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NAVAJO NATION BAR ASSOCIATION, INC. 2017 Annual Bar Conference at Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort “NAVAJO – A NATION IN TRANSITION” Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 8:00 Welcome Remarks by: _____________, NNBA Officer 8:20 a.m. Invocation by: Mr. Otto Tso, Navajo Nation Council Delegate, Western Agency, Navajo Nation Law and Order Committee Member 8:30 a.m. Message from Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye 9:00 a.m. Welcoming Address: Mr. Bryce Warren, TANCR General Manager 9:10 a.m. Welcome Address by Leupp Chapter: Mr. Walter Phelps, Council Delegate Birdsprings, Cameron, Leupp, and Tolani Lake 9:20-10:00 a.m. Keynote Address: " Tribal Law and Order Act" – How the Hopi Tribe decided to change its law to take advantage of the Act and broader perspective on challenges & opportunities facing Indian Nations with respect to legal matters. Speaker: Diane J. Humetewa, U.S. District Judge United States District Court Phoenix, Arizona [Available CLE credit 0.75 hour Navajo Law] Room: Dine Event Center 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Plenary 1: Lessons from DAPL for the Navajo Nation Presenters: Mariana Kahn, Attorney, Navajo Nation Legislative Counsel’s Office, Window Rock, AZ; Dr. Andrew Curley, Witness to ND DAPL campsite. Why it was important for him (and other Navajos) to be there. Lynn Slade and Walter Stern, Attorneys from Modrall Sperling Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM [Available CLE credit 1 hour Navajo Law] Room: Dine Event Center 11:15-12:00 p.m. Plenary 2: NNBA Committee Reports: P.2. A). Admission Committee Report and Updates Mr. Ray Etcitty, Committee Chairperson Attorney, Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise P.2. B). CLE Committee Report and Updates Ms. Judy Dworkin, Committee Chairperson Attorney, Sacks Tierney Law Firm, Scottsdale, AZ P.2. C). Disciplinary Committee Report and Updates Mr. James Jay Mason, Committee Chairperson Attorney, Mason & Isaacson Law Firm, Gallup, NM P.2. D). Judicial Evaluation Committee Report and Updates Mr. Randolph Barnhouse, Committee Chairperson Attorney Johnson Barnhouse & Keegan Law Firm P.2. E). Training Committee Report and Updates Mr. Paul Spruhan, Attorney, Navajo Nation Dept. of Justice P.2.F.). Rules Committee Report and Updates Patterson Joe, Attorney Flagstaff, Arizona 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon Program: Report by Navajo Nation Judicial Conduct Commission Presenters: Emeritus Navajo Nation Chief Justice Robert Yazzie Report by Navajo Nation Law & Order Committee Presenter: Mr. Edmund Yazzie, Committee Chairperson Recognition of 30 year members of the NNBA - 1987 through 2017. Lee R. Belone Kathleen Bowman Levon B. Henry Loritta J. Largo Jennifer Johnson-Martinez 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. BK 1 - Break Out Session One: BK 1.A. – Criminal Law Nuts & Bolts Presenters: Jennifer Henry, Attorney, NN Prosecutor, Ramah District Room: Diné D [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK 1.B. – CLE-Protecting All of Our Relatives: Addressing Violence Against Animals to Protect Women, Children and Elders in Tribal Communities Utilizing the Principles of Diné Fundamental Law. Presenters: Christine Schwamberger, Attorney, NN Dept. of Justice 2 Diana Webster, Attorney & President of Native American Humane Society, Los Angeles, CA Gregg Martinez, Director of Another Way Domestic Violence Shelter in Page, AZ Glenda Davis, Program Director, Navajo Nation Animal Control Room: Twins Arrows A [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK 1.C. – Lessons from the Proposed Utah Water Settlement. Presenters: Stanley Pollack, Attorney, Navajo Nation Department of Justice Room: Twin Arrows B [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK 1.D. – A Conversation with Former Navajo Chairmen and Presidents Presenters: Hon. Peterson Zah; Hon. Peter MacDonald; Hon. Kelsey Begay; Hon. Ben Shelly; Hon. Albert Hale; and Hon. Russell Begay Moderator: Casey Watchman, NNBA Vice-President Room: Diné B & E [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. BK 2 - Break Out Session Two (Repeated