8th Annual Haudenosaunee Conference
Land, Laches & Legal Battles: Reclaiming our Indigenous Territories
November 18-19, 2011
Syracuse University
Goldstein Student Center, South Campus, 401 Skytop Road, Syracuse, NY 13210
Registration to print out and mail in.
Confirmed Speakers
Curtis Berkey
Julie Ann Cavanaugh-Bill
Kathryn Fort
Matthew Fletcher
Carrie Garrow
Joe Heath
Sarah Krakoff
Oren Lyons
Meghan Y. McCune
Lindsay Robertson
Douglas Sanderson
Justin Schapp
Agenda
Friday, Nov 18th Goldstein Student Center
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Chancellor Nancy Cantor (invited)
Christian Day, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Law
Carrie E. Garrow, Executive Director
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Thanksgiving Address
Tadodaho Sid Hill
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
The Tangled Web of New York’s History – Laws and Lies
Carrie E. Garrow
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 – 12:00
Influencing Public Opinion and Framing Land Claim Opposition: The Reciprocal Relationship between Federal Indian Law and Anti-Indian Movements
Meghan Y. McCune
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
The Tortured History of the Discovery Doctrine in the Marshall Court
Lindsay Robertson
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
The New Laches, A History
Kathryn Fort
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 – 4:30
Oren Lyons
Saturday, Nov. 19th Goldstein Student Center
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
The Legal Frontlines: An Update
Joe Heath
Curtis Berkey
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
National Implications of Sherrill
Matthew Fletcher
11:15 – 12:15 p.m.
Juxtaposing Fractured Legal Reasoning with Indigenous Realities
Justin Schapp
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
De Facto Sovereignty and Sherrill Work-Arounds
Sarah Krakoff
2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
Against Supersession
Douglas Sanderson
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Using a Human Rights Framework to Educate, Empower and Enforce Indigenous Rights
Julie Ann Cavanaugh-Bill
4:30 – 5:00
Wrap Up
