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Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives
10th Annual Tribal Leadership Conference: TRANSITIONS
October 1-2, 2019
Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
Registration deadline extended to Friday, September 27, 2019
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Tribal Leaders
$175.00 -
Tribal Court Judges & Staff
$175.00
( Outside SWITCA Region )* -
Tribal Court Judges & Staff
$0.00
( Within SWITCA Region – New Mexico, Arizona , southern Colorado and west Texas – fee waived*) Please register each person separately. -
Tribal Leaders (within SWITCA Region – New Mexico, Arizona, southern Colorado, and west Texas – fee waived for one tribal official per Tribe)
$0.00
*SWITCA region include New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Colorado & West Texas. For more information, contact info@ailc-inc.com
Conference Materials
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (available on 10/1)
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Plenary Session: Federal Update – Untangling the News from the Nonsense
Gregory A. Smith, Partner, Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, LLP
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Federal Budget Process – How It Works, Why It Matters and How Tribal Nations Fare
Gregory A. Smith, Partner, Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, LLP
UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute
Cheryl Demmert Fairbanks, Esq., Interim Executive Director, Christy Chapman, Staff Attorney, and Jasmine Yepa, Policy Analyst, UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Plenary Session: U.S. Census 2020: How to Avoid an Undercount of Native Americans and Alaska Natives
American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2020 Census and Beyond
Amber Carrillo, New Mexico Tribes Count Liaison, U.S. Census Bureau, Laurie Weahkee, Executive Director, Native American Voters Alliance Education Project, and Timothy Harjo, Director, Small Business Development Center, CNM Community College
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Congressional Advocacy – Effective Lobbying
Milton Bluehouse, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President and Vice President of the Navajo Nation
Session 2: Federal Indian Law: The Basics
Jeanette Wolfley, Professor of Law, UNM School of Law
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: New Mexico Tribal Cigarette Tax: A Case Study
Carolyn Abeita, Partner, VanAmberg, Rogers, Yepa, Abeita & Gomez, LLP
Rodina Cave Parnall, Pre-Law Summer Institute Director (PLSI), AILC, Racheal White Hawk, PLSI Judicial Clerkship Program Committee Co-Chair, Attorney at Procopio Law Firm and Nikki Borchardt Campbell, Executive Director, National American Indian Court Judges Association
Conference Materials
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 (available on 10/1)
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: Native American Voting Initiatives
2018 GE NM Native American Pct Turn-Out
2017 NAVTF Original Members Group Picture
Moderator: Martin W. Aguilar, Liaison, Native American Election Information Program, NM Secretary of State’s Office
Panelists: Arden Kucate, Chairman, Laurie Weahkee and Amanda Tolino, Members, Native American Voting Task Force, NM Secretary of State’s Office and Peter Madalena, Native American Voting Rights Coordinator, Sandoval County
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Update by the NM Indian Affairs Department on State-Tribal Affairs in New Mexico
Lynn A. Trujillo, Cabinet Secretary, and Stephanie Salazar, Senior Policy Analyst, New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
Session 2: Indian Case Law Update
Sherri N. Thomas, Professor of Law Librarianship,
UNM School of Law
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Keynote: Tribes, Tribal Courts, and Tribal Sovereignty: New Opportunities and Old Challenges
Frank Pommersheim, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of South Dakota School of Law
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Environmental Justice in Indian Country
Clifford Villa, Associate Professor of Law, UNM School of Law
Barriers to Climate Adaptation: Supporting Tribal
Resilience
Maurice P. Cruz, NM Tribal Liaison,
South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Session 2: Tribal Court Clerk Training: Fundamental Court Processes
Duties of the Tribal Court Clerk – Appeals Records
Helen B. Padilla, Esq., Director, and Melanie P. Fritzsche, Assistant Director & Staff Attorney, AILC
CONFERENCE HOTEL INFORMATION
Attendees must make their own hotel arrangements
Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel
54 Jemez Canyon Rd., Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004 | Tel: (505) 867-0000
Conference Block Room Rate is $94.00 per night**
Deadline for block room rate is September 23, 2019
Reservations: (505) 867-0000 ~ Reference: “AILC 1177” for conference block room rate.
No-Shows and early departures will be charged one night’s room rate and tax. Individual cancellations must be made 72 hours prior to the arrival date, to avoid no-show charges. Rates cannot be changed at check-in or check-out for guests who fail to identify their affiliation “AILC 1177” at the time the reservation is made. All reservations must be guaranteed by a valid credit card.
**Lodging and travel reimbursements are available for Tribal Court Judges and Tribal Court Staff (i.e., court administrators, court clerks) located within NM, AZ, southern Colorado and west Texas.