Continuing Legal Education - University of Washington School of Law

Please note: The conference is POSTPONED from original date of August 5-6, 2003. Please contact UW CLE for information on rescheduling.

Tribal Leaders Workshop:
Indigenous Peoples Legal Rights to Land,
Self-Government and Economic Self-Sufficiency

Conducted by: Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program
James E. Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona

Co-sponsors: Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy
(Founded by the Morris K. Udall Foundation
and the University of Arizona)
and the
Native American Law Center
(University of Washington Law School)

Program Highlights
Faculty
Program Schedule
Credits
Discounts and Refunds
Accommodations for Disabilities
Hotel Discounts

Program Highlights

This Tribal Leaders Workshop, designed and taught by the internationally recognized group of law faculty and experts at the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy(IPLP) Program, will provide Tribal Leaders, along with tribal judges, lawyers and policymakers with the knowledge, tools, and expertise they need to understand and make important policy decisions about the laws and legislation that currently govern indigenous peoples’ legal rights to land and natural resources, self-government, and economic self-sufficiency. The workshop will offer a specialized executive education and training curriculum for Tribal Leaders on the legal and law-related policy issues that are of critical importance to successful and sustained tribal nation-building efforts today.

The IPLP Tribal Leaders Workshop is co-sponsored by the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy, founded by the Morris K. Udall Foundation and The University of Arizona, and the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington School of Law. The Workshop is accredited through the Washington State Bar Association to allow resident practitioners to earn CLE credits for attending.

Faculty

Robert A. Williams, Jr.

Professor Williams is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of U..S. federal Indian law and indigenous peoples' human rights. His works on these subjects include The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest (1990); Linking Arms Together: American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace, 1600-1800 (1997); and Federal Indian Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., 1998, with D. Getches and C. Wilkinson).

Professor Williams has received awards from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Soros Foundation Open Society Institute, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Institute of Justice to support his research and advocacy on behalf of Indian tribes and indigenous peoples. He has represented tribes and indigenous peoples in North America and around the world. He served as co-counsel for Floyd Hicks, the named plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case, Nevada v.Hicks (2001 term), and has also represented the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council in their human rights petition before the Organization of American States Human rights Commission. He has served as Associate Justice and Chief Justice for the Pascua Yaqui Reservation Court of Appeals and presently serves as Judge Pro Tempore for the Tohono O'odham Nation.

S. James Anaya

Professor Anaya is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost scholars and advocates in the field of indigenous peoples' human rights. He has taught on the law faculty at the University of Iowa, and has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the University of Toronto, and the University of Tulsa. His numerous publications include his book, Indigenous Peoples in International Law (1996).

Professor Anaya has represented indigenous groups throughout the world before domestic courts and international human rights organizations. He was lead counsel and argued Nevada v. Hicks, before the US Supreme Court, and successfully argued the landmark human rights case, Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Robert Alan Hershey

Founding Director of the University of Arizona's internationally recognized IPLP Clinic, Robert Hershey has assisted tribes throughout North America in forming and revising tribal constitutions and conducted numerous training workshops for tribal judges, court personnel,and law enforcement officials. A former Staff Attorney for the Dinebeiina Nahilna Be Agaditahe (DNA) on the Navajo Reservation, he has also served as Special Litigation Counsel and Law Enforcement Legal Advisor to the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and as Special Counsel to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. He currently serves as Judge Pro Tempore for the Tohono O'odham judiciary.

James Hopkins

Professor Hopkins graduated from Harvard Law School with a joint Masters of Laws and International Tax Program in June 2000, and is a recipient of the Harvard University International Tax Program's Award for Excellence in Research and Writing. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of United States and Canadian indigneous peoples rights, native economic development, native taxation issues and international trade law.

Donald W. Nicholls
Vine Deloria, Jr. Fellow and Program Coordinator
The University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law

Donald W. Nicholls is the Vine Deloria Jr. Fellow of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. He is a member of the Eastern James Bay Cree and has extensive knowledge and experience in areas of Aboriginal Justice, Indigenous law, education systems, and modern day governance. Donald Nicholls holds a B.A. (Economics) from U.W.O, a LL.B. from University of Toronto, a B.C.L. from McGill University and an LL.M. from the University of Arizona. He is currently the Coordinator for the Northern Tribes Initiative at the University of Arizona.

Schedule

	Tuesday August 5, 2003
8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks Robert T. Anderson Director, Native American Law Center University of Washington Law School
9:00 a.m.	Indigenous Peoples Rights to Land, Self-Government and Economic Self-Sufficiency: The United States Self-Determination Model Robert A. Williams, Jr.:
11:30 a.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.	The Special Nation-Building Role of Tribal Constitutions and Tribal Courts Robert Hershey
3:30 p.m.	Adjourn for the day
	Wednesday, August 6, 2003
9:00 a.m.	Indigenous Peoples Rights and International Human Rights Law: Emerging Norms and Standards S. James Anaya
11:30 a.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.	Gaming, Resource Development and Native Entrepreneurship: Current Laws and Legislation James Hopkins
3:00 p.m.	Native Rights and Law in Canada: Aboriginal Rights to Land and Self-Government and Canada's Treaty Process Robert A. Williams Jr. and Donald Nicholls
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn

Credits

CLE credits pending. For more information regarding CLE credits, contact UW CLE at 206-543-0059.

Refunds/Cancellations

Refunds are available up to five business days prior to the program. In lieu of refund we encourage participants to send a substitute. Please notify UW CLE of any requests for refunds or substitutions. All cancellations are subject to a $30 handling charge.

Accommodations for Disabilities

dso@u.washington.edu

Hotel Discounts

Watertown Hotel: 4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105; 206-826-4242 or 866-944-4242; US$129 studio/US$145 suite. Reservations deadline: July 2, 2003. www.watertownseattle.com

Best Western University Tower: 4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105; 206-634-2000 or 800-899-0251; US $99 single or double. Reservations deadline: June 1, 2003. www.meany.com

Silver Cloud Inn, University Village: 5036 25th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105; 206-526-5200 or 800-205-6940; US $99 single or double. Reservations deadline: July 2, 2003. www.silvercloud.com

Tribal Leaders Workshop: Indigenous Peoples Legal Rights to Land, Self-Government and Economic Self-Sufficiency