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Indian Law Resources at Oregon

PROGRAMS

Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center
Native Environmental Sovereignty Project

Wayne Morse Center 2005-7 Theme of Inquiry:
Indigenous Peoples: National Policy and International Human Rights.


FACULTY

Mary Christina Wood
Professor and Dean's Distinguished Faculty Fellow
National expert on Federal Indian Trust law, tribal natural resources law, and treaty rights.

Rennard Strickland
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
(Osage-Cherokee)
Introduced Indian law into the national university curriculum,
Author of 40 books on Indian law, history and art.

Wilma Mankiller
2005-6 Morse Professor
First woman chief of the Cherokee Nation

W. Richard West, Jr.
2006-7 Morse Professor
Founding director of the National Museum of the American Indian


BOOKS

Cohen Handbook of Federal Indian Law
Two editors of this bible of Indian law were UO law faculty. It was edited at the law school. Professor Professor Rennard Strickland, who was head editor of the 1982 edition, said the Cohen handbook is the only legal treatise whose revision has been mandated by an act of Congress. "This treatise has served as the primary source document and analytical foundation on issues about the rights of Native people for more than 60 years." Strickland said.

To An Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial
UO law professor Garrett Epps wrote this prize-winning book on First Amendment freedom and Native religious practice. It was shortlisted for a major American Bar Association prize.


EXTERNSHIPS

Umatilla Tribe, Native American Rights Fund, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and others.


CONFERENCES

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
Native perspectives and issues featured every year.
March 4-7, 2007

At the Crossroads: Sustainable Solutions in the Klamath Basin
Symposium sponsored by the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation
January 25, 2007

Tribal Water Advocacy Conference
Cosponsored by ENR 2004, 2005 and by ENR and the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center on October 26-7 2006

Environmental Justice conference
“Native Sacred Sites: Chief Joseph and the Preservation of the Wallowas”.
April 2005

Sovereignty and Native Education
October 2005

Women in Tribal and Community Leadership
November 2005

Intersections of Native American Culture, Politics and Law
February 2006

From the Warrior Viewpoint: The next Generation of Indian Law
April 2006


PLACES

Many Nations Longhouse
The nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon hosted its opening in 2005

UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Research and exhibits on 15,000 years of Northwest cultural history
(Both are directly behind the Knight Law Center)


CLASSES

American Indian policy
Federal Indian Law
Indigenous People and International Law
Native American Cultural Rights and Intellectual Property
Natural Resources Law
Tribal Courts and Tribal Law
Wildlife Law


GROUPS

Native American Law Students Association
Sponsored Navajo Supreme Court visit

Public Interest/Public Service program
Sponsored Umatilla tribal court visit

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