Indian Legal Program
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The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was enacted in 1988, and in the following 20 years Indian gaming has grown dramatically. Prior to the enactment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Indian gaming was a $200-million industry. The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) recently announced that net revenues from Indian Gaming generated $26 billion in revenues in 2007. How has the IGRA changed Indian Country? How has it affected tribal government relationships with the states, with the federal government and with tribal members.
The conference agenda includes over 50 top policymakers, legislators, scholars, tribal attorneys, and tribal leaders who came together from across the nation to Fountain Hills, Arizona, to participate in academic paper presentations and panel discussions.
The conference will be of interest to tribal leaders, tribal attorneys, tribal, state and federal government regulators, legislators, and policymakers, casino developers, casino and gaming industry management, students of Indian law, and American Indian Studies faculty and students, as well as anyone interested in the history, implementation, social/economic impact, and the future of gaming in Indian Country.
Conference Materials and powerpoint presentations may be downloaded.
This conference was sponsored by:
*State Bar of Arizona MCLE provider
Carl J. Artman, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Shareholder, Department of the Interior Raphael R. Bear, Cultural Tourism and Operations Asst Mgr., Fort McDowell Adventures, Fort McDowell, AZ Allison C. Binney, Staff Director and Chief Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Washington, DC Virginia "Ginnie" W. Boylan, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Eddie F. Brown, Director of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Robert N. Clinton, Foundation Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Philip S. (Sam) Deloria, Director, American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC), Albuquerque, NM Howard L. Dickstein, Partner, Dickstein & Zerbi, Sacramento, CA Franklin D. Ducheneaux, Former attorney, Indian Affairs w/the House Interior Committee, Ronan, MT Eric D. Eberhard, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle, WA R. Shawn Ellis, Founder and CEO, Ellis Gaming & Entertainment, LLC,, Las Vegas, NV Diane Enos, President, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Phoenix, AZ Frank Ettawageshik, Tribal Chairman, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Harbor Springs, MI Glenn M. Feldman, Shareholder, Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., Phoenix, AZ Thomas F. Gede, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group, San Francisco, CA Carole E. Goldberg, Professor, University of California Los Angeles Law (UCLA) Kevin Gover, Director, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC Stephen Hart, Partner, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, AZ Philip N. Hogen, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, DOI, Washington, DC Jacqueline Johnson, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC Joseph P. Kalt, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Law, Boston, MA Daniel M. Kolkey, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,, San Francisco, CA Thomas L. LeClaire, President, War Horse, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ Jerome "Jerry" Levine, Partner, Holland & Knight, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Steven Andrew Light, Associate Professor of Political Science & Public Admin., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND Arlinda F. Locklear, Esq., Arlinda Locklear Law Office, Washington, DC Michael Lombardi, Chairman, Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Gaming Commission, Cherry Valley, CA Mark Macarro, Tribal Chairman, Pechanga Band of Luiseņo Indian, Temecula, CA Deron Marquez, Former Chairman, Highland, CA Kathryn R. L. Rand, Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Univ. of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, ND G. William Rice, Co-Director, Native American Law Center, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK Raymond G. Sanchez, Partner, Sanchez Mowrer & Desiderio PC, Albuquerque, NM Fawn R. Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation, Taholah, WA Jim Shore, General Counsel, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hollywood, FL Alexander Tallchief Skibine, S.J. Quinney Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT George T. Skibine, Acting Assistant Secretary, US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Kate Spilde Contreras, Ph.D., Executive Director, University of California at Riverside, Center for California Native Nations, Riverside, CA Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Partner, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, AZ Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., Chairman, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, DC Jonathan B. Taylor, President, The Taylor Policy Group, Inc., Sarasota, FL Kimberly Teehee, Esq, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC Rebecca Tsosie, Professor of Law, Exec. Director of the Indian Legal Program, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Tempe Mark C. Van Norman, Esq., Executive Director, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, DC Kevin K. Washburn, Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Arizona Rogers College of Law W. Richard West, Jr., Founding Dir. Emeritus, Nat. Museum of the American Indian, Dr. Peterson Zah, Special Advisor to the President, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ
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