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Walker, Richard
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
03-15-2006
NEW CHAIRMAN FOR LUMMI NATION
LUMMI, Wash. -- Evelyn Jefferson is the new chairman of the Lummi Indian
Nation.
Jefferson, elected to the Lummi Business Council in 2005, was elected to a
one-year term as chairman by her council colleagues after the Jan. 28
election. She succeeds Darrell Hillaire, who decided to not seek
re-election as chairman after four years in the job. He remains on the
council. Jefferson is Hillaire's sister.
In the Jan. 28 election, former council member Sherilee Williams was
elected to Position A. Bernie Thomas was elected to Position B, James
Wilson was elected to Position C and Donna Cultee was elected to Position
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA LAW SCHOOL TO HOST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 12, 2006 ;
396 words
......Dakota School of Law Northern Plains Indian Law Center will host a national conference...titled "The Pedagogy of American Indian Law" Oct. 13-14. All events will be...m. on Friday, Oct. 13. Fifteen Indian Law scholars from across the country...
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THREE PERVERSITIES OF INDIAN LAW
Texas Review of Law & Politics;
April 1, 2008 ;
Levy, Jacob T;
787 words
......INTRODUCTION The development of federal Indian law-among its many other faults-has been marked...this perverse structure of contemporary Indian law. The Article thus subjects the corpus of Indian law to an internal rather than an external...
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Indian law practitioners stress importance of land into trust
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);
February 25, 2004 ;
McNeel, Jack;
787 words
......hosted a two-day conference concerning Indian law on Feb. 5 - 6. Attendees included Indian...from elsewhere, all of whom practice Indian law. Some work for tribes while others work...devoted to discussions about whether Indian law should be included in state bar exams...
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American-Indian Law Practitioners Stress Importance of Fee-to-Trust Land...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
February 25, 2004 ;
787 words
......hosted a two-day conference concerning Indian law on Feb. 5 - 6. Attendees included Indian...from elsewhere, all of whom practice Indian law. Some work for tribes while others work...devoted to discussions about whether Indian law should be included in state bar exams...
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In Minnesota, Indian law matures following casino boom
Lawyers USA;
April 23, 2007 ;
Dick Dahl;
787 words
......Minnesota who focused their practices on Indian law. Despite the fact that Minnesota has...tribes, the few attorneys who focused on Indian law were considered poverty lawyers. "As...firm has grown into a 13-lawyer St. Paul Indian law boutique - Jacobson, Buffalo, Magnuson...
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Washington AG backs inclusion of Indian law in state bar exam.(Indian Law)
Native American Law Report;
August 1, 2004 ;
316 words
...Indian law advocates may be better positioned to incorporate Indian law into the Washington state bar exam, now that state...require its lawyers to have a general understanding of Indian law. Tribal leaders praised Gregoire's leadership in backing...
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N.M. Includes Indian Law on Exams
AP Online;
April 1, 2002 ;
DEBORAH BAKER, Associated Press Writer;
222 words
......become the first state to add federal Indian law as a subject on its state bar exam. Broader issues of Indian law, rather than specific laws of each of...in New Mexico run into questions of Indian law in such areas as gambling, child welfare...
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People Spotlight: D. Michael McBride III: Chairman, Indian Law and Gaming...
Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK);
February 25, 2007 ;
295 words
......Tulsa office, and will chair the law firm's Indian Law and Gaming Practice Group. McBride has dedicated his 14-year career to Indian law, and has practiced primarily in the areas of federal Indian law and gaming, as well as complex federal, civil...
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Professor Gives South Dakota Indian-Law Program National Reputation.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
June 18, 2003 ;
787 words
......S.D.-The University of South Dakota's Indian law program may be small, but one dedicated...program with an emphasis on American Indian law is a natural fit. With approximately...all-stars in the field of law. The school's Indian law emphasis is divided into three classes...
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American Indian Law Deskbook: Conference of Western Attorneys General
Montana; The Magazine of Western History;
January 1, 2000 ;
Bakken, Gordon Morris;
351 words
...AMERICAN INDIAN LAW DESKBOOK Conference of Western Attorneys...for any serious student of American Indian law and policy. Given the expanding interest...publication of books focused on American Indian law cases, and late-twentieth-century issues...
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Scholars rewrite classic Indian law handbook
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);
June 18, 2003 ;
Adams, Jim;
787 words
......Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law. The Cohen Handbook makes a classic case...Handbook will provide an overview of Indian law and an explanation of tribal sovereignty...appearance in 1941. No single reference for Indian law existed when in 1939 Interior Secretary...
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW'S SOUTHWEST INDIAN LAW CLINIC PRESENTS INDIAN...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 21, 2007 ;
471 words
......release: The UNM School of Law's Southwest Indian Law Clinic, in conjunction with the Washburn...Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, will offer the "Indian Law Clinics and Externship Programs: Pedagogy...University who is teaching at the Southwest Indian Law Clinic this summer and a UNM School ...
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OU PRESENTED INDIAN LAW BOOKS
The Journal Record;
July 14, 1990 ;
567 words
...A collection of 2,700 American Indian law books and related works has been presented...will direct the university's American Indian Law and Policy Center, which is being developed...and activities in the area of American Indian Law. The collection, which consists of books...
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Scholars Rewrite Classic Indian Law Handbook.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
June 18, 2003 ;
787 words
......Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law. The Cohen Handbook makes a classic case...Handbook will provide an overview of Indian law and an explanation of tribal sovereignty...appearance in 1941. No single reference for Indian law existed when in 1939 Interior Secretary...
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