2012 Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference
April 19-20, 2012
| Hilton Resort at Buffalo Thunder Pueblo of Pojoaque Santa Fe, NM |
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The Federal Bar Associaton’s 37th Annual Indian Law Conference was held April 19-20, 2012 at Buffalo Thunder Casino in Santa Fe, NM. This year’s focus was on “Mapping Indian Law & Policy.”
Session discussions included such topics as The Shifting Boundaries of Tribal Identity, Inter-Governmental Jurisdictional Agreements, Cartography of Indian Country, Transporation Issues in Indian Country, and Internet Gaming Issues. Friday’s luncheon centered around a tribute to the life of the late David Getches.
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Warrior sculpture greeting patrons, by Pueblo Governor George Rivera
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Mingyi Kang, Phoenix, AZ, and Brian McClatchey, Spokane, WA
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Fern Bomchill, FBA National President; Hon. Michael McBride, Crowe & Dunlevy PC, with his wife Ping; and Todd Hembree, Attorney General, Cherokee Nation
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, president of the National Native American Bar Association, greets an attendee
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Todd Hembree, Attorney General, Cherokee Nation, talks with Daniel Cole, GIS Cordinator, GISP, Smithsonian Inst. and Daniel’s wife.
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Patrice Kunesh, Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, and 2012 Indian Law Conference Co-Chair
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Daniel Cole, GIS Cordinator, GISP, Smithsonian Institution
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Wenona Singel, Asst. Prof., Michigan State University College of Law
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Katy Jackman, Staff Attorney, National Congress of American Indians, moderates a workshop on federal court nominations
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Patrice Kunesh, Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, and 2012 Indian Law Conference Co-Chair, pays tribute to the late David Getches
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Frank Pommersheim, University of South Dakota Professor of Law, reads some original poetry in tribute to the late David Getches
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Kristen Carpenter, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School and FBA Indian Law Section Secretary
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Matthew Fletcher, Associate Professor, Michigan State University School of Law and FBA Indian Law Section Deputy Chair
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Jennifer Harvey Weddle, Greenberg Traurig LLP, FBA Indian Law Section Chair, and 2012 Indian Law Conference Chair
37th Annual Indian Law Conference Chairs
Matthew Fletcher, Associate Professor, Michigan State University School of Law (Section Deputy Chair), Venus McGhee Prince, Attorney General, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Andrew Adams III, Associate with Jacobson, Buffalo, Magnuson, Anderson & Hogen, P.C. (Section Treasurer), and Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Solicitor-Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Jennifer Weddle, and Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, president of the National Native American Bar Association
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Jack Lockridge is presented with a gift from the conference committee
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Attendees entered a drawing to win this handmade Native American pot
37th Annual Indian Law Conference
Andrew Adams III, Associate with Jacobson, Buffalo, Magnuson, Anderson & Hogen, P.C. (Section Treasurer), poses with Thorton Kyle Longie, William Mitchell College of Law
Be sure to attend the 38th Annual Indian Law Conference, which will be held April 11-12, 2013 at the Hilton Buffalo Thunder in Santa Fe, NM.