April 6 & 7, 2023
Spring Symposium on Indigenous Land Stewardship
Thank you to all of the participants, speakers, moderators and organizers, who helped make AJELP’s Spring Symposium a success! Please see the recorded keynote an panel discussions, below. We hope you learn as much as we did!
The Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy focused our annual Spring Symposium on the topic of Indigenous Land Stewardship. The Symposium brought together a diverse array of leaders from tribal communities, academia, the public sector, and advocacy organizations to discuss current efforts and developments within the field of Indigenous land stewardship and its intersections with domestic and international law and policy.
The Symposium Keynote Address was given by Dorothy FireCloud, Native American Affairs Liaison to the Director of the National Park Service. Ms. FireCloud was introduced by Charles F. Sams, III, the first Native American to serve as the Director of the National Park Service. The rest of the Symposium consisted of four panels: Land Back in Action (Panel I), Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites (Panel II), Tribal Co-Management of Federal Lands (Panel III), and Indigenous Knowledge in Land Stewardship Law and Policy (Panel IV).
In order to make these conversations as accessible to the public as possible, the Symposium was held in a hybrid format with speakers attending both in-person and remotely. The event was recorded and you can view the discussions below!
Keynote Address | Dorothy FireCloud
Dorothy FireCloud (Sicangu Lakota - Rosebud Sioux Tribe) | Native American Affairs Liaison, National Park Service (remote)
With an introduction by Charles F. Sams III (Cayuse and Walla Walla) | Director, National Park Service (remote)
Panel I - Land Back in Action
Moderated by UArizona Professor Heather Whiteman Runs Him (Crow)
Hawk Rosales (Apache) | former Executive Director, InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council (in-person)
Krystal Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne) | Co-Executive Director, Honor the Earth (remote)
Brian Upton | Attorney, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (in-person)
Panel II - Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites
Moderated by UArizona Professor Rebecca Tsosie (Yaqui)
Jared Hautamaki (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) | Senior Advisor, Bureau of Indian Education (remote)
Wendsler Nosie Sr. (San Carlos Apache) | Founder, Apache Stronghold (in-person)
Ashley Obrey (Native Hawaiian) | Attorney, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (remote)
Panel III - Tribal Co-Management of Federal Lands
Moderated by UArizona Professor Melissa Tatum
Craig Andrews (Hopi) | Vice-Chairman of Hopi Tribe, Representative on Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition (in-person)
Monte Mills | Director, Native American Law Center, University of Washington (remote)
Majel Russel (Crow) | Attorney, InterTribal Buffalo Council (remote)
Panel IV - Indigenous Knowledge in Land Stewardship Law & Policy
Moderated by UArizona Professor Ronald R. Trosper (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes)
Jade Begay (Diné and Tesuque Pueblo) | Director of Policy & Advocacy, NDN Collective (remote)
Jose Francisco Calí Tzay (Maya Kaqchikel) | UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (in-person)
Ron Goode (North Fork Mono)| Chairman, North Fork Mono Tribe (remote)
Anthony (Morgan) Rodman (Cherokee Nation and Osage Nation) | Executive Director, White House Council on Native American Affairs (in-person)
