Native American Law Program 2008-2016

University of Idaho College of Law - Native American Law Program in Review 2008-09 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15

2009-10 2011-12 2013-14 2015-16

2008-2009 NALSA is launched! Founding Officers: Co-Chairs Kirstin Eidenbach and Greg Haller, Vice Chair Brett Hathaway, Secretary Jaime MacNaughton, Treasurer Dylan Hedden-Nicely First team attends the NNALSA Moot Court Competition in Boulder, CO - 4th Place out of 44 Teams Ben Onosko and Kirstin Eidenbach and Kirstin wins the 2nd Place Best Oralist Award First NALSA Graduation dinner held at the University Inn with prayer by Hon. Fred Gabourie, Sr. and Keynote Speaker Professor Emeritus Dennis Colson Curriculum Committee, University and State Board of Education approves Native American Law Emphasis for next academic year!

Commitment from Previous Years to offer Core Curriculum: Professor Dennis Colson, Emeritus Professor of Idaho Law

Honorable Douglas Nash, Former Director of the Center for Indian Law and Policy at Seattle University School of Law and Former Associate Professor at Idaho Law

Rich History of Service from Law Faculty Ret. Professor, Dean and Interim President Don Burnett, Jr., Former Tribal Judge for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Professor Barbara Cosens, Nationally Known Expert in Indian Water Law

Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin) Joins the Law Faculty in the Fall of 2008 *Former General Counsel of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate *Special Judge for Tribal Courts *Tribal Public Defender *Tribal Business Transactions *Litigation in Tribal, Federal, and State Courts *Tribal College, Graduate Program, and Law Teaching

IDAHO LAW CHAPTER OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN LAW STUDENT ASSOCIATION (NALSA) FORMS FALL OF 2008

Native American Law Course: Tribal Judge Panel Forum 2008

Hon. Cynthia Jordan, Hon. Mary Pearson, Hon. Fred Gabourie, Sr. and Hon. Earl McGeoghegan

NALSA ANGEL TREE SERVICE PROJECT FALL 2008 Professor EagleWoman and NALSA Co-Chair Kirstin Eidenbach Delivering Gifts

Huge Response from the Law School Community Giving Gifts

National NALSA Moot Court Competition Feb. 2009

Idaho Law’s First Team: Kirstin Eidenbach, 3L & Ben Onosko, 2L -Placed 4th out of 44 Teams -Kirstin Received the 2nd Place Best Oralist Award

Native Law Conference – 2009 “Soothing Waters: Tribal Protection & Stewardship”

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PROFESSOR JUDITH ROYSTER, UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW - NATIONAL EXPERT ON INDIAN WATER LAW, TRIBAL ENERGY AGREEMENTS & FEDERAL INDIAN LAW

Sharon Haensly, Esq. Tribal Attorney for the Squaxin Island Indian Tribe “Sacred Sites Along Waterways”

Ryan Sudbury, Esq. Davis & Sudbury Law Firm “Life After Montana: Finding Creative Avenues to Implement Tribal Environmental Laws on the Reservation”

Hon. Fred Gabourie, Sr., Phil Cernera, Director Chief Judge of the ShoshoneCoeur d’Alene Tribal Lake Bannock Tribal Appellate Court Management Department “The Jurisdiction Game” “Coeur d’Alene Lake Management”

Waters of the West Highlights: Roundtable Presentations on Basin Areas

Presenting the 2009 NALSA Keynote Lecture

Emeritus Professor of Law Dennis Colson “Idaho Law Students do Indian Law” Dennis C. Colson was the James C. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Idaho. He was a member of the faculty from 1975 to 2007. Professor Colson earned his Juris Doctorate, summa cum laude, at the University of Denver College of Law, practiced in Los Angeles and Denver, and taught at the University of Toledo College of Law. During his tenure at Idaho Law he taught in the areas of Contracts, Constitutional Law, and Indian Laws. He has been a frequent consultant to the Nez Perce Tribe.

Professor Colson will be highlighting the contributions of Idaho law students over past years working on Indian law cases and issues.

Friday, April 24th, 2009 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Room 104 EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND!!!

st 1 Annual NALSA Graduate

Recognition Dinner The NALSA Dinner was a celebration of the organization’s first year.

Two U of I Law Graduates enter into Native Law LLM Programs in 2009 • Charissa Eichmann completed the L.L.M. in American Indian and Indigenous Law at the University of Tulsa Law • Kirstin Eidenbach completed the L.L.M. in Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy with a concentration in Critical Race Theory at the University of Arizona Law

2009-2010 • • • •

Native American Law Emphasis is Launched!

First set of graduates are– Brett Hathaway and Moira Ingle NALSA Wins Club of the Year Award from the SBA NALSA starts the Angel Tree charitable event to provide gifts to children in tribal foster care programs.