of One): BK2. A. – Criminal Law Nuts & Bolts Presenters: Jennifer Henry, Attorney, NN Prosecutor, Ramah District Room: Diné D [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK2.B. – Protecting All of Our Relatives - Addressing Violence Against Animals to Protect Women, Children and Elders in Tribal Communities Utilizing the Principles of Diné Fundamental Law. Presenters: Christine Schwamberger, Attorney, NN Dept. of Justice Diana Webster, Attorney & President of Native American Humane Society, Los Angeles, CA Gregg Martinez, Director of Another Way Domestic Violence Shelter in Page, AZ Glenda Davis, Program Director, Navajo Nation Animal Control Room: Twins Arrows A [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK2.C. - Lessons from the Proposed Utah Water Settlement. Presenters: Stanley Pollack, Attorney, Navajo Nation Dept. of Justice Room: Twin Arrows B [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] Cont’d next page 3 BK2.D. – Conversation with Former Navajo Chairmen and Presidents Presenters: Hon. Peterson Zah; Hon. Peter MacDonald; Hon. Kelsey Begay; Hon. Ben Shelly; Hon. Albert Hale; and Hon. Russell Begay. Room: Diné B & E [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. BK 3 - Break Out Session Three: BK3. A. – Navajo Appellate Practice Presenters: LaVerne Garnenez, Attorney, NN Supreme Court Michael Smith, Court Clerk, NN Supreme Court Room: Diné D [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK3.B. – How Diné Fundamental Law treats Children Presenters: Troy Eid, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig Law Firm, Denver, CO DeAnna Goldtooth, Advocate, DNA-People’s Legal Services Room: Diné G [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK3.C. – Navajo Housing Issues – Home Site Lease & Landlord/Tenant Presenters: Ed Hermes, Attorney, Quarles & Brady Law Firm, Phoenix, AZ Michael Halona, Program Manager, Navajo Nation Homesite Lease Program Room: Twin Arrows B [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK3.D. – Indian Child Welfare Act OR Navajo Election Law Presenters: Room: Twin Arrows A [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. BK 3 - Break Out Session Four (Repeated of Three): BK4. A. – Navajo Appellate Practice Presenters: LaVerne Garnenez, Attorney, NN Supreme Court Michael Smith, Court Clerk, NN Supreme Court Room: Diné D [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] Cont’d next page 4 BK4.B. – How Diné Fundamental Law treats Children in Family Court Presenters: Troy Eid, Attorney, Greenberg Traurig Law Firm, Denver, CO D. Goldtooth, Advocate, DNA – People’s Legal Services Room: Diné G [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK4.C. – Navajo Housing Issues – Home Site Leases & Landlord/Tenant; Presenters: Ed Hermes, Attorney, Quarles & Brady Law Firm, Phoenix, AZ Michael Halona, Program Manager, NN Homesite Lease Program Room: Twin Arrows B [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] BK4.D. – ICWA OR Navajo Election Law Presenters: Room: Twin Arrows A [Available CLE: 1 hour Navajo Law] 5:15 p.m. Recess for the day. First Day Total Available CLE hours: 0.00 Navajo Law & 0.00 Navajo Ethics (Yearly CLE Required: 6.0 Navajo Law & 2.0 Navajo Ethics) THANK YOU NAVAJO NATION GAMING ENTERPRISE – Conference Site * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 NAVAJO NATION BAR ASSOCIATION INC. 2017 Annual Bar Conference Friday, June 9, 2017 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 8:00 – 8:15 Invocation by: Ms. Daryl Junes, NNBA Member, Shiprock Retired Navajo Nation Prosecutor 8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Message from the Navajo Nation Speaker LoRenzo Bates, Navajo Nation Legislative Branch, Office of the Speaker 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Plenary 3: NNBA Treasurer Report Presenter: Mr. Michael Barthelemy, Attorney Private Practice, Albuquerque, NM 9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Plenary 4: LAW UPDATES Federal Case Law Update Presenter: Paul Spruhan, J.D. Assistant Attorney General Navajo Nation Department of Justice Navajo Nation Case Law Update Presenter: Tina Tsinigine, Staff Attorney Navajo Nation Judicial Branch – Tuba City District Navajo