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Symposium Speakers Chief Arvol Looking Horse

Chief Arvol Looking Horse is a Cheyenne River Lakota, who is the 19th generation

Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. He organized the World Peace and

Prayer day held every June 21st, which brings awareness to the prophecies. He has

been awarded numerous achievements such as the Joliette Hollister award in

2006 from the United Nations, the Forgiveness Award in 2000, the Canadian Wolf Award in 1996, and an honorary

Doctorate Degree from the University of South Dakota. His life has revolved around his commitment to work to-

wards religions freedom, cultural survival, and cultural revival.

Dr. LaNada War Jack Dr. War Jack graduated from the

University of California at Berkeley in 1969. During her time as a student, Dr. War Jack was the

student leader who organized the occupation of Alcatraz Island to protest the violation of treaty

rights of all Indigenous Peoples in the United States. She also was a founder of the Native

American Rights Fund, a councilwoman for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, a Chief Prosecutor,

and is the current Buffalo Council Elder Advisor.

Bill Means Bill Means is an Oglala Lakota Elder serving as the Chairman of Oglala Nation Treaty Committee

and a Board of Director for the International Indian Treaty Council, which works closely with the

United Nations on projects such as the United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

Peoples to protect all Indigenous Peoples globally.

Andrew Reid, J.D., L.L.M. As an earth justice/international/Federal Indian Law attorney, Professor Andy Reid worked on

the restoration of the Menominee Nation following termination by President Nixon, opposition to

uranium mining of the Black Hills and Crow Butte on treaty lands, and other issues in Indian

Country, including the recent challenge to the Dakota Access pipeline. Pat Kincaid, J.D. Patrick Kincaid is Suhtai Tsistsista (Cheyenne) & Anishinaabe descent. As an active FLC

alumnus & Founder of the Inherent Rights Agency, LLC, Patrick helped establish the

Buffalo Council at FLC in 2007. Currently, he is a treaty consultant for the Yankton

Sioux Tribe as well as the Diné Medicine Men’s Association of the Navajo Nation. He also

consults on inherent rights based economic development throughout Indian Country.

Brian L. Lewis, J.D. Attorney Brian Lewis is a member of

the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and has served with the Navajo Nation Department of Justice

with the Attorney General. He also practiced as a member of Greenberg Traurig’s Federal

Indian Law practice group and as Corporate Counsel for Navajo Nation Oil & Gas

Company. Mr. Lewis represents tribal governments and their commercial entities, American

Indian-owned businesses, and private commercial entities, lenders, and investors in the areas of

commercial, corporate, contract, employment, energy, finance, gaming, leasing, and Indian law.

Philip H. Tinker, J.D. Philip H. Tinker is Oklahoma Osage and an Attorney with Kanji & Katzen, PLLC. Keenly

interested in matters involving inherent tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction, and powers of

government, Philip has helped to successfully litigate matters including Dollar General Corp. v.

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, 136 S. Ct. 2159 (2016), Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian

Community, 134 S. Ct. 2024 (2014), and Kelsey v. Pope, 809 F.3d 849 (6th Cir. 2016).

Roxabel Ramón Roxabel Ramon is Quechua and a former investigative reporter from Peru, specializing on

indigenous and environmental issues. Marco “Atoq” Ramón “Atoq” is a Quechua photographer specializes in Native Peruvian cultures and social conflicts

affecting Indigenous Peoples. He is a founder of the Peruvian media collectives - MaldeOjo

and Sauria-Red de Fotografía and has been published by alternative and mainstream media

in Perú as well as internationally. Atoq currently works for the newspaper Peru21 and is in

the U.S. after being wounded while covering a protest in Lima.

Nicole Yanes Nicole Yanes is of Opata descent. Nicole is the Executive Programs Assistant for the International

Indian Treaty Council and advocates for the rights of Indigenous Peoples at the local, national and

international levels on the topics of food sovereignty, environmental health and climate change.

MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2017

Student Union Ballroom

-KEYNOTE SPEAKER-

“Chief Arvol Looking Horse” 5:30 pm World Peace & Prayer Day:

Remembering the Prophecies

Philip H. Tinker, J.D.

9:00 am The Peoples’ Struggle: Enforcing Treaty

Promises With Ink and Blood

Brian Lewis, J.D.

10:00 am Your Rules Do Not Necessarily Apply:

Reserving Traditional and Customary Protocols

in Commercial and Intergovernmental Matters

Prof. Andrew Reid, J.D., L.L.M.

11:00 am Sovereignty and Treaty Rights Within an

International Law Framework

in Indian Country

12:00 pm Luncheon

Nicole Yanes

1:30 pm Upholding Our Treaty Rights for

Food Sovereignty and Environmental Justice

Bill Means

2:30 pm Indigenous Peoples, Treaty Rights &

Nation Building

Pat Kincaid, J.D.

3:30 pm The History of Social Movement at

Fort Lewis College to Protect Treaty Rights

Dr. LaNada War Jack

4:30 pm From Alcatraz To Standing Rock:

A Personal Account of the U.S. not

Upholding Indigenous Treaty Rights

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