International Law Impacts on Tribal-Federal Relationship – Tulsa, OK

September 16, 2010 - Indian Law - Tagged: ,

The University of Tulsa College of Law presents International Law: Future Impacts on the Tribal-Federal Relationship, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. For more information or to register, contact Lesley Scruggs at (918) 631-3416, or lesley-scruggs [at] utulsa.edu.

Speakers and topics:

  • Julian Burger, retired Coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Unit, Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, “Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations — Some Good Runs But the Match is Not Over”
  • Joshua Cooper, Lecturer in political science at the University of Hawai’i East-West Center, Director of the Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights, and Director of Four Freedoms Forum
  • Robert “Tim” Coulter, Executive Director of the Indian Law Resource Center in Helena, Montana, and Washington D.C.
  • Walter R. Echo-Hawk, Adjunct Professor, TU College of Law, and Of Counsel for Crowe and Dunlevy, “The Impact of the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the Future of Federal Indian Law”
  • Elizabeth Kronk, Assistant Professor, University of Montana School of Law, and Chief Judge, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Court of Appeals, “Modern Miner’s Canary: The Effects of Climate Change on Indigenous Communities in China and the United States”
  • Chief J. Wilton “Willie” Littlechild, International Chief for Treaty Nos. 6, 7 & 8 (Alberta), and former two-term member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, “For Respect and Recognition!” (Indigenous Peoples International Work)
  • Bryan Newland, Policy Adviser to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Aliza Organick, Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, “Re-envisioning Tribal and State Relationships: The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a Blueprint?”
  • Rebecca Tsosie, Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar, Professor of Law, and Executive Director, Indian Legal Program,
    at Arizona State University School of Law, “The Future of Tribal Self-Determination: Does U.S. Federal Indian Law Meet International Standards for Indigenous Rights?”