{"id":16490,"date":"2025-12-16T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/?p=16490"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:36:46","slug":"governing-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2025\/12\/16\/governing-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Governing for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16490\" class=\"elementor elementor-16490\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54700565 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54700565\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc56726\" data-id=\"5dc56726\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4e38d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4e38d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-1024x602.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-1536x903.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-2048x1204.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/GTF-panel-500x294.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3824381f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3824381f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Indian Legal Program and Tribal Self-Governance Program brought together Tribal leaders, federal officials, practitioners and scholars from across Indian Country for the webinar, <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/click.reply.asu.edu\/?qs=eyJkZWtJZCI6IjRhYmRjNGU4LTdjZGUtNDA1MS1iNTgyLWEzZjczMWQxYzA1NCIsImRla1ZlcnNpb24iOjEsIml2IjoiUmVmMVVxdVlSeFRnTWtQRXdpejMzdz09IiwiY2lwaGVyVGV4dCI6InVFVzUrR1RtbS9qS3kyYk45Q3VYQ2VDS1I1bHgvVkljemFvaDZEZmYxcWwvaFZBWVZzc0w4LzZZaklqYTBiajllSldiL09KRlIxK0RPQ1pPMHlPVWcwRHJFVFkyTS8xRjUvVlNxNWhIRk9BeVE4VENMUGZmIiwiYXV0aFRhZyI6Ilg0TTRKazdUSTVTRFFPc1JOall6L1E9PSJ9\">Governing for the Future: Building the Next 50 Years of Tribal Self-Governance<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> on Dec. 11. 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Ron Allen, chairman of the Jamestown S&#8217;Klallam Tribe; Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Jason Bruno, director of the Office of Self-Governance at the U.S. Department of the Interior; Benjamin Smith, deputy director of the Indian Health Service; and <strong>Jay Spaan<\/strong>, executive director of Tribal Self-Governance and adjunct faculty at ASU Law.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Together, the panelists shared insights drawn from decades of experience in Tribal governance, federal policy and self-determination. 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