>\u00a0for Active Bar licensed and\/or JD graduates
\n2.75 CLE credits and 1.0 Elimination of Bias credit approved by the Minnesota State Bar Association<\/p>\n

Free<\/strong> for all other attendees in service to public education<\/p>\n

Online registration is now closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Agenda<\/h2>\n

9:45-9:55 a.m. | Welcome<\/h3>\n

Prayer by Elder Janice Bad Moccasin, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (Hunkpati Dakota)<\/p>\n

Land Acknowledgment from Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) President Rachel Evangelisto, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/p>\n

Welcome from President and Dean Camille Davidson and Professor Angelique EagleWoman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate<\/p>\n

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10-10:50 a.m.<\/h3>\n

Asserting Tribal Sovereignty in Federal Legislative Developments<\/a><\/h3>\n

Shaun Eastman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, In-House Legal Counsel Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate<\/p>\n

Debra Flute, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, General Legal Counsel Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community<\/p>\n

Megan LaFromboise, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, In-House Counsel Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate<\/p>\n

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11 a.m.-12 p.m.<\/h3>\n

Protecting the Sacred from the Profit: Indigenous Intellectual Property<\/a><\/h3>\n

Professor Sherri Thomas, Taos Pueblo, Director, Law and Indigenous Peoples Program, University of New Mexico School of Law<\/p>\n

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12-1 p.m. | Lunch Break<\/h3>\n

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1-2 p.m.<\/h3>\n

Tribal Courts in the Self-Determination Era<\/a><\/h3>\n

Hon. Leonard Fineday, Secretary\/Treasurer, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe<\/p>\n

Hon. Mary Ringhand, Red Lake Band of Chippewa<\/p>\n

Hon. Lenor Scheffler Blaeser, Lower Sioux Indian Community<\/p>\n

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2:15-3:15 p.m.<\/h3>\n

Conversation on Political Status of Tribal Members and Issues of Identification<\/a><\/h3>\n

Professor Angelique EagleWoman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Director of the NALS Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law<\/p>\n

Professor Kim TallBear, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota<\/p>\n

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3:15-3:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks<\/h3>\n

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Speaker’s Biographies<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Questions?<\/h2>\n

Please contact us at NALS.Institute@mitchellhamline.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tribal Nations and Self-Determination Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 | 9:45 am\u20133:30 pm CST Mitchell Hamline School of Law Auditorium 875 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105 (and live via webinar) Conference Registration $50\u00a0for Active Bar licensed and\/or JD graduates 2.75 CLE credits and 1.0 Elimination of Bias credit approved by the Minnesota State Bar Association … <\/p>\n

2025 Annual Native Law Symposium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1931,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-771","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/native-american-law-and-sovereignty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}