• Native Law Program holds Native Law Recruitment Event on Oct. 16, 2009 • “Living in Balance: Tribal Nation Economics & Law” Annual Native Law Conference Fri. March 26, 2010 • April 16, 2010 Bellwood “The United States and Tribal Nations: An Evolving Relationship Guided by Domestic and International Law” – Larry EchoHawk, Lawrence Baca and Rebecca Tsosie

Fall of 2009 Launch of the Native American Law Emphasis

Native Pipeline & Recruitment Event Fall 2009 Reception for the students traveling from Fort Hall to attend the Event.

Gathering around the chocolate fountain at the reception hosted by NALSA!

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Recruitment Event Speakers Associate Dean Liz Brandt welcomes attendees.

The panel of tribal attorneys, all Idaho Law alumni! William Bacon, Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Attorney; Julie Kane, Nez Perce Tribal Attorney; and Helaman Hancock, Coeur d’Alene Tribal Attorney

The Native Law Program is featured with other campus programs for Native Americans

NALSA OFFICERS: Co-Chairs Dylan Hedden-Nicely and Moira Ingle, Vice Chair Greg Haller, Secretary Cheyenne House and Treasurer Ramon Hobey-Sanchez

NALSA Activities

NALSA November Activities Angel Tree November 2010

NALSA Film Event: “Tribal Nations: The Story of Federal Indian Law”

Spring Seminars: Tribal Nation Economics & Law (2010) Native American Natural Resources Law (2009)

“Living in Balance: Tribal Nation Economics & Law�

Annual Conference held on Friday March 26, 2010 Professor Robert Miller

Keynote Speaker: Gabriel Galanda, Esq.

Professor Stacy Leeds

Professor Matthew L.M. Fletcher (appeared via video conference link

2010 Bellwood

◊Presiding Moderator Larry EchoHawk (Pawnee), Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Dept. of the Interior ◊Professor Rebecca Tsosie (Yaqui), Exec. Dir. Indian Legal Program, Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law, ASU ◊Lawrence Baca (Pawnee), President Federal Bar Association

First Native American Law Emphasis Graduates – May 2010

Brett Hathaway and Moira Ingle

2010-2011 • NALSA Officers: Co-Chairs Erin Hodgin-Tomlin and Jamal Lyksett, Vice Chair Matthew Simmons, Secretary Casey Riedner, Treasurer Jason Brown, and 1L Reps Ashley Ray (Muscogee Creek) and Micah Runnels (Cherokee) • Event with Hon. Doug Nash (Nez Perce) for Native American Heritage Month • NALSA Moot Court Team for Competition at University of Hawaii Law, Erin Hodgin-Tomlin and Ross Phillips • “Reconnecting Tribal Economies: Indigenous Networks and Commerce” Annual Conference Fri. March 25, 2011 • Keynote Lecture by Julie Kane (Cherokee), Nez Perce Counsel

NALSA Event: Hon. Douglas Nash speaking on the film, “American Indian Homelands”

Spring 2011 Keynote Lecture

Julie Kane (Eastern Band of Cherokee), Managing Attorney Nez Perce Office of Legal Counsel being presented with a pendleton blanket for her support of the Native Law Program after delivering Keynote Lecture.

2011 Conference – Reconnecting Economies: Indigenous Networks and Commerce Keynote delivered by Debora Juarez (Blackfeet Nation)

Conference Speakers: Tony Johnson, Carl Ullman, Bill Bacon, Helo Hancock

2011 Native Law Program Graduates

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2011-2012 NALSA Officers: Co–Chairs Erin Hodgin-Tomlin and Patrick Davis, Vice Chair Micah Runnels (Cherokee), Secretary Shanna Knight, Treasurer Brad Puffpaff, Diversity Liaison Ashley Ray, and 1L Reps Alicia Derry (Karuk) and Neomi Gilmore (Navajo) -Held Alternative Spring Break at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Court -Annual Conference on the Topic of Tribal Courts -Travel to FBA Indian Law Conference where Neomi Gilmore was elected to NNALSA Region 7 Representative

2012 UI Moot Court Team

Jamal Lyksett and Matthew Janz competed at Columbia Law

NALSA Activities Making Tiny Tot bags for pow wow!

NALSA Officers and Advisor

2012 Tribal Courts: Jurisdiction & Best Practices

Travel to FBA Indian Law Conference

NALSA ROCKS! • AND we sold seven NALSA T-Shirts . . .

