Sovereignty & Sustainable Development

of Indigenous Peoples

Seventh Tribal Sovereignty Symposium

A Centennial Meeting of

The American Society of International Law

St. Thomas University School of Law

Miami, Florida
Friday, January 27, 2006
Schedule & Participants
8:30 a.m.: Registration

9:00 a.m.: Welcome and Opening Ceremony Dean Robert A. Butterworth, St. Thomas University School of Law Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale, President, St. Thomas University

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon: Economic Development in Indian Country

Moderator & Speaker:
Kirke Kickingbird, Esq., Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Oklahoma City

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: A Real Life Assessment Speakers:

The Hon. Billy Cypress, Chairman, The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida The Hon. Keller George, President, United South & Eastern Tribes (USET)

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.: Coffee Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon: Regulatory and Alternative Perspectives

Speakers:
Bob Middleton, Esq., Director of the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Professor Charles Pouncy, Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida

12:00 noon: Lunch
Susan J. Ferrell Keynote Address:

Dean Robert A. Butterworth, St. Thomas University School of Law

2:00-3:30 p.m.: Rights to Land, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development

Moderator & Speaker:
Professor Julie Fishel, Western Shoshone Defense Project, Land Recognition Director

Speakers:
Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone Grandmother and Activist

Keith Harper, Esq., Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C.

Roman Pawluk, Program Director, Zuni Conservation Program

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.: Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.: Self-Determination:

Modalities of Sovereignty

Moderator & Speaker:
Professor Siegfried Wiessner, Director, Graduate Program in Intercultural Human Rights, St. Thomas University School of Law

Speakers:
The Hon. Paul Okalik, Premier, Nunavut Professor June McCue, Director of First Nations Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Professor Matthew Fletcher, Director, Northern Plains Indian Law Center, University of North Dakota Law School

5:00 p.m.: Closing Ceremony

Special thanks to Carrie Dann for passing this on.

Contents

January 2006 Reports

Last updated on January 25, 2006