Movie Screening & Reception: The Cherokee Word for Water – Tuesday, September 16 at 5:15 pm

Movie Screening & Reception:  The Cherokee Word for Water

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 / Armstrong Hall / Great Hall
5:15 p.m.  – 7:00 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public.  Cherokee Word for Water Movie Screening
Producers Kristina Kiehl and Charlie Soap will be on-hand for Q&A following the screening.  Reception following the screen sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch Native American Professional Network.

Hosted by the Indian Legal Program.  Please join us.   Please forward this invitation to your friends, family and colleagues.
See movie trailer at:  http://tinyurl.com/CherokeeWord
Sign-up for free event tickets at: https://thecherokeewordforwater.eventbrite.com
Contact:  Darlene.lester@asu.edu

 

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AN INSPIRING STORY ABOUT A REMARKABLE WOMAN

AND THE POWER OF COMMUNITY

The Cherokee Word for Water is a very rare story because it is about the empowerment                       of people who have been made to feel they have no power.”

Gloria Steinem, Friend of Wilma Mankiller

The Cherokee Word for Water is a feature-length motion picture that tells the story of the work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern woman Chief of the Cherokee Nation. 

The movie is based on the true story of the Bell Waterline Project. Set in the early 1980s in the homes of a rural Oklahoma Cherokee community where many houses lack running water and others are little more than shacks. After centuries of being dehumanized and dispossessed of their land and identity, the people no longer feel they have power or control over their lives or future.

Led by Wilma Mankiller (played by Kimberly Guerrero, A&E’s Longmire) and fullblood Cherokee organizer Charlie Soap (played by Mo Brings Plenty, Netflix’s House of Cards), using the traditional concept of gadugi – working together to solve a problem, they inspired the community to trust each other, and reawaken universal indigenous values. Together with a community of volunteers they build nearly twenty miles of waterline to save their community. The successful completion of the waterline led to Wilma’s election as Chief, Wilma and Charlie’s marriage and sparked a movement of similar self-help projects across the Cherokee nation and in Indian country that continues to this day.

A long journey to bring this personal story to the screen, first-time filmmakers Charlie Soap directed and produced the film with Kristina Kiehl, women’s rights leader and friend of Wilma and Charlie, serving as Producer.  The Cherokee Word for Water was executive produced by Paul Heller (My Left Foot) and Laurene Powell, co-directed by Tim Kelly with cinematography by Lisa Leone, and a screenplay from Tim Kelly and Louise Rubacky.

The Cherokee Word for Water was funded through the Wilma Mankiller Foundation to continue her legacy of social justice and community development in Indian Country. Support is tax deductible and profits fund positive portrayals of American Indians and programs for Indian communities across the country.

See Indian Country Today Article

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/15/telling-wilma-mankillers-story-cherokee-word-water-148725

www.cw4w.com

facebook.com/thecherokeewordforwater
twitter.com/wordforwater
youtube.com/cw4w2009

The Cherokee Word for Water Flyer

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona has several openings for experienced attorneys

Announcements

We would like to share with you the following vacancy announcements.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona has several openings for experienced attorneys.  

Justice seeks to attract, retain, and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from all walks of life. The work environment and atmosphere is open, diverse, collegial, and inclusive. There are active affinity groups for African-American; Asian-American; Hispanic; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); and Native American employees, which are open to all DOJ employees regardless of background. Justice fosters a work environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences may reach their full potential.

Thank you for your help in disseminating these vacancy announcements.  These and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/attorneys-vacancies.

 

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Job Opportunities

Job Announcements:

Save the Date – Indian Legal Program Welcome Dinner – August 27, 2014

Please join us in welcoming the ILP’s newly admitted students of 2014.

Date: August 27, 2014
Time:  6:00 p.m.
Place: Round House Cafe, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Comm, 10005 E. Osbourne Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

The Indian Legal Program Welcome Dinner brings together faculty, current students, alumni, law school staff and administration, and legal and native communities to welcome the ILP’s 2014 incoming students.  Please join us!

RSVP – Darlene Lester at darlene.lester@asu.edu or call 480-965-7715.

See below map to SRPMIC  Two Waters Complex, 10005 E. Osbourne Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

Please see Google Directions at http://goo.gl/maps/qMgBL.

