Special Tribal Leader Workshop Series

 

Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country

 

“Tribes have significant opportunities to enact and implement their own laws to govern labor and employment relations within their territories, consistent with their particular values and policy priorities.  Making those policy determinations is the essence of tribal sovereignty.”

 

NCAI is proud to announce a new training opportunity for tribal leaders.  The new book “Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country,” published jointly by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and DrummondWoodsum, written by Kaighn Smith, Jr. and edited by Richard Guest, is the basis for a series of training events sponsored by NCAI over the next six months.  Developed with tribal leaders in mind, the sessions will focus on why this area of law is so important and what is happening currently.

 

Please Note: We are currently switching webinar systems and will have the registration active again shortly. Thank you for your patience.  

 

Tuesday, June 14

Labor and Employment Law in Indian Country Breakout Session

This kickoff event at the NCAI Mid-Year Conference in Milwaukee, WI provides an overview for tribal leaders of why labor and employment law is so critical to exercising sovereignty.  Join the author of the book, Kaighn Smith, Jr. and W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chair and CEO of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for this break-out session from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.

 

THREE-PART WEBINAR SERIES

Kaighn Smith, Jr., with Richard Guest from NARF, will be presenting in each one hour and a half webinar along with selected tribal leaders sharing their experiences and wisdom and discussion with participants.  All webinars are scheduled from 2 p.m. ET to 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 13

TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

 

Wednesday, September 14

APPLICATION OF FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN INDIAN COUNTRY

 

Wednesday, October 12

TRIBAL LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

 

Registration for the Webinar Series

Participation in the webinar series is by advance registration only.  Those attending the Mid-Year break-out session on June 14th are automatically be registered for the webinar series.  Your advance registration applies  to the three-part series – you do not have to register for each webinar individually. When you register online for the webinar series, you will receive a link to purchase the book.   You do not have to purchase the book to register for the webinar.  However, only those registered for the webinar series will be able to receive the discount.

 

 

Please Note: We are currently switching webinar systems and will have the registration active again shortly. Thank you for your patience.

 

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

Elected officials of tribal governments; managers and officers of tribal enterprises; tribal human resources staff; attorneys representing Indian tribes and their enterprises; tribal court judges; and others working in the interests of tribal nations.

 

 

Workshop Series

NCAI is working to partner with regional tribal intergovernmental organizations to host half or one day in-depth workshops at regional meetings or conferences in the fall.  These will be announced as scheduled.  A one-day workshop will be held in conjunction with the 2011 NCAI Annual Conference in Portland, OR in late October.