[nativestudies-l] Jan. 16-17 | ASU | SDO College of Law conference

[Ruth Garby Torres]

Who Decides You Are Real?  Fixing the Federal Recognition Process

 

January 16 & 17, 2014

 

Arizona State University

Memorial Union, Ventana Ballroom - 241

310 E. Orange Street

Tempe, AZ 85281

 

Thursday, Jan. 16 - 8:00AM - 5:30PM / Friday, Jan. 17 - 8:00AM - 5:30PM

(breakfasts and lunches provided)

 

Register Now!  http://online.law.asu.edu/ilcfrc/ 

 

 

The U.S. government officially recognizes 566 Native American tribes.  These
communities have certain legal, regulatory and financial rights and
privileges that non-recognized communities do not.  But the recognition
process has been controversial, slow and inconsistent, with many tribes
saying they are unfairly left out in the cold.

 

The Indian Legal Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona
State University recently conducted the first comprehensive survey of
unrecognized tribes.  At the same time, the U.S. Department of the Interior
has announced that it will propose new regulations in an effort to improve
the federal recognition process.

 

This conference will focus on the history of federal recognition, current
issues with recognition, the administrative criteria, proposed changes to
the federal acknowledgment process, and the results of the Clinic's survey.

 

It will bring together tribal leadership and members, consultants who have
assisted unrecognized tribes in establishing and exercising rights, and
other interested people to discuss challenges faced by unrecognized tribes.
Attendees will participate in sessions that focus on identifying obstacles
and proposing solutions to the current recognition framework.

 

http://conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/triberecognition/ 

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