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Professor Williams to speak at Fed Bar in Santa Fe
posted Thu, 21 Mar 2013

April 11 at 5:30pm: Michigan State University ILPC and Harvard Law Alumni Event at Fed Bar Featuring Rob Williams Buffalo Thunder Resort, Buffalo Club, Santa Fe, NM Details...

Professor Tatum quoted in NBC news article
posted Wed, 20 Mar 2013

The head of an American Indian tribe in Michigan signed a law approving same-sex marriage on Friday, joining at least two other tribes nationwide in doing so, then immediately wed a gay couple who had been together for 30 years but never thought they would see this day come. Read the full article.

Professor Tatum Op-Ed on The Huffingtonpost
posted Thu, 14 Mar 2013

Professor Melissa Tatum's Op-Ed piece, "VAWA and the Rolled-Up Newspaper of Goodness", is now available on The Huffington Post. Click here to read the article.

University of Arizona's Summer in Montana Program
posted Mon, 11 Mar 2013

three weeks...five classes...five credits 
The world's leading experts in Indigenous Governance are making tracks for Montana this June . . . come join us!
Click here to get more information on the summer program

Professor Williams to speak in Vancouver, Canada
posted Wed, 06 Mar 2013

Professor Williams will speak at the First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice Series in Vancouver on May 9th, 2013. The event is sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group, Amnesty International, and the Vancouver Public Library. Details...

Mattias Ahren to speak at IPLP
posted Tue, 05 Mar 2013

Mattias Ahren, an associate professor of law at the University of Tromso in Norway, and the legal advisor to the Sami Council, is here this week and has kindly agreed to give a lunch time talk (Wednesday March 6 at 12:15) on "Indigenous people and natural resources extraction: the Sami experience". The talk will be in Rountree Hall room 321. Lunch will be provided.

Indigenous Peoples Scholar Robert Williams, Jr. Speaks at Gonzaga University School of Law
posted Wed, 27 Feb 2013

Professor Robert A. Williams Jr., will discuss his newest book "Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization" at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28 in the Barbieri Moot Courtroom at Gonzaga Law School. A reception and book-signing with light appetizers will follow the lecture. The following day, March 1, Williams will present a Continuing Legal Education class titled "Tribal Jurisdiction and Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights in a Globalizing 21st Century Legal World Order." Details...

Professor Rob Williams Jr. to present his latest book at Tucson Festival of Books
posted Tue, 19 Feb 2013

Professor Williams will present "Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization" at the Tucson Festival of Books on Sunday, March 10 at 1pm in room 150 of the Pacheco Integrated Learning Center (under the UA Mall) - tucsonfestivalofbooks.org

Invitation to a dialogue with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on his August 30, 2012 report on the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States of America. 
posted Mon, 11 Feb 2013

The purpose of this dialogue is to convene tribal leaders and activists, members of the University of Arizona community with special expertise on issues of indigenous peoples’ human rights, and other specially invited participants to conduct a follow-up session and exchange of ideas with the Special Rapporteur on his official country visit to the United States and his subsequent report and findings.

The dialogue will be streamed live at 1pm MST on 02/13/2013 at mms://www.law.arizona.edu/arizonalawlive/ - note: Mac users will need to download the free Windows Media Player to tune in.

See more details in the complete invitation

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries Across the Americas Conference
posted Mon, 28 Jan 2013

The University of Arizona, Center for Latin American Studies Human Rights Initiative and the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, Rogers College of Law are hosting an all-day conference on  "Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries" at the Arizona Historical Society, Friday, February 1, 2013, 8:30am - 6pm, at the  Arizona Historical Society,  949 E. 2nd Street.

The conference is open to the public and you are all encouraged to attend. UA co- sponsors of the conference also include American Indian Studies, Institute for the Environment, Confluence Center, Department of History, School of Anthropology, School of Geography and Development.

The objective of this one day conference is to bring to the fore a range of issues and concerns with regard to natural resource extraction on indigenous lands across the Americas. Drawing on a human rights framework the conference participants examine some of the multiple, complex responses by indigenous peoples to the social, juridical and environmental dimensions of extraction. Recent examples from Chile to Mesoamerica to the United States, Canada and the Russian Far North illustrate the timeliness of such an examination. Download conference PDF.

UA Welcomes Aboriginal People To Study Indigenous Governance
posted Fri, 25 Jan 2013

The Continuing Education Certificate in Indigenous Governance course and students are featured on KVOA News. Watch the segment.

Certificate Program Brings Indigenous People Worldwide to UA
posted Tue, 22 Jan 2013

About 30 individuals from the United States, Canada and Australia have come together at the University of Arizona to participate in the Indigenous Governance Certificate program, a non-credit continuing education program offered by the James E. Rogers College of Law's Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program in partnership with the UA's Native Nations Institute and Native Peoples Technical Assistance Office. Read the UANews article.

Lunch in Indian Country: A Seminar Series on Indian law
posted Wed, 16 Jan 2013

Join us for the first of ten seminars focusing on Indian Law in Arizona. Seminars take place once a month on Wednesdays throughout 2013 during the lunch hour. The series is being co-sponsored by the Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and the State Bar of Arizona. Click here for details.

IPLP Co-Sponsors AIPRA and Will Writing seminar
posted Fri, 04 Jan 2013

IPLP and the Native Peoples Technical Assistance Office are bringing Doug Nash and Erica Wolf to Tucson on January 28th & 29th for an AIPRA and Will Writing seminar. The seminar is free for students, tribal members and tribal government employees. Attorneys may qualify for up to 12 hours of CLE credit at a cost of only $100. Please see the seminar flyer for more information.

IPLP JD/SJD Native grad, Tory Fodder, was just awarded a major post doc fellowship from Univ. of Waikato in NZ
posted Thu, 13 Dec 2012

Tory Fodder (Taos Pueblo), a 2012 S.J.D. graduate from the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program and a 2010 graduate of the J.D. program at the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law has been awarded a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Maori and Indigenous Governance Centre at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. The Fellowship, which includes a $69,000 (NZ) annual stipend, will enable Mr. Fodder to pursue research in connection with his S.J.D. dissertation on indigenous governance and dispute resolution. Mr. Fodder will be in residence at the Centre from February 4- Aug 3, 2013.

IPLP Law Professor Rob Williams awarded MOCA Local Genius Award
posted Sat, 01 Dec 2012

Rob is one of the recipients of the 3rd biennial MOCA Local Genius Award. The award honors those visionary and innovative Tucsonans whose activities have a global impact, and whose talents have been internationally recognized. Click here for more information: http://www.visittucson.org/articles/view/MOCA-Local-Genius-Awardees/786/

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