Job Opportunity – Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Louisville, CO Office

Job Opportunity – Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Louisville, CO Office
Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP is a nationwide law firm dedicated to the representation of American Indian tribes and organizations.
Our firm goes beyond basic legal services to include legislative and governmental issues, corporate and financial affairs, energy and tax
issues as well as litigation in many forums, including state, federal and tribal courts.

We are seeking for our Louisville, Colorado office:
• A seasoned Litigation Attorney with 5 – 10 years of experience
• An experienced Transaction Attorney with, prefer, 5 years of experience; Experience with environmental law is a plus

Minimum Qualifications include:
• Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school
• Status as an active member in good standing of the bar in at least one state jurisdiction and willing to obtain licensure in Colorado
• Must have experience working with Indian tribes and/or tribal entities on a wide variety of legal issues
• Proven skills in effectively communicating with tribal clients, opposing co-counsel, and federal/state/tribal agency representatives
• Excellent analytical, research, and writing abilities

CO Atty 

Job Opportunity – Cultural Resources Specialist

 

Job Vacancy Announcement
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Job Title:  Cultural Resources Specialist
Job Announcement Number:  DEU-WTB-2014-007
SALARY RANGE: $75,621.00 to $138,136.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:  May 22, 2014, to June 06, 2014

DUTIES:
The incumbent serves as a Cultural Resources (Historic Preservation) expert in the Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), using accepted, as well as state-of-the-art, anthropological, archeological, and historic preservation procedures and techniques to ensure that the construction of facilities by or on behalf of Commission licensees and applicants complies with NEPA, NHPA, and other preservation laws. The facilities under consideration will include communications antenna structures (towers) and appurtenant facilities, primarily those constructed for wireless communications services, but also those constructed for broadcast, cable television, and other communications services authorized by the Commission, as well as antennas that may be located on existing communications towers or other structures such as buildings and used for wireless or other communications services, and may possibly,  also, include other facilities constructed by or on behalf of Commission licensees. The incumbent will provide support and expertise to WTB and other Bureaus and Offices of the Commission in applying the NHPA, NEPA, ACHP rules, and the Commission’s environmental rules to applications and other matters that implicate these environmental and historic preservation statutes and rules.

Link to announcement:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/370829600

Job Opportunity – Deputy Attorney General, CRIT

Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) has an opening for a Deputy Attorney General position in CRIT’s Prosecutor’s Office. CRIT is looking for someone with a year or more of criminal law experience (prosecution or defense); Indian Country experience is great but not required.

The areas of your prosecution would range from small crimes (petty theft) to major crimes (like arson and homicide). A large part of the criminal docket is domestic violence prosecution. I’m a Deputy Attorney General in CRIT’s civil section, but I’ve covered some criminal hearings and did a trial. If anyone has questions about the job or what its like to live/work on the California-Arizona border, feel free to email Fatima Abbas at fabbas1986@gmail.com

Applications Being Accepted for a Vacancy on the Maricopa County Superior Court

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 20, 2014

Contact:  Blanca Moreno
(602) 452-3308

Applications are being accepted for a vacancy on the Superior Court in Maricopa County created by the resignation of Judge Douglas Rayes.

The Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments will review applications, interview selected applicants and recommend at least three nominees for the vacancy to Governor Jan Brewer, who will appoint the new judge.

Applicants must be at least 30 years old, admitted to practice law in Arizona, a resident of Arizona for the past five years, and a resident of Maricopa County for the past year.

Applications can be obtained from the Administrative Office of the Courts, Human Resources Department, 1501 W. Washington, Suite 221, Phoenix, AZ. 85007; by calling (602) 452-3311; by sending an electronic mail request to: jnc@courts.az.gov; or at the Judicial Department website:  http://www.azcourts.gov/jnc.

The original completed application, 5 double-sided copies, and a single-sided copy must be returned to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Human Resources Department, 1501 W. Washington, Suite 221, Phoenix, AZ, 85007, by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2014.

Applicants for the recent vacancies in Maricopa County DO need to reapply to be considered for the new vacancy.

The Commission may, at its discretion, use the applications filed for this vacancy to nominate candidates for any additional vacancies known to the Commission before the screening meeting for this vacancy is held.

All meetings of the Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments are open to the public.  Meeting dates will be announced.  The new judge will be paid $145,000 annually.