Native November Law Symposium 2025: Native Voice and the Environment
The Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center proudly presents the inaugural Native November Law Symposium, an annual symposium highlighting critical issues impacting Native communities. Each year will focus on a specific theme — and for 2025, we explore Native Voices & the Environment.
Throughout the month of November, join us for a dynamic series of discussions that address the many ways the environment is deeply intertwined with Native life, rights, and sovereignty. This year’s events will feature a range of topics, including the legacy of Indian boarding schools, climate justice and youth activism, pipeline resistance, global Indigenous environmental movements, and public health law.
Events*
- Nov. 6th, Indian Boarding Schools with Laura Singleton, Counsel & Robert Saunooke, Senior Counsel from Singleton Schreiber. Pending CLE credit.
- Mixer to follow
- Nov. 7th**, The Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center is a sponsor of the 10th Annual Native Nations Nursing, Helpers, and Healers Summit with keynote speaker and international best-selling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
- More details can be found at https://nursing.wisc.edu/native-nations-nursing/
- Nov. 13th, Pipeline Resistance with Robert Lundberg, Senior Associate Attorney at Earthjustice & Anya Janssen, Staff Attorney for Native Nations Partnerships at Midwest Environmental Advocates. Pending CLE credit.
- Nov. 14th, Global Indigenous Environmental Movements with Reynaldo A. Morales at the University of Wisconsin Educational Policy Studies. Pending CLE credit.
- Nov. 20th, Climate Justice & Youth Activism with Nate Bellinger, Supervising Senior Staff Attorney at Our Children's Trust & Tony Wilkin Gibart, Executive Director at Midwest Environmental Advocates. Pending CLE credit.
- Nov. 21st, Indigenous Climate Justice: The Path to Healthy Communities through Equitable Decarbonization with Mia Montoya Hammersley, Director of Climate Justice at the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Pending CLE credit.
Use the following link to register to attend in-person or virtually, https://go.wisc.edu/glilc2025
*all events will take place in the Lubar Commons, Rm 7200 in the University of Wisconsin Law School from 12:00 PM -1:30 PM
**this event will not take place at the University of Wisconsin Law School
Questions? Email jcrocetti@wisc.edu
