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Indian Tribes and Human Rights Accountability Symposium — Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 4
9 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Registration
9:30 - 10 a.m. Dean Howarth Welcome
10 - 11:30 a.m. Accountability, Tribal Law, and Human Rights
Moderator: Catherine Grosso, Michigan State University College of Law
Dean Stacy Leeds
, University of Arkansas School of Law
John Borrows, University of Minnesota Law School
Joseph Singer, Harvard Law School
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch
1 - 2:30 p.m. Tribal Criminal Law and Human Rights
Moderator: Kenneth Akini, Indigenous Law & Policy Center, Michigan State University College of Law
Carrie Garrow, Syracuse University College of Law
Joseph Thomas Flies-Away, Independent Consultant
Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University Law School
2:45 - 4:15 p.m. Practitioners Perspective and Human Rights
Moderator: Glen Staszewski, Michigan State University College of Law
John E. Echohawk
, Native American Rights Fund
Frank Pommersheim, University of South Dakota School of Law
Trent Crable, Independent Consultant
5 – 6 p.m. Reception
The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
Friday, October 5, 2012
9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
10 - 11:30 a.m. Human Rights and Reparative Justice
Moderator: Hannah Brenner, Michigan State University College of Law
Eva Petoskey, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
Rebecca Tsosie, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Heidi Stark, University of Victoria
11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Presentation (via Skype)
Moderator: Barbara O’Brien, Michigan State University College of Law
Gwen Westerman, Minnesota State University
12 - 1 p.m. Lunch
The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Tribal Rights and Human Rights
Moderator: Susan Bitensky, Michigan State University College of Law
Angela Riley, UCLA School of Law
Kristen Carpenter, University of Colorado Law School
Carole E. Goldberg, UCLA School of Law 
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Concluding Panel
Moderator: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Michigan State University College of Law
Gerald Torres, University of Texas School of Law
Lani Guinier, Harvard Law School
3:30 - 4 p.m. Closing Remarks
Wenona T. Singel, Michigan State University College of Law

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