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March 6, 2014 - Hotel Angeleno, 170 N Church Ln, Los Angeles, CA 90049

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Posters Session Contest // Welcome Reception

March 7, 2014 - UCLA School of Law, Room 1357, 385 Charles E. Young Drive, East, Los Angeles, CA 90095

All keynotes and panels will be held at Room 1357, unless otherwise noted

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Registration // Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 AM

Welcome Remarks

  • Dean Rachel Moran, Dean, and Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
  • Angela R. Riley, Professor, UCLA School of Law, and Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center

9:15 – 10:00 AM

Keynote Address

  • Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior – Indian Affairs

10:00 – 10:15 AM

Break

10:15 – 11:30 AM

Plenary 1: Innovations in Law

  • Kristen A. Carpenter, Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of American Indian Law Program, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Carole E. Goldberg, Vice Chancellor, UCLA Academic Personnel, and Jonathan D. Varat Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
  • Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Law, Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University
  • Moderator: Angela R. Riley, Professor, UCLA School of Law, and Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center

11:30 – 12:00 PM

Break & Serve Lunch

12:00 – 12:45 PM

Lunchtime Keynote Address // Poster Session Winner Awarded

  • Joseph P. Kalt, Professor, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and Director, Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development

12:45 – 1:00 PM

Break

1:00 – 2:15 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions: Pressing Issues in Good Native Governance

Break Out 1: Cultural and Natural Resources Protection
Room 2448

  • Jason Camp, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, United Auburn Indian Community
  • Marshall McKay, Tribal Council Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
  • Reginald Pagaling, Tribal Cultural Bearer & Native American Heritage Commissioner
  • Moderator: Wendy Teeter, Curator of Archaeology, UCLA Fowler Museum

 

Break Out 2: Indian Gaming in California
Room 1430

  • Victor Rocha, Owner/Operator, Pechanga.net
  • Alexander Tallchief Skibine, Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
  • Jonathan Taylor, President, The Taylor Policy Group, Inc.
  • Moderator: William Wood, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School

 

Break Out 3: Tribal Constitutional Revitalization
Room 2357

  • Jill Doerfler, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Department of American Indian Studies
  • Devon Lomayesva, In-house Counsel, Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians
  • Melissa L. Tatum, Research Professor of Law, and Director, Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
  • Moderator: Addie C. Rolnick, Associate Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

2:15 – 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 – 3:45 PM

Plenary 2: The Cutting Edge of Economic Development in Indian Country

  • Sherry Salway Black, Director, Partnership for Tribal Governance, National Congress of American Indians
  • Miriam Jorgensen, Research Director, Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy (NNI), The University of Arizona Center for Studies in Public Policy
  • Robert Miller, Professor of Law, The Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
  • Moderator: Randall Akee, Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Policy

3:45 – 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 – 5:15 PM

Plenary 3: Innovative Research in Education: Educating Tomorrow’s Tribal Leaders

  • Tiffany S. Lee, Associate Professor, The University of New Mexico, Native American Studies
  • Sheilah E. Nicholas, Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies
  • Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Program Officer, Wakanyeja “Sacred Little Ones” Early Childhood Education Initiative, American Indian College Fund
  • Moderator: Teresa L. McCarty, G.F. Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

5:15 – 6:30 PM

Closing Reception