Category Archives: Professors

NABA-AZ Seven Generations Awards Dinner & Silent Auction – 2017 Honorees

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We are pleased to announce that the National Native American Bar Association is honoring Professor Kevin Gover with the Lifetime Achievement Award AND Director Kate Ramsay Rosier with the Member of the Year award!

Congratulations to all 2017 Honorees!

Please save the date! The 9th Annual Seven Generations Dinner and Silent Auction will take place on Saturday, September 9, 2017 from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, located at 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd, Chandler, Arizona 85048, Gila River Indian Community.

Please contact Kate Rosier at (480) 362-5409 or Jeff.Harmon@SRPMIC-nsn.gov, for more information.

Registration is now open – Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage – Dec. 6-8

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Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage Conference will be held Wednesday, December 6 – Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Memorial Union, Ventana Ballroom on ASU Tempe campus.

Registration at: law.asu.edu/climateimpacts

Download PDF flyer.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Williams at jennifer.h.williams@asu.edu or 480-727-0420.

SAVE THE DATE – Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage – Dec. 6-8

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Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage Conference will be held Wednesday, December 6 – Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Memorial Union, Ventana Ballroom on ASU Tempe campus.

Registration will open on August 1:
law.asu.edu/climateimpacts

Download PDF flyer.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Williams at jennifer.h.williams@asu.edu or 480-727-0420.

Legal News Updates from ILP

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US v. Gila Valley Irrigation District, No. 14-16942 (9th Cir., June 13, 2017):  http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/06/13/14-16942.pdf

https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/06/15/cronkite-news-tribes-win-decision-in-wat.asp

Gila River v. DCS, No. CV-16-0220-PR (Ariz., June 13, 2017):  http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Supreme/2017/Gila%20River%20v.%20DCS%20Opinion.pdf

https://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/arizona-supreme-court-decides-icwa-transfer-case/

http://azgovernor.gov/governor/news/2017/05/tohono-oodham-nation-and-state-arizona-settle-casino-litigation

ILP Welcome Dinner – Aug. 24

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ILP Welcome Dinner
August 24, 2017 / 6 p.m.
Beus Center for Law and Society
Conference Center, Room 544, 5th floor

Join the faculty, staff, students and alumni of the Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law for a casual reception. We’re excited to welcome newly admitted students to downtown Phoenix campus, and share information about our upcoming events and activities where students can get involved.

RSVP by August 18th to ILP@asu.edu or at 480.965.2922. Come join us!

Call for Presentations: 2017 Navajo Nation Law CLE

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The Indian Legal Program will host the 2017 Navajo Nation Law CLE on Friday, October 20, 2017 at the Beus Center for Law and Society located in downtown Phoenix ASU campus. I hope you will save the date an join us for this event. Please consider proposing individual session or a panel for this year’s event. The planning committee would love to hear your ideas. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Thanks in advance for your help.

Bill Means “Personal Experiences of an American Indian Movement Activist: From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock” – April 4

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ASU American Indian Studies and the Office of American Indian Initiatives are sponsoring a talk by Mr. Bill Means titled “Personal Experiences of an American Indian Movement Activist: From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock” on Tuesday, April 4th in Coor 5536 from 2:30 to 4:30.  Refreshments will be provided.  Bill is a long-time activist who has participated in numerous Indigenous initiatives in the national and international arenas since the early 1970s.