BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Federal Bar Association - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.fedbar.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Federal Bar Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240406 DTSTAMP:20260416T223024 CREATED:20230727T144332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T191112Z UID:381479-1712188800-1712361599@www.fedbar.org SUMMARY:2024 Indian Law Conference DESCRIPTION:Event Recap\nAdvancing Tribal Sovereignty through Everyday Practice and Representation\nThe FBA Indian Law Section and 800 invested law professionals gathered in Albuquerque\, NM this past April 4-5 for collaborative education and conversation. This was a sell out event! \nIn the past year\, Tribes have seen the direct impact of issues coming before the courts. Educational sessions at our Annual Indian Law Conference were developed to help practitioners understand recent litigation developments and turn the conversation forward for Indian Country. It is essential that Indigenous law practitioners are at the ready to protect critical rights and advance tribal sovereignty. The conference also addressed how practitioners can help Tribes and Indigenous individuals protect their rights\, lands\, communities\, and culture while maintaining collaborative efforts with state and U.S. Federal governments. Panelists included practitioners who have been involved in recent pivotal cases before the Supreme Court\, those who have forged the path for Indigenous presence in the Federal judicial\, legislative\, and executive branches\, and those working directly to represent Tribes on critical issues faced by Tribal governments on a daily basis. \nCo-Hosted by the Indian Law Section \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\nEvent Partner\n \nConference Contributor \n \nReception Sponsor (Limited)\nWilmerHale \nBreakfast/Break Sponsor\nPatterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP\nRothstein Donatelli LLP \nProgram Patron\nAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld\nUniversity of Oklahoma College of Law \nTribal Sponsor \nUnited South and Eastern Tribes \n\nAgenda\nSession times are posted as Mountain Standard Time and subject to change. \nWednesday\, April 3\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Check-in and Set-up\n5:00 – 6:00 PM | Registration (Badge pick-up)\n \nThursday\, April 4 \n7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration + Breakfast \n8:30 AM | Welcome Remarks \n8:45 – 10:15 AM | [CLE] Supreme Court Update: Major Trends in Indian Law\nThis panel will review recent Supreme Court decisions in Indian law including Haaland v. Brackeen\, Lac du Flambeau v. Coughlin\, and Arizona v. Navajo Nation. The panel will also examine recent trends in statutory construction that could have significant impact on federal Indian law as well as other developments at the Supreme Court. \n\nJulius Chen\, Partner\, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP\nMelody McCoy\, Staff Attorney\, Native American Rights Fund\nHeather Whiteman Runs Him\, Director\, Tribal Justice Clinic\, James E. Rogers College of Law\, University of Arizona\n\n10:15 – 10:45 AM | Morning Break \n10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | [CLE] Treaty Rights and the Trust Responsibility\nThe panel will discuss the decision in Navajo against the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in the Culverts case as well as the executive branch’s work on the Treaty Rights MOU and Treaty Database\, and the new Executive Order Tribal Self-Determination and trust responsibly. \n\nAlex Pearl\, Professor of Law\, University of Oklahoma\nHeather Tanana\, Visiting Professor\, University of California – Irvine School of Law\nHeather Dawn Thompson\, Director\, Office of Tribal Relations\, Office of the Secretary\, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)\n\n12:15 – 12:45 PM | Exhibit Hall \n12:45 – 2:00 PM | Keynote Luncheon: Bending the 21st Century into a Great Indian Country Century \nPrincipal Chief Chuck Hoskin\, Jr.\, Cherokee Nation \nChuck Hoskin Jr. serves as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation\, the largest tribe in the United States with more than 450\,000 citizens. Prior to being elected in 2019\, and re-elected in 2023\, he was Cherokee Nation’s Secretary of State and also served as a member and Deputy Speaker of the Council of the Cherokee Nation. \n2:00 – 2:30 PM | Exhibit Hall \n2:30 – 3:30 PM | [CLE] After Brackeen: The Future of ICWA Practice\nThe panel will revisit Brackeen v. Haaland and look forward to what lies ahead for addressing child welfare issues in Indian country. The panel will include a primer on ICWA as well as emerging practice issues in ICWA cases throughout the country including the rise in foster parent intervention\, transferring jurisdiction\, and the application of ICWA in private