CLE-In the Supreme Court, Arizona v. Navajo Nation – What is the extent of the United States’ trust responsibility to Indian nations for implied rights?
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In the Supreme Court, Arizona v. Navajo Nation:
What is the extent of the United States’ trust responsibility to Indian nations for implied rights?
Virtual (NEW DATE)
Friday, June 30, 2023
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time US/Canada)
Approved for 2 MCLE general credits
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More than a century ago, the United States government made promises to the Navajo Nation to set aside lands to live on and farm. Now the Navajo Nation is calling those promises a trust responsibility and demanding that the U.S. assess how much water it is owed from those promises and set a plan in place to deliver on those promises. The U.S., and petitioner states, claim that despite promises made there is no substantive law that imposes an affirmative duty on the U.S. to fulfill them. The U.S. Supreme Court took up the case, Arizona v. Navajo Nation, in the current term and is anticipated to issue a decision this summer. This panel will convene federal and tribal officials and attorneys to discuss the case and its implication for tribes nationwide and in Nevada.
Featuring:
- Andrew Mergen, Faculty Director, Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
- Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General of the Litigation Unit at the Navajo Nation Department of Justice in Window Rock, Arizona
- Michelle Brown-Yazzi, Assistant Attorney General at the Navajo Nation Department of Justice Water Rights Unit
- Bret Birdsong, Professor of Law, Boyd School of Law at UNLV
- John Tahsuda III, Adjunct Professor & Distinguished Fellow, Boyd School of Law at UNLV
The William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program is made possible by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.