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Please notify your faculty of the conference below.
November is Native American Heritage Month.
SC Perkins
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Rutgers School of Law at Newark
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>Subject: Florida Tribal Sovereignty Symposium
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> Tribal Sovereignty Symposium
> St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida
> December 1 and 2, 1994
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>St. Thomas University Human Rights Institute and the School of Law invite you
>to participate in an exciting conference that will analyze the state, and
>discuss the future, of Native America in interdisciplinary perspective. Under
>the title "Tribal Sovereignty: Back to the Future?", this academic symposium
>in honor of the First Americans and indigenous peoples around the world will
>address both culture and history, rights and status of Native Americans in
>this hemishpere and beyond. It is co-sponsored by the Oklahoma City
>University Native American Legal Resouce Center, and will take place on
>December 1 and 2, 1994 at St. Thomas University School of Law (Moot Court
>Room). It will be organized in conjunction with the first Inter-American
>tribal festival, the "Native American Cultural Festival," celebrated in
>Northeast Miami Memorial Park from December 1 through 4, 1994.
>
>The goal of this symposium is to create a platform for launching a sustained
>effort into becoming a center of research, writing and debating the problems
>faced, and aspirations held, by Native Americans. The conference will link
>premier actors and decision makers in the field of Indian law, both nationally
>and internationally. It is designed to introduce the UN Decade of Indigenous
>Peoples starting in 1995 at the local level. The target audience will be
>Indian tribes, scholars, students, lawyers and federal and state agencies
>affected as well as relevant non-governmental organizations interested in the
>welfare of indigenous peoples.
>
>Day One of this conference is devoted to the presentation and celebration of
>Indian culture and spirituality, followed by discussion of international and
>foreign countries' efforts to respond to the claims to respect for, and
>empowerment of, indigenous peoples in the Americas and beyond. Day Two will
>begin with an assessment of the claim to tribal sovereignty in th U.S.,
>followed by an analysis of tribal court systems and a discussion of economic
>development. Critical issues of federal Indian law will be addressed in the
>afternoon. They include Indian gaming, the Indian Child Welfare Act, Indian
>housing and health care as well as the protection of the environment in Indian
>Country.
>
>The conference features a fantastic array of speakers, ranging from the the
>Hon. Lawrence Hart, Peace Chief of the Cheyenne, The Hon. Ross O. Swimmer,
>former Principal Chief of the Cherokees and Head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian
>Affairs, The Hon. Ray Halbritter, Prepresentative of the Oneida Indian Nation
>of New York, G. Peter Jemison of the Seneca Nation, prominent members of the
>Florida Seminole and Miccosukee tribes as well as many other indigenous
>peoples in this hemisphere, to Prof. Erica-Irene Daes, Chairperson of the
>United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Prof. W. Michael
>Reisman, Yale, President of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, Prof.
>Bradford Morse, Chief of Staff of the Canadian Minister of Indian Affairs,
>Michael Cox, General Counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission and
>Herbert A. Becker, Deputy Director of the newly-established Office of Tribal
>Justice of the U.S. Justice Department, personal representative of the U.S.
>Attorney General, The Hon. Janet Reno -- to name but a few of the distingushed
>panelists.
>
>Due to the comprehensive coverage of the subject-matter, including expert
>speakers from Brazil to Alaska, the conference is spread over two days. We
>are confident that the symposum will make a significant contribution toward
>the intellectual analysis and development of policy designed to protect and
>empower indigenous peoples. Its papers and highlights of its discussions will
>be recorded in a special issue of the St. Thomas Law Review.
>
>Registrtion is required. Deadline for registration by mail is November 28,
>1994. The registration fee is $150 ($165 after November 28, 1994). This fee
>covers all registration and conference materials, lunches and dinner, as well
>as a copy of the special Spring, 1995 issue of the St. Thomas Law Review. You
>may pay by check or money order, payable to St. Thomas Unviersity, Tribal
>Sovereignty Symposium, or by credit card (Visa, Mastercard and American
>Express). For purposes of registration, including the form, please contact
>Maria R. Dominguez, St. Thomas Unversity Human Rights Institute -- (305)
>628-6737 (voice) or (305) 628-6742 (fax). If paying by credit card you may
>also register by e-mailing to the address below.
>
>This conference is approved for sixteen (16) Continuing Leagal Education (CLE)
>credits with The Florida Bar (Course No. 43434).
>
>For further information on this extraordinary event, please contact:
>
>Professor Siegfried Wiessner or Professor Kirke Kickingbird
>Chair, Steering Committee Director, Oklahoma City
> Tribal Sovereignty Symposium University Native American
>
>St. Thomas University School of Law Legal Resource Center
>16400 N.W. 32nd Avenue 2501 N. Blackwelder
>Miami, Florida 33054 Oklahoma City, OK
>73106
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>TEL: (305) 623-2305 TEL: (405)
>521-5188 FAX: (305) 623-2390 FAX:
>(405) 521-5185
>
>
>You may also obtain additional information, including the complete program, by
>e-mailing Professor Douglas E. Matthews, St. Thomas University School of Law
>at douginmiami@delphi.com.
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