contexts. \n\nAdelina Gomez\, Staff Attorney\, New Mexico Legal Aid Native American Program\nKendra Martinez\, Tribal Attorney\, Suquamish Indian Tribe\nKace Rodwell\, Staff Attorney\, Oklahoma Indian Legal Services\n\n2:30 – 3:30 PM | [CLE] Protecting Sacred Places– Shortcomings and Available Tools\nProtecting sacred places is challenging because United States’ laws often fail to protect lands\, waters\, and other features of the natural landscape that are integral to traditional cultural practices and ways of life. The panel will explore the complexities of protecting sacred places by looking at the shortcomings of federal law and discuss recent cases regarding Oak Flat and Bears Ears. The panel will also discuss how international law and institutions can play an important role in protecting sacred places. \n\nMatthew Campbell\, Deputy Director\, Native American Rights Fund\nKristen A. Carpenter\, Council Tree Professor of Law\, Director\, American Indian Law Program\, University of Colorado Law School\nChase A. Velasquez\, Associate\, Rothstein Donatelli LLP\n\n3:30 – 4:00 PM | Afternoon Break \n4:00 – 5:30 PM | [CLE] What’s the Matter with Oklahoma?\nFollowing the Supreme Court’s decisions in McGirt v. Oklahoma and Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta\, Oklahoma and its courts continue to make decisions that question the very foundations of federal Indian law forcing many of us to question “What’s the matter with Oklahoma?” \n\nStephen Greetham\, Principal\, Greetham Law\, P.L.L.C\nChad Harsha\, Attorney General\, Cherokee Nation\nDylan Hedden-Nicely\, Director\, Native American Law Program\, University of Idaho\, College of Law\nGeri Wisner\, Attorney General\, Muscogee (Creek) Nation\n\n5:30 – 7:00 PM | Reception \nFriday\, April 5 \n7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration + Breakfast \n8:25 – 10:00 AM | [CLE] Case Law Developments in Tribal Nations’ Ability to Protect Their Interests Through Sovereign Immunity\nLike other governments\, Tribal Nations possess sovereign immunity from suit. But recent case law has threatened to chip away at this sovereign right. This summer\, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Lac du Flambeau that Congress via the U.S. Bankruptcy Code abrogated Tribal Nations’ sovereign immunity despite not specifically referring to Tribal Nations in that statute. Further\, the federal government continues to argue that it adequately represents Tribal Nations’ interests in the face of Rule 19 assertions\, including in the Maverick and Seminole gaming compact cases. This panel will discuss these important developments and what they mean for Tribal Nations’ ability to protect their sovereign interests. \n\nChristine Masse\, Partner\, Miller Nash LLP\nRebecca Ross\, Senior Attorney\, Indian Resources Section\, Environment and Natural Resources Division\, U.S. Department of Justice\nKaighn Smith\, Of Counsel\, Drummond Woodsum\n\n10:00 – 10:30 AM | Morning Break \n10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | [CLE] Trends in Indian Law Litigation: Coordinated Briefing and Representation\nThis panel will focus on the Tribal Supreme Court Project’s coordinated briefing and effectiveness using Haaland v. Brackeen as a case study. The panel will also discuss who’s litigating cases and how to increase representation of American Indians and Alaska Natives at the highest levels of oral advocacy. \n\nSage Metoxen\, Principal Attorney\, Navajo Nation Department of Justice\, Litigation Unit\nLeonard R. Powell\, Special Counsel\, Jenner & Block\nMorgan Saunders\, Staff Attorney\, Native American Rights Fund\n\n12:00 – 12:30 PM | Exhibit Hall \n12:30 – 1:30 PM | Awards Luncheon\nPresentation of Lawrence R. Baca Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Lloyd Miller\, Partner\nSonosky\, Chambers\, Sachse\, Miller & Monkman LLP \n1:30 – 2:00 PM | Exhibit Hall \n2:00 – 3:00 PM | [CLE] A Year After Dobbs: Women’s Health in Indian Country\nThis panel will focus on the legal and social issues that impact the health of Native women. The Dobbs decision spurred new national conversations about abortion\, including discussions on the significance for Indian Country. This panel adds to the discourse by emphasizing the experience of Native women in accessing healthcare\, particularly with regards to maternal and reproductive healthcare. Panelists will provide the historical and legal context\, as well as an on-the-ground perspective\, for the provision of healthcare to Native women and youth—with coverage of Indian Health Service\, Tribal health services\, Urban Indian Health Programs\, and mutual aid organizing—while also handling reproductive health topics such as access to birth control and maternity care deserts.