18th Annual Conference Panel Materials
Panel 1: Legislative and Litigation Update
Kimberly Cluff Powerpoint
Jacob Mejia Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Panel 2: Best Practices in Tribal Court Development and Judicial Ethics
Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Panel 3: Labor and Employment in Indian Country: Updates and Best Practices
Powerpoint
Panel 4: Public Law 280: Challenges and Opportunities for California Tribal Law Enforcement
Denke Powerpoint
Goldberg Powerpoint
Arnett Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Panel 5: Encouraging Native American Students to Attend Law School
Williams Powerpoint
Van Schilfgaarde Powerpoint
Lomayesva Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Kimberly Cluff Powerpoint
Jacob Mejia Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Panel 2: Best Practices in Tribal Court Development and Judicial Ethics
Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Panel 3: Labor and Employment in Indian Country: Updates and Best Practices
Powerpoint
Panel 4: Public Law 280: Challenges and Opportunities for California Tribal Law Enforcement
Denke Powerpoint
Goldberg Powerpoint
Arnett Powerpoint
Reading Materials
Panel 5: Encouraging Native American Students to Attend Law School
Williams Powerpoint
Van Schilfgaarde Powerpoint
Lomayesva Powerpoint
Reading Materials
17th Annual Conference Panel Materials
Conference Agenda
Update on California Indian Law Litigation and Legislation
Legislation - Jacob Mejia, Executive Director, Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations
Litigation - Anna Kimber, Law Office of Anna Kimber and Michelle Carr, Attorney General, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Case summaries
California Gaming Update: The End of the Brown Administration
Powerpoint - George Forman, Founding Partner, Forman & Associates
Powerpoint - Loretta Tuell, Tuell Law
Powerpoint - Michelle L. LaPena, LaPena Law Corporation
Tribal Disenrollment and Exclusions: A Discussion of Tribal Interests
Adam Bailey, Associate, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo, Counsel, Dentons LLP
Frank Lawrence, Law Office of Frank Lawrence
EJ “Eddie” Crandell, Chairperson, Robinson Rancheria
ABA Article
Professional Responsibility: Protecting Your Tribal Clients and Yourself
Powerpoint - Kimberly Cluff, General Counsel, Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Powerpoint - Jessica L Duggan, Dentons US LLP
Powerpoint - Ian Barker, Senior Managing Associate, Dentons US LLP
Special thank you to our sponsors Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and Berkey Williams LLP!
Update on California Indian Law Litigation and Legislation
Legislation - Jacob Mejia, Executive Director, Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Indian Nations
Litigation - Anna Kimber, Law Office of Anna Kimber and Michelle Carr, Attorney General, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Case summaries
California Gaming Update: The End of the Brown Administration
Powerpoint - George Forman, Founding Partner, Forman & Associates
Powerpoint - Loretta Tuell, Tuell Law
Powerpoint - Michelle L. LaPena, LaPena Law Corporation
Tribal Disenrollment and Exclusions: A Discussion of Tribal Interests
Adam Bailey, Associate, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo, Counsel, Dentons LLP
Frank Lawrence, Law Office of Frank Lawrence
EJ “Eddie” Crandell, Chairperson, Robinson Rancheria
ABA Article
Professional Responsibility: Protecting Your Tribal Clients and Yourself
Powerpoint - Kimberly Cluff, General Counsel, Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Powerpoint - Jessica L Duggan, Dentons US LLP
Powerpoint - Ian Barker, Senior Managing Associate, Dentons US LLP
Special thank you to our sponsors Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and Berkey Williams LLP!
