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
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9:15 – 10:00 AM |
Keynote Address
- Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior – Indian Affairs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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5:15 – 6:30 PM |
Closing Reception |
