The International Affairs Forum at Northwestern Michigan College will host a speaker on “indigenous sovereignity” on Thursday, May 16 at 12:30 p.m.
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics.
Fletcher also sits as an appellate judge for the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, the Colorado River Indian Tribes, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, and the Tulalip Tribes. He is a member of the Grand Traverse Band.
The moderator for this event is Mark Wilson, a citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians and former Vice-Chair of the Tribal Council (2014-2022). Wilson serves as Mayor Pro Tem of Traverse City and is a member of the IAF Advisory Board.
The event will open and close with a drum ceremony by Dusty Bear, a group comprised of citizens of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians. This event, to be held at the Dennos Museum Center’s Milliken Auditorium, is supported in part by grant funding from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.
Learn more about this event at TCIAF.com.