CILA's Comments to the Department of the Interior Regarding the Executive Order to Review National Monuments
CILA's Comment
CILA's Comment
16th Annual Conference Panel Materials
Conference Agenda
Update on California Indian Law Litigation and Legislation
Update on California Indian Law Litigation - Seth Davis, Assistant Professor, UC Irvine School of Law
Update on California Indian Law Litigation - Lauren van Schilfgaarde, Tribal Law Specialist, Tribal Law & Policy Institute
Sovereign Immunity Under Siege: Litigating Tribal Entity, Official, and Employee Immunity
Tuari Bigknife, Attorney General, Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
Defending Claims Aganist Tribal Agents in View of Pistor v. Garcia - Sam Coffman, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Nicole Ducheneaux, Partner, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP
Outstanding Achievement in California Indian Law Award Presentation
Carole Goldberg
Assembly Bill 52 and its Implementation
AB 52 Introduction Presentation - Adam Bailey, Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, LLP
Tribally-Focused Point of View on AB 52 Implementation - Courtney Ann Coyle, Attorney at Law
AB 52: Putting the Tribe in Tribal Cultural Resources - Michele Hannah, Deputy General Counsel, Pechanga Indian Reservation
Initial Statement of Reasons For Regulatory Action: Amendments to the State CEQA Guidelines, Implementing Assembly Bill 52 (Gatto, 2014) Regarding Tribal Cultural Reources
AB 52 Chaptered Version
Tribal Cultural Resource Update to Appendix G: Environmental Checklist Form
Newhall Amicus Letter to California Supreme Court
Resolution of Adverse Effects for Eight Prehisotric Archaeological Sites Feather River West Levee Project
Current Taxation Issues in Indian Country
Current Taxation Issues in Indian Country - Federal Update - Wendy S. Pearson, of Counsel, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
Current Taxation Issues in Indian Country - State Issues - Tom Gede, Morgan Lewis
15th Annual Conference Panel Materials
PL 280 - A Path to Repeal
Retrocession of PL 280 Jurisdiction - Dorothy Alther
PL 280 & Federal Concurrent Jurisdiction - Tom Gede
California Water Rights, Groundwater, and the Drought
San Luis Rey Water Settlement - Denise Turner Walsh
Tribal Engagement in CA Water Policy Implementation - Anecita Agustinez
Tribal Strategies for Protecting and Preserving Groundwater - Stephen Quesenberry, Tim Seward, Adam Bailey
Water Rights and Tribal Strategies to Address the Drought - Tim Seward
Update on California Indian Law Litigation and Legislation
California Legislative Update - Jacob Mejia
Indian Law Litigation Update - Katherine Florey
Land into Trust in California
When FTT is not Viable - Will Haney
Beyond the Carcieri Issues in FTT Applications - Tim Evans
Rep Cole - HR 249 - Carcieri Fix Bill
Rep Cole - HR 3137 - Caricieri Light Fix Bill
Rep McCollum - HR 407 - Carcieri Fix Bill
Sen Barrasso - S 1879 - Carcieri Fix Plus Bill
Sen Moran - S 1931 - Carcieri Light Fix Bill
Sen Tester - S 732 - Carcieri Fix Bill
25 CFR Part 151 Regulations
25 CFR Part 292 Regulations
1995 Final Rule – 25 CFR 151 Part Regulations
1999 Proposed Rule – 25 CFR 151 Part Regulations
2001 Final Rule – 25 CFR 151 Regulations
2001 Notice Withdrawing Final Rule - 25 CFR 151 Regulations
2005 Draft 25 CFR Part 151
Marijuana in Indian Country
Cannabis in Indian Country - Lael Echo-Hawk
Yurok Issues with Eradication - Troy Fletcher
Ethics Presentation
Parenting, the Pope, and Professionalism: CILA v. DOJ and the Ethics of Attorney Apologies - Dan Rey-Bear
Links
Minnesota American Indian Bar Association (http://www.maiba.org/)
National Native American Bar Association (http://www.nativeamericanbar.org/)
National Native American Law Students Association (http://www.nationalnalsa.org/)
Native American Bar Association of the District of Columbia (http://www.naba-dc.org/)
Northwest Indian Bar Association (http://www.nwiba.org/)
Oklahoma Indian Bar Association (http://www.oiba.net/)
Pechanga.net (http://www.pechanga.net/)
Turtle Talk (http://www.turtletalk.wordpress.com/)
National Native American Bar Association (http://www.nativeamericanbar.org/)
National Native American Law Students Association (http://www.nationalnalsa.org/)
Native American Bar Association of the District of Columbia (http://www.naba-dc.org/)
Northwest Indian Bar Association (http://www.nwiba.org/)
Oklahoma Indian Bar Association (http://www.oiba.net/)
Pechanga.net (http://www.pechanga.net/)
Turtle Talk (http://www.turtletalk.wordpress.com/)
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