Torey K. Dolan
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison
Matthew W. Giesfeldt
Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin
Madison
Lorenzo E. Gudino
Hogen Adams PLLC
Saint Paul, MN
Amanda L. White Eagle
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison
8:30 am Tribal Courts
- Overview of tribal sovereignty and self-governance
- Key legislation: Indian Reorganization Act (1934), Indian Civil Rights Act (1968), Tribal Law and Order Act (2010)
- Recognition and enforcement of tribal court rulings by state and federal authorities
Amanda L. White Eagle
9:20 am Indian Child Welfare Act & Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act Primer
- Similarities and differences
- Developments in Wisconsin and federal courts
- What does the future hold
Matthew W. Giesfeldt, Lorenzo E. Gudino
10:10 am Break
10:25 am Tribal Jurisdiction over Non-Indians
- Implications of Cooley (2021) for tribal law enforcement and sovereignty
- Discuss the 2022 Violence against women act (VAWA) expansion
- Background and review of dispute between Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline and the Bad River Band
Torey K. Dolan
11:15 am Changes in Reservation Boundaries
- Historical context: treaties, allotment policies, and jurisdictional challenges
- The role of federal, state, and tribal governments in boundary disputes
- Changes to the Legal Test for Reservation Boundaries - McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020), and state pushback against the decision
- Seventh Circuit ruling in Oneida Nation v. Village of Hobart (2021)
Torey K. Dolan
12:05 pm Program Concludes
- Receive an overview of tribal sovereignty and self-governance
- Understand how tribal court rulings are recognized and enforced
- Interpret key rulings affecting reservation boundaries and tribal jurisdiction
- Distinguish between the ICWA and WICWA and discuss future implications
- New lawyers
- Solo and small firm practitioners
- Family lawyers
- Estate planning lawyers
- Real estate lawyers
- Civil rights and constitutional lawyers
- Administrative, municipal, and local government lawyers
- Environmental lawyers
- Indian law attorneys
- Public interest law attorneys
- Tribal court judges, attorneys, administrators, and staff
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