\n \n\nAlia Hoss\, Associate Professor\, Indiana University McKinney School of Law\nRachael Lorenzo\, Co-Founder and Executive Director\, Indigenous Women Rising \nVanessa Racehorse\, Assistant Professor of Law\, University of New Mexico School of Law\n\n2:00 – 3:00 PM | [CLE] Implementation of Trust Obligations through Federal Funding\nThe United States owes perpetual trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations that require the federal government to provide funding and services in exchange for the taking of significant Tribal land and resources.  Yet\, the United States has never fulfilled these sacred obligations\, both because it has not provided appropriations sufficient to fully fund all necessary services and because the manner in which services are provided is most often restrictive and paternalistic.  This panel will discuss examples of federal actions that have succeeded in helping the United States to better meet its obligations\, including through the ISDEAA\, PL 477\, and Executive Order 14112 that was recently issued during the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit.  Additionally\, the panel will discuss ongoing Tribal advocacy efforts aimed at reframing the United States’ obligations within a diplomatic context that will help achieve full and mandatory funding sufficient to meet all trust and treaty obligations. \n\nKitcki Carroll\, Executive Director\, United South and Eastern Tribes\nAnthony Morgan Rodman\, Executive Director\, White House Council on Native American Affairs\nGeoff Strommer\, Partner\, Hobbs\, Straus\, Dean & Walker \n\n3:00 – 3:30 PM | Afternoon Break \n3:30 – 5:00 PM | [CLE] Representation Matters: Ethical Considerations in Representing Your Tribe\nThis panel will explore the ethical considerations that Native people deal with when representing their own tribe. The panel will address the complexities that arise when native people are attorneys for their own tribe and will address ABA Model Rules 1.6\, 1.8\, and 1.13. The panel will include perspectives from both government attorneys and private practice attorneys. \n\nMichael-Corey F. Hinton\, Attorney\, Drummond Woodsum\nMary Neil\, Senior Legal Counsel\, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe\nAmanda White Eagle\, Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center Director\, University of Wisconsin Law School\n\n\nCLE\nThe FBA will seek 11 total CLE credit hours (including 1.5 ethics) for 60-minute states\, and 13.2 total CLE credit hours (including 1.8 ethics) for 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimates and subject to respective state approval and reporting rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction and the FBA takes every measure to collaborate with presenters to ensure approval. Accrediting agencies typically decide whether a program qualifies for credit in their jurisdiction 4-8 weeks after the program application is submitted. For many live events\, credit approval is not received prior to the program. Documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email\, upon state bar approval. \nThe FBA partners with ConferenceAdit LLC to track and report CLE credit for national conferences. Attendees are responsible for uploading their state bar information and tracking attendance through a dedicated webpage\, issued in advance of the conference. Attendees will be instructed to check in and out of each panel to timestamp attendance. Approximately two weeks following the conference\, personalized certificates will be issued via email. \nLearn more about Continuing Legal Education (CLE) operations and reporting. \n\nEmail Communication Policy: By registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nFinancial Assistance: Program registrants (both FBA members and nonmembers) who are unable to afford the registration fee may receive a 50% discount on the member rate. Qualifying attorneys include those who are unemployed or actively seeking employment. A formal letter requesting the discount must be emailed to meetings@fedbar.org. That letter needs to state the reason for the attorney’s interest in the course or activity\, as well as proof of income or an explanation of the financial hardship\, and it must be signed by the requesting lawyer. \nScholarship Program: A limited number of discounted conference tickets ($375) are available through an established scholarship program. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and be involved in Indian law issues through law practice\, governmental agencies\, or educational institutions. The deadline for scholarship submissions was Friday\, February 17. \n  \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact events@fedbar.org. URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/indianlaw24/ LOCATION:Sandia Resort & Casino\, 30 Rainbow Rd\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87113\, US CATEGORIES:Indian Law Section ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IndianLaw24-graphics_Web-Ad.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR