Hosted by University of Wisconsin Law School and the Indigenous Law Students Association
Friday, March 20
Room 2211
1:30-1:40 p.m. Traditional Opening – Drum
1:40-1:50 p.m. Opening Remarks, Dean Margaret Raymond
2:00-3:30 p.m. A look at Wisconsin and Michigan Tribal Gaming
- Matthew Fletcher, professor, Michigan State University
- Craig Corn, Menomonee Tribal Legislature
3:45-5:15 p.m. Health Care Reform in Indian Country
- Nicholas Duke, administrator, Gerald L. Ignace Health Center
- Elliott A. Milhollin, partner, Hobbs Straus Dean and Walker
5:30-6:30 p.m. Keynote Address, Honorable Kevin Washburn, assistant secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs
6:30–9:30 p.m. Dinner and Reception
Saturday, March 21
Room 7200
9 a.m. Morning Reception
9:15-10 a.m. Indigenous Rights in Canada, Special guest speaker, William Falk, J.D., Vancouver Island Community Forest Action Network
10-11:30 a.m. NAGRPA "How the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act impacts Tribes"
- Melanie O'Brien, acting manager, National NAGPRA Program
- Shannon O'Loughlin, partner, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard, and Smith
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch lecture by Matthew Fletcher
12:30-2 p.m. "VAWA 1.0: Understanding the Violence Against Women Act" (co-hosted by WLSA)
- Fred Urbina, attorney general, Pascua Yaqui Tribe
- Martina Gauthier, tribal judge, Menominee Nation
- Pamela Johnson, executive director, American Indians against Abuse
6 p.m. LEO Banquet at Concourse Hotel
Submitted by Law School News on March 20, 2015
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