Category Archives: Professors
Professor Rebecca Tsosie appointed Associate Vice Provost for Academic Excellence and Inclusion
Congratulations to ILP’s Professor Rebecca Tsosie who has been appointed Associate Vice Provost for Academic Excellence and Inclusion for Arizona State University.
“I am very excited about my appointment,” Tsosie said. “It has allowed me to become more familiar with the needs of all students for a diverse and academically rigorous education, which will enable students to succeed in many different aspects of public life, including graduate education and employment opportunities.”
Robert Clinton speaks at NMAI – YouTube Video available
The National Museum of the American Indian hosted a special symposium celebrating the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian’s landmark exhibition, Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations, and the notable book of the same title that accompanies the exhibition. In this segment, Robert N. Clinton speaks on “Treaties with Native Nations: Iconic Historical Records or Modern Necessity?”
The ILP welcomes back Kate Rosier!
Welcome Back Kate!
Kathlene “Kate” Rosier is returning as the executive director of the Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Rosier, who left the College of Law in 2011 to become the assistant general counsel for the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, served as the Indian Legal Program’s director for 11 years.
“I feel like I’m being reunited with family,” Rosier said about her return. “I love and missed the daily interaction with students, so I was excited to have the opportunity to come back.”
Rosier replaces Ann Marie Downes, who recently was appointed by the White House to serve in the assistant secretary’s office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosier will start on October 13.
http://www.law.asu.edu/News/CollegeofLawNews/TabId/803/ArtMID/7835/ArticleID/4733
http://www.law.asu.edu/News/CollegeofLawNews/TabId/803/ArtMID/7835/ArticleID/4733
Professor Robert N. Clinton receives the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native American Bar Association of Arizona
Congratulations to ILP’s Professor Robert N. Clinton who received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native American Bar Association of Arizona last Saturday at the 6th Annual NABA-AZ – The Seven Generations Annual Awards Dinner & Silent Auction.
Quote from Carole E. Goldberg, UCLA Law, Jonathan D. Varat Distinguished Professor of Law, Vice Chancellor, Academic Personnel. B.A. Smith College, 1968, J.D. Stanford, 1971
In the spirited exchanges over treatment of cases and doctrines, Bob was not shy about expressing his views, and more than held his own with more senior colleagues. His razor sharp analytical powers were on display from the start. It became my lifetime goal to stay on the right side of that blade. Over the next twenty years, I had occasion to learn from Bob’s many law review articles, including his classic explication of Indian country criminal jurisdiction – to this day called a “maze,” a term Bob coined – and his original designation of federal Indian policy as “colonialism.”
Some of the arguments about treatment of particular cases and doctrines, especially arguments between Bob and me, could get intense. Rebecca became very adept at ducking. But it was all done with respect and affection, and out of concern to make the casebook the best possible instrument for teaching federal Indian law. We even included a tribal court opinion that Bob had written, and proceeded to critique it in the Notes.
Congrats also goes out to the following ILP Alums:
Community Service Award: Diane Enos, President, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (Class of 1992)
NABA-AZ Member of the Year: Diandra D. Benally, Assistant General Counsel, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (Class of 2005)
Kevin Gover – Moving beyond the “imaginary Indians” perception
Please see the Washington Post article about Kevin Gover – Moving beyond the “imaginary Indians” perception.
Kevin Gover – Moving beyond the “imaginary Indians” perception at http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fred-hiatt-moving-beyond-the-imaginary-indians-perception/2014/09/21/ea1ee614-3f3b-11e4-9587-5dafd96295f0_story.html
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
facebook.com/thecherokeewordforwater
twitter.com/wordforwater
youtube.com/cw4w2009
ILP Alumni and Friends Reception
Thursday, April 10, 2014 – 5:30 p.m.
Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino
Jemez Terrace (Weather Permitting)
or Mesa Room (Alternate)
During the Federal Bar Association’s Indian Law Conference
Santa Fe, New Mexico
RSVP: Ann Marie Downes at 480-965-6204 or Ann.M.Downes@asu.edu
Click here to download flyer: ILP Alum event flyer 2014
Kevin Gover appears on “All In” with Chris Hayes
Please see Kevin Gover comments on What “Redskin” means to an American Indian.
Ferguson-Bohnee receives national appointments from Lawyers’ Committee, ABA
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Professor Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Faculty Director of the Indian Legal Program, was recentlyappointed National Commissioner for the Commission on Voting Rights by the organization Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law.
According to the Lawyers’ Committee, the Voting Rights Commission is dedicated to the struggle to achieve equality and protect advances in voting rights for racial and ethnic minorities and other traditionally disenfranchised groups.
Ferguson-Bohnee was also recently appointed by the American Bar Association (ABA) to the Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice and named Vice Chair of the ABA’s Committee on Native American Concerns of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section.
Ferguson-Bohnee has substantial experience in Indian law, election law and policy matters, voting rights, and status clarification of tribes. She has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and has represented tribal clients in administrative state, federal, and tribal courts, as well as before state and local governing bodies.