Nation Legislative Update Presenter: Levon Henry, J.D. Chief Legislative Counsel Navajo Nation Office of Legislative Counsel [Available CLE credit 1.25 hour Navajo Law] 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Plenary 5: Navajo – A Nation in Transition – Indian Self Determination Presenter: Michael P. Gross, Attorney, Gross Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM R. Gehl Tucker, Attorney, Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell, & Tucker Law Firm; Flagstaff, AZ [Available CLE credit 1 hour Navajo Law] 6 11:45 – 12:45 p.m. Plenary 6: “Practical Ethics Issues and Possible Solutions” Presenter: James Jay Mason, Committee Chairperson, NNBA Disciplinary Committee; Attorney, Gallup, N.M. [Available CLE credit 1 hour Ethic Law] 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Luncheon Program: General Discussion by NNBA Officers and NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. Plenary 7: Oral Argument before Navajo Nation Supreme Court i __________ v. ___________, No. SC-___-____-____ Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan, Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley, and Associate Justice _____________, sitting by designation; LaVerne Garnenez, J.D., Staff Attorney, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Michael Smith, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Clerk [Available CLE credit 1.50 hours Navajo Law] 3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Plenary 8: Swearing In Ceremony for New Members to the Navajo Nation Bar from the March, 2017 Bar Exam Acting Chief Justice Allen Sloan, Associate Justice Eleanor Shirley, and Associate Justice _________________, sitting by designation; LaVerne Garnenez, J.D., Staff Attorney, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Michael Smith, Navajo Nation Supreme Court Clerk [No available CLE Credit] 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Plenary 9: “Ethics from the Client’s Standpoint” Presenter: Martha Garcia, Ramah Navajo Chapter 638 Program Community Development; and Cibola County, New Mexico Commissioner; and Nancy R. Martine-Alonzo, Executive Director for Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc., [Available CLE credit 1.0 hour Ethic Law] 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Wrap Up Session and Discussion Presenters: NNBA Officers & NNBA Board of Bar Commissioners 5:30 p.m.
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  • Council Members Congratulate the Shonto Community on the Opening of the Shonto Marketplace

    Council Members Congratulate the Shonto Community on the Opening of the Shonto Marketplace

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS May 8, 2017 Jared Touchin (928) 221-9253 Jolene Holgate (928) 380-4174 Crystalyne Curley (928) 286-7918 [email protected] Council members congratulate the Shonto community on the opening of the Shonto Marketplace Photo: Council Delegate Seth Damon and President Russell Begaye cut the ribbon for the grand opening of the Shonto Marketplace on May 2, 2017 in Shonto, Ariz., along with other members of Council and Shonto Community Governance officials. SHONTO, Ariz. – 23rd Navajo Nation Council members attended the grand opening of the Shonto Marketplace last Tuesday, which has been in planning and development for several years by the Shonto Community Governance, Shonto Economic Development Corporation, and Shonto Commercial, LLC. The Shonto Marketplace is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 160 and Arizona Highway 98, and is approximately 33-miles southwest of Kayenta, Ariz. Budget and Finance Committee chair Council Delegate Seth Damon (Bááháálí, Chichiltah, Manuelito, Tsé Lichíí’, Rock Springs, Tsayatoh) congratulated the community of Shonto for the opening of a new convenience store and said that he had concerns regarding the location of the store until the committee was provided an opportunity to visit Shonto. “Congratulations to the Shonto community. You all have raised a significant amount of leaders that have made the responsibilities, the leadership, and the moral dedication to have the vision and goal to know that what the needs are for the next seven generations, and they