2012-2013 • NALSA Officers: Co-Chairs Neomi Gilmore (Navajo) and Micah Runnels (Cherokee), Vice Chair Tiffany Justice (Coeur d’Alene), Treasurer Shayne Nope, Secretary Alicia Derry (Karuk) • Fair Housing Presentation Co-Sponsored by NALSA, J. Reuben Clark Society and Idaho Legal Aid • Navajo Nation Supreme Court visit March 20 & 21, 2013 and Idaho Tribal State Court Forum • Assisted Diversity Section Love the Law to host 27 high school students • Native Law Program and NALSA each received $5,000 donation from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe

3 UI Law Teams at National NALSA Moot Court Competition

Teams: Brian Church & Micah Runnels, Alicia Derry & Ashley Ray, Jeff Koch & Jenifer Schafer

Navajo Nation Supreme Court • Sponsorship: This event was possible through the sponsorship of: the law firm of Stoel Rives, LLP, University of Idaho Office of the President, University of Idaho Office of the Provost, University of Idaho Human Rights, Access and Inclusion, University of Idaho American Indian Studies Program, University of Idaho Native American Student Center, University of Idaho College of Law, and the University of Idaho College of Law student organizations: Native American Law Student Association (NALSA); the Environmental Law Society; the Women’s Law Caucus; the Student Bar Association; the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the Nez Perce Tribe

“The Operations and Principles Guiding the Navajo Nation Supreme Court�

Pictured: Judge William Platero, Justice Eleanor Shirley, and Chief Justice Herb Yazzie

Idaho Tribal-State Court Forum

2013-2014 • NALSA Officers: Co-Chairs Rhylee Marchand (Colville) and Ashley Ray (Muscogee Nation), Vice-Chair Neomi Gilmore (Navajo), Treasurer Jeff Koch, Secretary Samantha Hammond (Salish & Kootenai), and Boise Liaison Shayne Nope • Native Law Recruitment Event Oct 15, 2013 • Coeur d’Alene Tribal CASA Program • NALSA and ELS co-film “March Point” with speaker Larry Campbell, Swinomish Tribe • NALSA received $2,500 donation from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Oct 15, 2013 Recruitment Event

Coeur d’Alene Tribal CASA

Five law students were sworn in at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Court after completing the tribal training module: Michelle Agee, Neomi Gilmore, Kendra Lotstein, Rhylee Marchand and Rachel Picchietti

2014 UI Moot Court Team

Samantha Hammond and Rhylee Marchand competed at the University of Oklahoma Law

2014 Co-Sponsored Idaho Indian Law Basics Conference Topics Included Indian Law Ethics Essentials, Criminal Jurisdiction, Tribal Sovereign Immunity, Taxation in Indian Country, Family Law and Indian Water Rights

2014-2015 • NALSA Officers: Chair Danielle Mayberry (Western Te-Moak Shoshone), Vice Chair Chike Ogbuehi, Secretary Linda Wells, Treasurer Colton Boyles and Ronald Rousseau (Cheyenne River Sioux), Boise Liaison Austin Frates, IL Reps: Paul Alexander (Ramapough Lenape), Jonelle Clytus (Navajo), Hannah Etengoff, Sean Johnson (Choctaw), Christine Miller (Coeur d’Alene), Mary Jane Oatman (Nez Perce), and Zach Picciotti (Three Affiliated Tribes) • Sept. Keynote Lecture by Walter EchoHawk on his book, In the Light of Justice • Oct. NALSA Hot Chili Eating Contest • Indian Child Welfare Act Panel for Native American Heritage Event • 2015 Conference: Tribal Stewardship of Plant and Food Sovereignty56

NALSA Officers

NALSA Current members and Alumni with Walter Echohawk

NALSA Hot Chili Eating Contest

Indian Child Welfare Act Panel

Pictured: Danielle Mayberry (2L,WesternTe-Moak Shoshone member), Julie Kane (Eastern Band of Cherokee member), Brandelle Whitworth (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes member), and Professor of Law Liz Brandt.

2015 UI Moot Court Team

Andrew Betson and Danielle Mayberry competed in Tucson, Arizona

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2015 Annual Conference

Speakers discussed contemporary topics including: Protection of Tribal Cultural Property, Tribal Perspectives on the Legalization of Marijuana, and Best Practices for Tribal Research Protocols. Tribal Stewardship topics will include presentations on the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the Kootenai Tribe and the Operation of the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Farm.

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2015-2016 • NALSA Officers: Chair Danielle Mayberry (Western Te-Moak Shoshone), Vice-Chair Hannah Etengoff, Secretary Christine Miller (Coeur d’Alene Tribe), Treasurer Paul Alexander (Ramapough Lenape), Boise Liaison Brian Stephens, 1L Rep Jessalyn Hopkin • Northwest Tribal Judges Panel • Washington State Sen. John McCoy Visit • NALSA receives $2,500 donation from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe

NALSA Officers

Northwest Tribal Judge Panel

Wash. State Sen. John McCoy of the Tulalip Tribe

Native American Heritage Presentation • Professor Angelique EagleWoman, Wambdi A. WasteWin, presented: • “TRIBALIST ECONOMICS AND CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES”

2016 UI Moot Court Team Hannah Etengoff and Zach Picciotti (Three Affiliated Tribes) competed in Lansing, Michigan

Soaring into the future‌.